| 单词 | Robert |
| 例句 | In mid-August, both Secretary of War Robert Todd Lincoln and Silas Boynton confided to friends that Garfield was definitely in critical condition. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z David Oshiro was in the eleventh grade when his brother Robert came home on leave from Vietnam. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Davos had only tasted it once before, when King Robert had sent a half a fish to him at a feast on Dragonstone. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z That was more idiotic than giving Robert Brown a seven-yard cushion. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The reports of Robert's sudden death and Ned's fall had frightened Catelyn more than she could say, but she would not let her son see her fear. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I tell my story and Robert tell his lies. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Dad, who knew that Mother’s favorite poet was Browning and suspected where the Robert came from, nevertheless bunched the fingers of his right hand, kissed their tips, and threw his hand into the air. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z “I see people. Bea Booker, librarian. Robert Johnson, bus driver. I have...I see people.” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Somewhat later Robert came up, carrying his handbag. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z His victory at Harpers Ferry, the greatest triumph for the Confederacy in the Civil War, was almost entirely because for once he followed the instructions of Robert E. Lee. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Robert was sitting on the toilet with his pajama bottoms around his ankles. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z If the boy was truly Jaime's seed, Robert would have put him to death along with his mother, and few would have condemned him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Hello, Robert. Did you hurt your eye very badly?” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z And if I tole on Robert and he did come to find me and kill me, he’d as like hurt Biddy too. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Robert, tell Sister why you got the watch,” Mom said. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z She wishes they were somewhere alone instead of at Will’s house, where she can hear Robert and Tracie downstairs talking and having a glass of wine. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Too fast the summer leaves us, we kiss our grandparents good-bye and my uncle Robert is there waiting to take us home again. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z "They are both dead, Stark and that Robert who broke my walls with his stones. I vowed I'd live to see them both in their graves, and I have." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “I learned how to work a Xerox today,” Robert announced to his mother. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z She rushed Louvenia to the colored hospital when the first call came about Robert and waited there six hours with her, until the operation was over. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Robert managed to keep a stem face until they were gone. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Captain Searle would like to see you, if it would be convenient, Madam,” said Robert. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Robert asked as he walked across the grass. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Robert Fumulani, the blessed father of our national music, stared down, looking angry. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z Whatever he did, Robert had done first, and better. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Robert and David, come here, please,” she said. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Because Susanna had died when Charles was so young, it was Robert Darwin who was the main adult presence in the household—and a presence he was. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Roosevelt believed Rondon deserved worldwide recognition, just like the famous polar explorers Roald Amundsen and Robert Peary. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z “And she got Robert to take care of! What Miss Lou Anne say?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z "You've spilled your wine, Robert. Let me bring you a fresh goblet." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "Lord Eddard has been imprisoned. He is charged with treason. It is said he plotted with Robert's brothers to deny the throne to Prince Joffrey." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I remember Robert dropping a tray of ices, and the expression on Frith's face when he saw Robert was the culprit and not one of the minions hired for the occasion. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z In front of the inn, a couple of knights are out enjoying the fresh air and the sunset—Haye, Georges, and Robert. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z "Robert was never a man to leave the battleground so long as a foe remained standing," Ned told him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z If you look more to the left you can see the Robert Taylor Homes. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Robert Cohn took out a silver five-peseta piece and gave it to me. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z If the years had not quenched Robert's thirst for revenge, no words of his would help. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I don’t know what she was saying ’cause I look for Robert and that ole car. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Still in the same quarter, he backpedaled, saw Robert Brown break free, and threw another touchdown pass, this one good for eighteen yards. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z But Robert did something bad to me and I didn’t do nothing wrong to him. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z My name is Robert but my momma don't call me Robertie. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z “No problem,” said Robert warily, “though I’d appreciate it if you didn’t fly off the handle over every detail.” The Number Devil 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “It is desired that clearance be issued for the employment of Robert Oppenheimer without delay,” ordered Groves. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z There was Robert’s reproach making itself felt by a quicker, fiercer, more over-powering love, which had awakened within her toward him. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z Robert asked me to give them an account of my African tour, which I did gladly. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z All at once, Robert was screaming and struggling with the strength of frenzy. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Robert nodded; he was busy with the fields at New Laguna, and, this way, Tayo could look after the cattle and new calves. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Just before Christmas in 1691, Katherine died; Robert Boyle followed her a week later, on 30 December, a month short of his sixty-fifth birthday. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z More engines began arriving at the scene, as did the department’s Chief Marshal Robert A. Williams. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z Early in his career Owen used his influence at the Zoological Society to blackball a young man named Robert Grant whose only crime was to have shown promise as a fellow anatomist. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z In English there was an alternative: Robert Boyle invented the term ‘the corpuscularian philosophy’ in 1662 to cover both ancient atomism and Descartes’ new corpuscular theory. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z And when I turn, it isn’t my imagination talking, or Mrs. Rylance or Uncle Robert. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Robert looks so real, you half expect him to crunch his beer can against his forehead and ask for another cold one. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z “Robert wants to get this message to Michelle. Can you find her and give it to her?” Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z His heart was pounding, and all he could think about was that if he started running right then, he could still catch up to Robert. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z She could only hear Beaudelet’s voice; Robert had apparently not even spoken a word of greeting to his companion. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, he is the one who wrote that incredible music. Robert revered my father. Like a disciple, a son. They shared a musical empathy, who is an empathy more intimate than the sexual.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “My name is Robert. You need to say it real nice.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Robert, this rather large oblate was expressing interest in the university.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z "They say I have five minutes," Robert said. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Robert would swear undying love and forget them before evenfall, but Ned Stark kept his vows. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Tuve moved on to an electrostatic generator invented by a Princeton University engineer named Robert Van de GraafF. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Robert rather lost his head, and kept forgetting things, napkins at lunch and handing vegetables. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Although Jackson tried frantically to rescue Washington, he and his friends watched helplessly as Robert Washington burned to death. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Robert Resha forcefully disputed the government’s absurd contention that the ANC wanted to induce the government to use violence so we could use violence in return. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Robert squealed in mock terror, then in real pain. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Robert and Josiah evaded her; they were deaf to those undertones. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z So Robert escaped me and cut down Rhaegar on the Trident. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He had only to look down at Robert to know how bad it was. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Whereas Robert Stewart Howard was wealthy, his son evidently refused to base his life on its advantages, embarking on his westward journey with virtually no money to his name. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Good, good, see, there’s lots of things you can do down here, Mr. Robert ain’t as much help as he used to be, so all them things he used to do you can do now.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z And Robert was sitting there in the parking lot. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z "Wear it in silence, or I'll honor you again," Robert vowed. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The bond between Ernest Lawrence and Robert Oppenheimer would influence the development of nuclear physics itself, allied strategy in World War II, and civilian and military nuclear policy through the postwar years. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z None of our parents, with the possible exception of Robert Boone’s mom, minded tearing our butts up. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z “I saw Robert Oppenheimer running excitedly down a corridor holding a small vial in his hand,” Ulam said. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z So long as a man was brave and honest, Robert would treat him with all the honor and respect due a valiant enemy. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "No, this was Aerys the First. The one Robert deposed was the second of that name." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Turner figured he had had enough of Robert Barclay’s tormenting propositions, more than enough to satisfy any human being, and he said so. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Robert stood up, grasping one of the bedposts to steady himself. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z They were not individuals inclined to soft-pedal their views about national politics and national security or, in Neylan’s case, about Robert Oppenheimer, whom Neylan described as “a man so conceited he just shoved God over.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z King Robert had staged it in her father's honor. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He was intimating that physics at Berkeley might have to continue without Robert Oppenheimer. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Robert was looking up at the thunderclouds rolling in from the Black Mountains in the south. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “You are purposely misunderstanding me, ma reine. Are you in love with Robert?” The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z Robert had pursued a system of lessons almost daily, and he was nearly at the point of discouragement in realizing the futility of his efforts. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z She named her newborn Robert James Fischer, and Hans Gerhardt Fischer was listed as the father on the birth certificate, despite the fact that he’d never entered the United States. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Robert was an excellent if rather excitable platform speaker, and his choice of analogy was unfortunate. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Robert had slain her gallant brother Rhaegar, and one of his creatures had crossed the Dothraki sea to poison her and her unborn son. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “I wanted to break up the drive. And I was hoping you’d take me to the Robert E. Lee for lunch,” Miss Fredericks say. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Good bowl, Robert. But don’t look at me when you bowl. Look straight ahead to where you want the bowl to end up.” Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z “As you say. May the Warrior lend strength to Ser Robert’s arms.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z So I know it was before the accident with Robert that landed me in the hospital with fifty stitches. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z He suggested starting with a colleague of his at Berkeley, Robert Oppenheimer. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z All of her four brothers—Robert, Ken, Charlie, and Joe—were miners, and her sister, Mary, was the wife of a miner. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z But ever once in a while, Robert watch from his friend’s car. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z For my next report on Robert Frost, I will count the memories of my uncles. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “I’m spoiling your dinner, Robert; never mind what I say. You haven’t eaten a morsel.” The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the other guests was Secretary of War Robert Todd Lincoln. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z In the 1970s Robert Carneiro, of the American Museum of Natural History, estimated the labor required to clear a field before the advent of steel. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z By then the guard had fallen Back a small distance, safely out of earshot, but still Robert would not slow. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He found himself thinking of Robert more and more. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z When Josiah or old Grandma or Robert was there, the agreement was suspended, and she pretended to treat him the same as she treated Rocky, but they both knew it was only temporary. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z At breakfast, son Robert told tales of Lee’s surrender. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He remembered what Robert had told him in the crypts below Winterfell. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z When Robert’s father John Hooke died in 1648, after a long illness, Robert was 13 years old. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z "He's not die man his brother was either. Robert never let a little thing like a river stop him." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Robert came running out of the hall carrying a raincoat, and I struggled into it hurriedly, fumbling with the collar. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z "If I truly need to tell you that, you are a bigger fool than Robert and I am on the wrong side." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “At four o’clock this afternoon, Monsieur Farival,” Robert replied, in a high voice and with a lofty air, which reminded Edna of some gentleman on the stage. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z And when Robert started to stir, she asked if I wouldn’t mind going on home because Robert wakes up screaming. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z In Robert Hooke’s diary for 11 January that year, he writes that Halley had spoken to him ‘of going in Middleton’s ship to discover’. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Robert Cohn was a member, through his father, of one of the richest Jewish families in New York, and through his mother of one of the oldest. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Always with the advice and always with the “That’s a good bowl, Robert,” no matter what tweaks he wanted me to make. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z “At what time do you leave?” she asked Robert. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z A hundred times Edna had pictured Robert’s return, and imagined their first meeting. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z The young’un, Robert, who do the yard ever two weeks, I guess he go fore he come over. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The commons were hooting and pointing, the lords and ladies were trying to stifle their chuckles, and failing, and over it all Ned could hear King Robert laughing, louder than anyone. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Lawrence’s interference in a private friendship only added to the growing rift between him and Robert and Kitty. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “I wish it had been Robert. Mrs. Danvers will never forgive me.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Robert urged his brother to enlist in the army for three years, rather than be drafted for two. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z He avidly read books by Robert Lifton, a psychiatrist who worked with trauma patients, including Vietnam veterans. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z But his advantage was the Army doctors who told her and Robert that the cause of battle fatigue was a mystery, even to them. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “Robert Oppenheimer was a brilliant physicist. He ran the Manhattan Project, which developed the atomic bomb. Oppenheimer tested the atomic bomb in the middle of a desert in New Mexico.” The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z His parents had shared the dais with Robert and his queen, with her brothers beside her. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z At the presentation of his conference paper, Oppenheimer was run through the intellectual wringer by Robert Millikan, the notoriously prickly Caltech president. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I heard the murmur of their voices as I crossed the hall, and one of them laughed, Robert, I supposed. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Robert had left him no choice that he could see. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Everything turned fiery red and gold like in that Robert Frost poem in The Outsiders. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z “You know what, Robert?” my brother Michael said when we were talking about it at home one day. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Robert and Thomas and the priest, whispering paternosters, followed the prints all the way to the mill where, crossing themselves, they unlatched the door. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z "I was starting to think we would never reach Winterfell," Robert complained as they descended. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, Georges and Robert pulled the old ewe back into the clearing. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z I walk fast over to poetry and I don’t see any with the name Dickinson, but I do see one by Robert Frost. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z Mom almost shouts, "Since Tuesday? This Tuesday? Oh, Robert. This ... this is like trusting a total stranger with your life!" Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “We can do a lot to help fix Robert,” another surgeon said. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z He wasn’t paying any attention to Robert or Tayo, who were examining the old ewes. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Charles’s father, Dr. Robert Darwin, was a huge man—over three hundred pounds, with a huge personality and reputation to match. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z While in prison, Robert Chambliss penned a handwritten letter on Kilby Correctional Facility’s inmate stationery to the pastor of Sixteenth Street Baptist Church. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The idea for the project originated with Imperial Wizard Robert Shelton, but with very little guidance or assistance from the national organization, C.P. fashioned a Youth Corps, which reflected his values and priorities. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Another article reported that at the Japanese Community Center hall in Amity Harbor a reception had been held for Robert Sakamura, who’d been inducted into the army. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z This Uncle Robert guy doesn’t know anyone on Broadway, I can just sense it. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “Tell that to my father. Lord Balon bent the knee when Robert broke his wall. Elsewise he would have died. As you will if you do not yield.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But, according to a newly discovered account, Hale was tricked and seized by Major Robert Rogers, a bold British officer known for his cunning. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Robert Serber watched it all from a booth near the dance floor. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “You ain’t by yourself no more. You got us to watch for you. And I can watch for that old Robert.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Once, Robert heard her as he was leaving for the fields. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z But ’cause I feel wrong, letting Robert be out there, watching you and Biddy, without you knowing that he could hurt you.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Biddy is plumb scared to come out in the world, and she was coming here to protect me from Robert. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Robert was offering him a responsi-bility as large as the realm itself. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Skeeter, ” Liza Presley says before I make it past the coffee urns, “did I hear you were at the Robert E. Lee a few weeks ago? “Is that right? The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z She and Robert came to the funeral together. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z But Robert and Kyle threatened to call the fire department because it was a waste of water and taxpayer money, they said. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Robert said, reining his mount to a sudden halt beside an ancient barrow. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The proper “this is Robert’s big, exciting life of ugliness” story starts just a couple of pages beyond this. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z But it was coming from the house behind Charlie’s, on Robert Street. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “Two sons, six grandsons, some daughters. If Robert had fathered truebom sons, many who are dead might still be living.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It had been a bad day, and bad days made thoughts of Robert crowd in on me. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Mark couldn’t have known Robert Joe when he was six, because he would have been hiding then, like Luke. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z “Could any one fathom the cruelty beneath that fair exterior?” murmured Robert. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z "So I suppose I'll let you run back to Robert to tell him how I frightened you. I wonder if he'll care." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Luke’s mom and dad are both attorneys, same as Will’s parents, Robert and Trade. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “I am always less fortunate than Robert Has he been imparting tender confidences?” The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z The AEC Personnel Security Board hearing into J. Robert Oppenheimer’s security clearance convened on April 12, 1954, in the agency’s dilapidated headquarters, a temporary building on Washington’s National Mall left: over from wartime. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z She bathed Madame Ratignolle’s face with cologne, while Robert plied the fan with unnecessary vigor. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z The following year, Robert returned to England at the age of 17, not only penniless but honour-bound to repay the expenses his tutor had incurred for him in Geneva and assisting with his journey home. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Reverend Gurley and Lincoln’s eldest son, Robert, told Mary the news. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z "Perhaps when he comes of age, the honor can be re-stored to him," Robert said. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z And Neylan’s visceral disdain for Robert Oppenheimer—“so conceited that he just shoved God over”—may well have contributed to the bitter break between Lawrence and Oppenheimer that soured their last years. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z When he heard Robert come in from a trip to the ranch, he sat up on the bed and called him. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z When they got back to the place Robert parked the truck, Robert looked uneasy. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Robert looked at Ned with flat, dead eyes and left without a word, his footsteps heavy as lead. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Thoros always needed a new sword after a melee, but Robert had been fond of the man and ever glad to provide one. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The one in my pocket right now was Robert Johnson. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Had some enemy stormed the castle and murdered King Robert? A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “But at least you have Robert. I bet you spend a lot of time with him.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z But she said she wouldn’t vote for him because his hair was too long and he let people call him Bobby and not Robert. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z “Oppie was extremely good at seeing the physics and doing the calculation on the back of the envelope and getting all the main factors,” recalled his colleague Robert Serber. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z But Robert’s continuing ill health and his father’s own growing infirmity meant that little progress was made and Robert continued to be left largely to his own devices. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Robert laid his spear on the rock beside him and began to gnaw between his raised hands. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z And if it ever gets to be too much, like it was for Robert Smith, we do that rather than crack and tell somebody. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “A lot of people have said it, but Robert Louis Stevenson said it first.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I feel like the traveler in Robert Frost’s poem “The Road Not Taken”: “Two roads diverged in a wood, I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “Somebody fed them good,” Robert said, pointing at the pile of dry cornstalks on the ground in the corral. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Robert Cohn was asleep, but Bill looked and nodded his head. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Billy couldn’t help suspecting that there wasn’t much to know about Robert. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He returned to Berkeley the following Friday, though he arrived too late to make his son Robert’s high school graduation. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Somehow I feel I have not shown Robert Cohn clearly. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z “The chance of Robert dying while we operate is as high as one in four,” the doctors said. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z “Hand flat, Robert,” Mr. French said as he approached me. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Uncle Robert’s lips have gone frothy white, spittle forming. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Robert’s going had some way taken the brightness, the color, the meaning out of everything. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z Tyrion had rather liked Robert Baratheon, great blustering oaf that he was . . . doubtless in part because his sister loathed him so. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Just a few weeks after Pearl Harbor, I received a phone call from Oppie,” recalled a young physicist named Robert Serber. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z From left: J. Robert Oppenheimer, newly appointed to head the Manhattan Project’s bomb design lab at Los Alamos; future Nobelist Glenn Seaborg, developing plutonium for the bomb program; and Lawrence inspect the machine’s control console. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “Good bowl, Robert. But try to lock your elbow, and bowl from the shoulder.” Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z That hurt, for Frank’s friendship with McMillan dated back to the mid-1950s, when they shared many companionable holidays camping and riding with Robert at his ranch in the New Mexico desert. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z At seven o’clock on a cool November night, guests will arrive at the Robert E. Lee Hotel bar for the cocktail hour. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “There’s no need to antagonize her,” Robert says softly. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z As long as I kept my mouth shut, Robert didn’t care nothing ’bout me. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z As I folded the blankets, Mr. Robert went out to the privy. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z "It would not be the first time. Our good Robert is prac-ticed at closing his eyes to things he would rather not see." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The first broadcast opened with a report about the death of Robert Sobukwe. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But Frank would not shed his political beliefs; nor was he as willing as Robert to suppress them in the name of career advancement. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Chicago’s mayor, Robert B. Mason, had been up all night receiving reports about the spread of the fire and praying for a miracle. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z Another shot followed and hit Robert in the chest for the second time. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But reading Robert Barclay while the sea breeze waited outside—that was something not even a minister’s son should have to do. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Robert Boyle asked: And how will it be prov’d, that the Omniscient God, or that admirable Contriver, Nature, can exhibit Phaenomena by no wayes, but such as are explicable, by the dim Reason of Man? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He was greeted by Major Robert Furman, General Groves’s top intelligence officer. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why have you kept away from me, Robert?” she asked, closing the book that lay open upon the table. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z It was Schott’s book that inspired Robert Boyle to construct his own air pump in England, and it is perhaps not a coincidence that vacuum experiments were recommenced in Florence in 1657. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Even though she only told Momma that Mr. Robert was her friend it seemed like I heard her also give my mother a real good scolding. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Secretary of War Robert Todd Lincoln had been invited to accompany Garfield on his vacation trip, but he was forced to delay his departure by a day. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Frith was standing at the top of the steps, and Robert just behind. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Whenever he saw him, it was as if the years had slipped away and Robert stood before him, fresh from his victory on the Trident. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Lots of familiar faces came with me to start grade five, including David and Robert F, plus a heap of new kids too. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z And Yvonne, Wesley, and Robert were still in Lansing, in school. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He always did Robert Frost poems with us, which were all right, but after a while we started to hate Robert Frost. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z She had seen enough of Robert Baratheon at Winterfell to know that the king did not regard Joffrey with any great warmth. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z My other saving grace in the weeks leading up to the P&G Championship meet on August 17 in Hartford, Connecticut, was my sports psychologist, Robert Andrews. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “Well, after Robert told me a bit about what happened this afternoon, I asked him what he wanted to do and he said he wanted to stay with you, bowling on Saturday mornings.” Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z “If I live A hundred years, I’ll never quite get these few minutes out of my mind,” said Robert Lewis, copilot of the Enola Gay. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z There onstage was Robert Fumulani and his Likhubula River Dance Band, with the singer dressed in his smart white shirt and his guitar strapped to his neck. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z Too crowded, he thought; left alone, he and Robert might have been able to settle the matter amicably. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “I'm not used to having messages sent to me by Robert,” she said. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I would ask Robert to bring me my tea under the chestnut tree. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I thought Robert Laurence was as goofy-looking as he’d seemed in his picture, but he kept smiling at my sister, and she kept grinning back, so I guess he was okay. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Every time James Brown comes on the radio, I see Robert dancing. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z Robert Baratheon would have seen that at once and moved swiftly to secure the castle, with the forced marches and midnight rides for which he had been famous. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The agony was written too plainly across Robert's face; he could not hurt him more. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z There were no more than twenty, where a hundred had been accustomed to wait upon King Robert. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z A painted face spoke with the voice of Robert. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z “I told you to move,” Mr. Robert snarled at me. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, good morning, Mademoiselle; is it you? Why, of course I miss Robert. Are you going down to bathe?” The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z After the war, Robert E. Lee applied for a pardon for his acts against the United States. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Even from my half-asleep place, I can hear my mother taking a heavy breath, whispering, I knew this was coming, Robert. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z “You had an opportunity to lead in an enlightened way,” she wrote to DAR President General Robert, “and it seems to me that your organization has failed.” The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z "If someone said I had magicked myself into a boar to kill Robert, likely they would believe that as well." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Robert pulled out of the yard and started down the street. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Some of the men tried to create some excitement for the biologist, Robert Clark, by putting some pieces of cooked spaghetti into one of his specimen bottles of ocean water. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z "Last year they were Robert's men. A moon ago they were Renly's. This morning they are yours. Whose will they be on the morrow?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Joinville, Michelangelo, Robert de Sorbonne, and the king were seated around them. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Down the corridor was a tall, brown-haired, brown-eyed Swiss/German expat named Robert. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Robert turned and went out of the room. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Robert had been at the surrender at Appomattox, and his father was eager to hear the details. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z How many high school libraries are even allowed to stock Theodore Sturgeon, or all of Robert Heinlein? Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Robert’s was not the only finger the junkyard had claimed. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z It had been the night of the welcoming feast, when King Robert had brought his court to Winterfell. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “I never thought Robert would get into trouble.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z She spent a year there, during which she engaged in a letter-writing campaign to the Chicago Tribune newspaper that so embarrassed Robert, he had her released. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z That was the way Robert Cohn was about all of Paris. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z For a moment Robert had the grace to look startled. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z At the Jesuit church, I picked up a booklet I had also noticed on Dean Gandy’s coffee table—For Men of Good Will, by Father Robert Guste. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Robert was out there under the shed, reclining in the shade against the sloping keel of the overturned boat He was reading from a book. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z Robert started to walk away, but the queen was not done. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Robert waves to me, and again I see another possible life in my mind’s eye. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z A hundred lines of the Aeneid with their summaries for each morning, followed by two propositions by Robert Barclay for the afternoon. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z She sat on my lap and stared at Robert and William. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z "Bono was fifteen when he met his wife, and Robert Smith was fourteen—" "Romeo, sweet Romeo . . ." "It's not like that, Eleanor, and you know it." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z “Nonsense! a man does not imagine any such thing. But what is the meaning of this? Harriet Smith refuse Robert Martin? madness, if it is so; but I hope you are mistaken.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z Joshua Carter and Robert Caston were the first two cases we decided to litigate. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Inside my head, Robert jabbing his finger at me. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z In Washington, D.C., a panel of scientists—including Robert Oppenheimer—analyzed the results. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad and Byron came in with Mr. Robert. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “No operation to make Robert look better is worth a one-in-four chance of him dying.” Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z I was kicked again under the table and, looking, saw Frances, Robert's lady, her chin lifting and her face hardening. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Robert spoke slowly and softly, indicating the marking on the colt’s forehead by outlining it with a finger on his own face. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z If she thought Robert Joyner had prepared me for this, she was wrong. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z He began pitching in with Robert Kennedy’s presidential campaign. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Asking me, "Why couldn't you be more like Robert?" Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z "Your Robert got me with child once," she said, her voice thick with contempt. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z This was the forerunner of the Royal Society, and it was through Katherine that Robert began to make the acquaintance of these men on his visits to London. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z "Oh, indeed. Cersei gave him the wineskins, and told him it was Robert's favorite vintage." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Next had come King Robert himself, with Lady Stark on his arm. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Robert Oppenheimer’s younger brother, Frank, also a physicist, helped prepare for the test at Trinity. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Harvard’s Robert Chang—whose widely used Chang Liver Cell line was listed as a HeLa contaminant on Gartler’s chart —glared from his seat. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Maybe weird means troubled or some kind of history that isn’t parents like Robert and Tracie, even though there’s a Volvo. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z With Judge Robert E. Lee Key's peculiar comments still running through my head, I went through the mound of records until I found the transcripts from Walter McMillian's trial. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Robert was a tall man and as he advanced he cast an even bigger shadow. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The Soviets' first nuclear test presented a vexing question for Agent Robert Lamphere. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Yet even as he said the words, he remembered that chill morning on the barrowlands, and Robert's talk of sending hired knives after the Targaryen princess. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It was war, racial war, the same war that Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson had fought. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z "I won't lie to you, it's grievous news. I never thought to see another king, not at my age, with Robert half my years and strong as a bull." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It was not Robert at all; it was Littlefinger, grinning, mocking him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Robert leaned lightly on the lever and the rock groaned. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Robert was laid up on the sofa asleep. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z She flipped the tape and pressed Play, and waited for Robert Smith to start singing before she climbed up onto her dad's brown leather couch. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z When he first found Mom and me in that trailer park, I was working under the name Robert Johnson at a nearby Staples. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Robert kicked at the left front tire; the recap was beginning to peel loose. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z This time Robert and Maurice acted the two parts; and Maurice's acting of the pig's efforts to avoid the advancing spear was so funny that the boys cried with laughter. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z She recapitulated the motives which no doubt explained Robert’s reserve. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z "Yes, your friend Robert He wrote to me from the City of Mexico." The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z Edna and Robert both sat upon the ground— that is, he lay upon the ground beside her, occasionally picking at the hem of her muslin gown. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z “There are,” whispered Robert, “Didn’t you know this was the twenty-eighth of August?” The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z “The greatest single factor in preventing insects from overwhelming the rest of the world is the internecine warfare which they carry out among themselves,” said the entomologist Robert Metcalf. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The eunuch had hit upon a truth; tell Robert Baratheon he could not, should not, or must not do a thing, and it was as good as done. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He sprinted to the campus of the University of California, where he taught, and ran from lab to lab with the news, soon bumping into one of his fellow professors, Robert Oppenheimer. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, technically I spun on my heel. I did most of the turn on my heel and not full relevé. Not on my toes like you coached me to, Uncle Robert.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z "You were only going to give me a hundred pounds, weren't you, Robert? But I made him give me two hundred. He's really very generous. Aren't you, Robert?" The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z “If Robert had serious medical problems within, I would never have hesitated to accept him, but because he looked different I found it so terribly hard,” she said later. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z No doubt the Lannisters had good reason for refusing to honor King Robert’s debts, but it was folly all the same. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “There’s little enough business right now,” Joseph said as he took the rag to wipe jam off Robert’s face. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “His uncle once stood just where the boy was standing now and told King Aerys how he would deliver him the head of Robert Baratheon.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z They said Robert Baratheon was strong as a bull and fearless in battle, a man who loved nothing better than war. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He would probably never have had his great theory except that he happened to attend a lecture on the Big Bang given by none other than Robert Dicke. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Jon Connington had known that, and he had also known that Robert’s head upon a spear would have put an end to the rebellion, then and there. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z For reasons that no one can quite pin down today, Robert decided to name this boy Loser. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Among those who let their imaginations roam was Robert Oppenheimer. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z While other boys played in the street, Robert sat alone in his room studying languages, devouring books of literature and science, and filling notebooks with poetry. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let us move along, my lords. We have two queens to try for high treason, you may recall. My niece has elected trial by battle, she informs me. Ser Robert Strong will champion her.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "Never has a king been so beloved as our Robert," quipped Little finger. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z These delightfully proportioned amusements would therefore need all the help they could get from formal blueprints like Sonata Form, and from musical versions of the balanced layouts of Capability Brown’s gardens, or Robert Adam’s buildings. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Robert Hooke was a sickly child who was not expected to live. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z “Those scars on your stomach are evidence—enough that we can get Robert and Darrel into the station.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He was at a banquet in honor of a Little League team of which his son Robert was a member. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z "I seem unable to stop you," Robert grumbled. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "You were never the boy you were," Robert grumbled. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “For you and Robert and Timothy, all three of you, to own for yourselves.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z There were business and professional people, such as the militant former Brooklynites Dr. and Mrs. Robert E. Lee, both of them dentists, who had given up their United States’ citizenship. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Funky and low-down, the kind inspired by reading too much Carlos Castaneda and Rilke and Robert Bly and dropping acid with a guy who claimed to be my cosmic mate from a past life. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The Seven Days, Milkman guessed, would be looking for a new recruit, as they had to when Robert Smith jumped off the roof of Mercy. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Robert wore thick brown gloves and a heavy fur cloak with a hood that covered his ears, and looked for all -the world like a bear sitting a horse. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I say, and Uncle Robert turns back and sneers, “We were here at dawn. Shawn is in the first group,” and I go back to my application and finish up. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z A year ago, he had been with Stannis in King's Landing when King Robert staged a tourney for Prince Joffrey's name day. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Before I got fired for accusing Mr. White Manager of wearing a hairpiece, I used to clean the ballrooms at the Robert E. Lee Hotel. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Seem like now that Robert was gone, I’d feel better, but I was feeling like a fairy story and the children heading into the dark woods. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z "I'm not drunk. I'm quite serious. Is Robert Cohn going to follow Brett around like a steer all the time?" The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Or perhaps they will merely pick up and leave for Mars or Europa or Titan or, at last, as Robert Goddard envisioned, seek out an uninhabited planet in some young and promising planetary system. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Robert Lamphere and Meredith Gardner witnessed the unfolding Rosenberg trial through a different lens, one that only a handful of Americans could appreciate. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Robert Baratheon had completed the destruction of the griffins after the war. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "The Others take my wife," Robert muttered sourly, but he started back the way they had come, his footsteps falling heavily. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Doing this for Robert has given me a revived interest.” Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z They would be intent Another figure, an unrecognizable one, appeared by Robert and gave him something, then turned and went back behind the rock. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z One thing’s for sure: no matter how many nice stories G’ma has about James Robert Lamar Sr., Scoob’s not so sure being like him in any way is a good thing. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z "Whatever else the man may be, he remains a knight. I don't know that we ought to call Robert my beloved brother either. He loved me no more than he had to, nor I him." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Robert thinks that our sons should go into law or banking. Trade is hardly suitable for someone of our background.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s where they line you all up,” Robert starts. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “You and your sister belong to Mr. Robert now. He’ll be a good master to you.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The sept beyond had never been rebuilt, though; only a seven-sided foundation remained where it had stood Robert Barathean's fury had soured the ironmen's taste for the new gods, it would seem. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I called Robert’s house and all 1 got was that stupid recording. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z No one had told me the Robert E. Lee part. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Robert Schumann and his friend Felix Mendelssohn were German successors to Beethoven of a gentler mould. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Robert kicked his horse back into motion and started down the ridge toward the barrows. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z All the kids were there except Willie, who, still on the path he learned at Robert Taylor, was in jail. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z He’s going to be a lawyer, like Robert and Tracie, his parents. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “Robert's sextet is now impossible to buy. You encounter his music only by serendipity in vicarages in July afternoons. This is your one chance in your life. You can work this gramophone?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z One evening in early 1943—the precise date was never established —the Chevaliers joined Robert and Kitty for dinner at the Oppenheimer home in Berkeley. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Robert might not care a fig for Tyrion Lannister, but it would touch on his pride, and there was no telling what the queen might do. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Please let Robert explain why he is going, and why he is going tonight,” she called out. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z He peered with elaborate caution between branches at the edge and could see Robert sitting on guard at the top of the cliff. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z He laughed again, and Tayo looked at Robert quickly to see what he thought of the old man; but Robert’s face was calm, without any mistrust or alarm. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z When he was a boy it had been timber and wattle, but Robert Baratheon had razed that structure to the ground. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Robert Gross, who was wandering the Beach- wood mall with his son David, said he couldn’t live without his annual cruise. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z In the first weeks of January 1953, that nightmare seemed to come true: Pauling and Robert Corey wrote a paper proposing a structure of DNA and sent a preliminary copy to Cambridge. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z In the end it may have boiled down to what the poet Robert Frost once said about a successful education: “Just hanging around until you have caught on.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “It’s fine that you didn’t find it very upsetting, Robert, but that doesn’t mean Ben didn’t,” he said. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z The walls of the throne room had been stripped bare, the hunting tapestries that King Robert loved taken down and stacked in the comer in an untidy heap. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z But the youngest, Wesley and Robert, are still very much children. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Fuller’s boss, Robert Foust, backed the decision to bring in organization vehicles, reasoning that the primary purpose of Operation Breakthrough was, after all, to help neighborhood councils. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The gods only knew what Robert would believe. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The medical discoveries made by such brilliant scientists as Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch led to procedures such as vaccination and measures such as quarantines that, when mandated by the government, saved millions of lives. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z If I had anything urgent, Mrs. Danvers said, I must telephone through to Robert and he would give orders for it to be taken to the post. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Robert Kennedy, whose summer home is eight miles from the home I live in all year round, was shot two nights ago. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The board duly passed it on to Robert G. Sproul, who had been inaugurated as the university’s president only three months earlier. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z It was no secret that King Robert had left the crown vastly in debt, and alchemists were seldom mistaken for altruists. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A better answer might be one implicit in Robert Temple's book, The Genius of China, a history of Chinese science and technology published in 1998. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z So for as long as I can remember I always called him Robert. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Moscow was particularly annoyed that no contact had been made with Robert Oppenheimer. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z It had still been summer then; Robert sat the Iron Throne, Balon brooded on the Seastone Chair, and the Seven Kingdoms were at peace. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Robert Baratheon had always been a man of huge appetites, a man who knew how to take his pleasures. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Robert Todd Lincoln went on to a stellar career as an attorney and then public official. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z "And cold," Robert grumbled, pulling his cloak more tightly around himself. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It was named after Robert Metcalfe, an electrical engineer and innovator who helped develop the Ethernet computing standard used to connect computers over short distances. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z "She gave me Robert Cohn's letters. I wouldn't read them." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Playing with Bobby was like reading the poetry of Robert Frost or taking a long hot bath. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I put a pencil through the list and rang for Robert. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z He replaced a worker named Robert Latimer, who had quit to take over as gatekeeper at the rail intersection in front of Holmes’s drugstore. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z When she looked thus, only God and Robert Browning knew what she was likely to say. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “Ask Mrs. Pontellier what she would like to hear me play,” she requested of Robert. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z “You are prepared for the worst, I see—and very bad it is. Harriet Smith marries Robert Martin.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z Maurice and Robert skewered the carcass, lifted the dead weight, and stood ready. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z "Robert will keep an easy pace for their sakes," he said. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z That was where Robert had made his breach, swarming in over the rubble and corpses with his warhammer in hand and Ned Stark at his side. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Siobhan looked up as Robert Hicks wrapped his hand around her arm. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Three days later, Daniel Ellsberg and his son Robert carried plates of barbequed chicken to an outdoor picnic table. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z A scarred payphone is mounted above a rack with a few faded tourist brochures for Canobie Lake Park, Robert Frost Farm, and the New Hampshire Snowmobile Museum. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z Robert Hooke evidently saw clouds perfectly clearly when he asked, ‘What is the reason of the various Figure of the Clouds, undulated, hairy, crisped, coyled, confus’d, and the like?’ The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z A score of genuinely brilliant military leaders who also confronted a superior enemy force—Hannibal, Robert E. Lee, and Napoleon come to mind—were eventually defeated because they presumed that victory meant winning battles. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z "Not every sailor's tale is true," Ser Jorah cautioned, "and even if Robert be truly dead, his son rules in his place. This changes nothing, truly." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A large parcel arrived one morning, almost too large for Robert to carry. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z "There is more of Rhaegar in you, I think, but even Rhaegar could be slain. Robert proved that on the Trident, with no more than a warhammer. Even dragons can die." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It was Robert Ackley, this guy that roomed right next to me. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z The Lannis- ters of easterly Rock had come late to Robert's cause, when victory was all but certain, and he had never forgiven them. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The Knight of Flowers could not have reached his second name day when Robert slew Prince Rhaegar on the Trident. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The bacterium which causes tuberculosis was discovered not invented by Robert Koch in 1882. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Of course not; he knows you are with me,” Robert replied, as he busied himself among sundry pans and covered dishes which had been left standing on the hearth. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z “Do me a favor, Robert,” spoke the pretty woman at his side, almost as soon as she and Robert had started on their slow, homeward way. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z He was a big, burly brute with pig eyes, a massive gut, and an unkempt black beard that reminded her of Robert. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z At the Pentagon, the team working on Robert McNamara’s secret Vietnam study was finally finishing up. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “I know Robert can’t win,” she told Dad at the time. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Robert supposed he was not, as there were a good many New Orleans dub men over at Klein's. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z A British player, Robert Wade, supplied Bobby with a detailed analysis of Spassky’s openings in two loose-leaf books, one marked “Spassky; White” and the other “Spassky: Black.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, Robert stopped having his pictures taken when he had to pay for them himself! He found wiser use for his money, he says,” explained Madame Lebrun. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z Robert moaned and reached his arm out until he found William. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The poems we read in class were her expressions of love to Robert Browning, her husband. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z “Oh, enough, Robert!” she broke into his heated outburst. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z I positioned myself where Uncle Robert pointed, under a roof bolt, and kept watching until Dad led me back to the man-trip. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Unable to attract attention, they walked down the street to Joe King’s Blue Ribbon Bar, which, Robert described as “jumping, jammed, and crowded.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z When he had gone to King's Landing to sit on Robert's council, he had left Selyse on Dragonstone with their daughter. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The night we were there Robert Motherwell and Franz Kline were having a conversation at the bar, and Andy Warhol and John Cage dined at a nearby table—not that Bobby noticed. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Ellsberg showed Robert the system he’d worked out: after each copy was made, the “Top Secret” stamps at the top and bottom of the page had to be cut off with scissors. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Gradually, on a diet of eggnogs and orange juice, he regained weight; by October the prison physician, Dr. Robert Moore, considered him strong enough to be returned to the Row. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Robert Burke and William Wills were smart enough to write, but not smart enough to survive in Australian desert regions where Aborigines were living. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Tell Robert to cut down to his mother’s cottage, Frank, and bring him back.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Theon had been out hunting that day, riding with Lord Eddard and King Robert, with no hint of the dire news that awaited them back at the castle. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Robert told me, Robert showed him in. Frith says the story in Kerrith is that the diver who went down about the ship there in the bay found Mrs. de Winter’s boat.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z "Not Joffrey. Robert. This house was a great favorite of his." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Robert F came and joined me and asked what I was doing. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z By now the new science of bacteriology, pioneered by Robert Koch and Louis Pasteur, had convinced most public health officials that contaminated drinking water caused the spread of cholera and other bacterial diseases. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “You like playing lawn bowls, don’t you, Robert?” he asked. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z I remembered two years before, when a man named Robert, who worked for Dad, had lost a finger. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Back in January 1684, after a meeting of the Royal Society, Halley had fallen into conversation with Christopher Wren and Robert Hooke about planetary orbits. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z As the Locktons made their way through the crowded room, Mr. Robert dropped the heavy coins into a worn velvet bag. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let’s go,” Robert Hicks said, grabbing her arm again. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z In just one day, they had moved to the front lines of the struggle, and Robert Sobukwe was being hailed inside and outside the country as the savior of the liberation movement. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He straightened his long back and smiled at Robert de Sorbonne. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z He would have to look instead for flanker Robert Brown over the middle. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Georges and Robert make a fire wif pine needles and sticks. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z I wondered why Robert did not come to clear the tea. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I seem to have persuaded Susan and Robert, who no longer look concerned for my mental stability, but Caleb narrows his eyes at me, the way he does when he suspects someone of duplicity. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Robert Todd Lincoln was born on August 1, 1843, in Springfield, Illinois. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z The navigator and nose gunner would be Robert Mitchell, a professor’s son from Illinois. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z Robert Cohn and Bill were sitting at one of the tables. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z One result of this act would be the birth of Robert Pilgrim, who would become a problem in high school, but who would then straighten out as a member of the famous Green Berets. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yummy, but could I have mine tonight? Got to get back to Robert Peel and the Enlightened Whigs. Anyway, Thing has ruined my appetite.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z If I thought there was any doubt—” “Oh, enough, Robert!” she broke into his heated outburst. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z "You won't like them at all. How did you kill Robert?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z They found Robert drinking beer from a polished horn and roaring his displeasure at two. young squires who were trying to buckle him into his armor. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She stood holding the glass and I saw Robert Cohn looking at her. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z It doesn’t appear that Robert was unhappy about the new baby; he just seemed to get a kick out of the name’s bookend effect. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Both Robert and Charlotte Serber had held security clearances at Los Alamos, where Charlotte served as the lab’s indispensable librarian. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z At dinner he tried to explain what he and Robert were doing, and why. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He had been working with Robert every day, hauling loads of juniper and pinon for the woodpile, bringing coal from Canoncito to shovel into the shed. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “Now, Robert, don’t you go back out there, understand?” Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z “That’s good, Robert. Try to keep your arm parallel to your leg,” he would say. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z His gaze settled on the top of the distant mountain and Robert changed the unspoken subject. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Robert went out of the room and came back again in a few minutes. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “That was the one, wasn’t it?” he said, “that was the tune? Do you still like ginger hair, Robert?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z She starts to strum it as Robert hoists himself inside, and the truck starts forward, carrying the banjo sounds and her warbling voice away from us. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z He wondered if he would be reading propositions by Robert Barclay if he were sitting at a desk in the Phippsburg schoolhouse. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Sometime I hear a loud car and I think Robert is out there waiting to hurt me. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z "It's no life being a steer," Robert Cohn said. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Her youngest, Christopher, had been born shortly after the uncertain time at Robert Taylor and had been with her only off and on because of a custody fight between her and Christopher’s father. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “When is he going?” she asked of everybody in general, as if Robert were not there to answer for himself. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z Robert and William slept soundly, their arms wrapped around each other in their trundle bed, their chests rising and falling in unison. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But unlike the roads in Robert Frost’s familiar poem, they are not equally fair. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “Are you not going to wait for Mademoiselle Reisz?” asked Robert. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z And how would Biddy know what Robert look like, come to think of it. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Around the same time, a federal appeals court judge, Robert Vance, was killed in Birmingham by a mail bomb. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He must have got into his car right away after talking to Robert, because in less than a quarter-of-an-hour he was shown into the room. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “I’m parched. Let’s have tea and I’ll tell you all about this wonderful house that Robert built for me.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Robert Oppenheimer was the leading theoretician in the nation. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Now Robert had all the things that Josiah had been responsible for. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Robert climbed down and I fitted into the place he had saved on the one wooden seat that ran across the top. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z "Please, Robert. For the love you bear me. For the love you bore my sister. Please." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z For a moment Robert was so angry he could not speak. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z In his poem “Epilogue,” Robert Lowell asked, “Yet why not say what happened?” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “And you, what’s-your-name, Robert? What sort of pens did they teach you to use in California?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z "He was the King's Hand. Doubtless Robert asked him to see that they were provided for." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z That winter Robert Cohn went over to America with his novel, and it was accepted by a fairly good publisher. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z With Robert Barclay in front of him, it promised to be an even duller afternoon. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Compared to the nightmare existence that Robert Schumann endured, it was a walk in the park, though surprisingly Schumann’s is the music of greater tranquillity and warmth. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “A factor, perhaps. How big, how small, only Robert can tell us.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z That confidence paid dividends when the board turned its attention to Robert Serber, who had been Oppenheimer’s right-hand man in theoretical physics at Los Alamos. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z "Well, it’s hardly to be wondered at in this fog, Madam. That’s what I said to Robert just now. It’s difficult to find your way on the road, let alone on the water." Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Julius Robert Oppenheimer had arrived on the Berkeley campus almost exactly one year after Ernest Lawrence, and with every bit as much thunder. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z And what did Robert say when he saw them? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Shall I stay with you till Mr. Pontellier comes?” asked Robert, seating himself on the outer edge of one of the steps and taking hold of the hammock rope which was fastened to the post. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z “It depends,” Robert de Sorbonne said at last, eyeing William skeptically, “on what he thinks of Master Albertus’s proof of the existence of God.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Robert would have shouted for his hammer to repay Bloodbeard in kind. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z His grandsire had been slain by Robert at Summer- hall; somehow this had elevated his slayer to godlike prowess in the grandson’s eyes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It had taken Joseph Stalin’s physicists just four years to reach nuclear parity with the United States—about the time frame predicted by Robert Oppenheimer. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “Oh, Robert! how do you do? I remember you very well: you used to give me a ride sometimes on Miss Georgiana’s bay pony. And how is Bessie? You are married to Bessie?” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Chief among my new school friends were Robert Firmin and Robert Webb. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Robert Cohn was once middleweight boxing champion of Princeton. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z It was, as Robert had warned him, a hellishly uncomfortable chair, and never more so than now, with his shattered leg throbbing more sharply every minute. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "King Robert has a headsman," he said, uncertainly. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “We will take in fifty children at a time, and do a type-out”—this makes Uncle Robert groan—“and it will take approximately twenty minutes, per fifty kids.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z In 1965 two American physicists at the Bell Telephone Laboratories in New Jersey, Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson, were testing a very sensitive microwave detector. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z On the front of the yellow cigarette box is a poem by Robert Burns that Gram likes to sing to an old Irish tune: Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z His father had talked of him often: the peerless Robert Baratheon, demon of the Trident, the fiercest warrior of the realm, a giant among princes. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "Robert," I said, and shook him by the shoulder. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z “Now, Robert,” she said, “there’s one for you and one for David, okay?” Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Mr. Robert bowed politely in return, ignoring the muttering at the table behind him. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z "You know my feelings, Sansa. It seems I must arrange Robert's games and pretend to be honored for his sake. That does not mean I must subject my daughters to this folly." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I knew for sure that I couldn’t tell ’bout Robert. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Robert and Mary were there to support their father. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Robert Lindsay raised the volume, and the class raised their own volume. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z “Write to me when you get there, won’t you, Robert?” she entreated. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z Robert was wearing the uniform of the famous Green Berets. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Robert tightened his grip on the wheel as he steered into the parking lot. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He dropped his sword and glared at Robert, surrounded by his Kingsguard and a dozen other knights and guardsmen. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I wondered if Robert would have stood there, that wooden expression on his young sheep’s face, brushing the crumbs from the snowy-white cloth, picking up the table, carrying it from the room. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Robert knocked the dust from his hat. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z "And we must not neglect the other costs. Robert will want a prodigious feast. That means cooks, carpenters, serving girls, singers, jugglers, fools . . ." "Fools we have in plenty," Lord Renly said. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The courtroom was very quiet, and despite the static of the recording and the background din, one could make out Robert’s words very clearly. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Robert Boyle, on the other hand, insisted that was precisely how one had to think of the universe: following Kepler, he compared the universe to a clock, and so compared God to a clockmaker. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The dangers of the melee were - only a savor to Robert, but this touched on his pride. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "Every moment you delay gives Cersei another moment to prepare. By the time Robert dies, it may be too late . . . for both of us." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The girl would be seventeen or eighteen now, he realized; older than Robert had been when he fathered her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "I will not be part of murder, Robert. Do as you will, but do not ask me to fix my seal to it." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Robert, Matthew, Paul, please go with Father,” our teacher said. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z In Robert’s case, this meant that after leaving home as a baby he never saw his mother again, since she died in her mid-forties, when he was 4, a year before he returned home. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z A thin woman stood next to Mr. Robert. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, after a couple more false klaxons, the bus started, and Robert Cohn waved good-by to us, and all the Basques waved good-by to him. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Robert slouches against the fender of his Packard automobile, his shapeless dark jacket covered with dust, his hair an unkempt mop, his eyes glaring mistrustfully at the lens from under hooded brows. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z "Let him go," Robert said, and as quickly as that, it was over. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Pastor Weeks turned around to talk to Mr. Robert Finch, who rode his horse a few lengths behind the wagon. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Robert Cohn got up from the table and said he would go to the station. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Frith in his element, of course, directing Robert with a lift of his eyebrows, and myself rather hot and flustered with a monstrous silver tea-pot and kettle that I never knew how to manage. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z "For Robert!" he shouted, and he came up snarling, lifting the frost-covered longsword with both hands and swinging it around in a flat sidearm slash with all his weight behind it. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Even Rolling Pin Robert, pacing the halls outside, looks serviceable. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Robert and Tayo stopped on the bridge and looked into the riverbed. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The car went fast and Robert got off my head, but he put a knife to my face. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Robert went to the post this afternoon, and isn’t back yet, Madam,” said Alice. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z In former times, before Robert could remember, “the house” had been a summer luxury of the Lebruns. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z "If there was one soul in King's Landing who was truly desperate to keep Robert Baratheon alive, it was me." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Such works decorated the house, and I was often scolded for accidentally throwing away Robert's Styrofoam cup or Douglas's very special paint stick. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “Do me a favor, Robert,” spoke the pretty woman at his side, almost as soon as she and Robert had started their slow, homeward way. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z One day Robert climbed over that fence, filled a bucket with peaches. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z Tayo realized then that as long as Josiah and Rocky had been alive, he had never known Robert except as a quiet man in the house that belonged to old Grandma and Auntie. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He did not truly believe the king would harm him, not Robert. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z But with both Robert and his brother Renly slain, everything was changed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Same cook I suppose, Maxim?” he said, when Robert had offered him the cold soufflé for the second time. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “I pledge myself to our rightful sovereign, the King, sir,” Mr. Robert said. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “The map said RLS—Robert Louis Stevenson! He wrote Treasure Island. This has to be it. Whatever we’re supposed to find must be somewhere near here.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He left the rest unsaid; that King Robert would ignore him, Lord Tywin would ask if he had taken leave of his senses, and Jaime would only laugh. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z During this time Robert's mother had settled an allowance on him, about three hundred dollars a month. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z “Well, what have we learned from all this?” asked Robert Phelps. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Robert Hooke’s elder brother became a grocer in Newport, where he served as Mayor at one time, but hanged himself at the age of 46—we do not know exactly why. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Malcolm announced that my Big Chop was going to be repairing Robert so that he was as good as new. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z Robert stares down from under the black brow that stretches over both of his eyes. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z On the designated evening, Robert showed up at the club with his parents, who proudly introduced their son as J. Robert Oppenheimer. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Four weeks in I was being called half a dozen names that weren’t Robert—cripple, spastic, legless, and the dreaded Toe Nose. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z The wet earth smell came in the window that Robert had propped open with an old shoe the night before. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I had to go up and bring Robert Cohn down. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z King Robert had grown louder with each course. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z This self who sat on the window seat was new, was different….Robert brought in my tea, and I ate my bread-and-butter hungrily. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I had never known Frith and Robert to be out at the same time. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “We’re not asking for your advice to help us choose, Robert,” she said. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Robert went away to high school and college and then fought for the Union in the Civil War, although his mother didn’t want him to. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z “I heard Robert coming back with the car,” he said to Colonel Julyan. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z In 1901, as a junior officer aboard the Discovery, captained by Robert F. Scott, he headed for Antarctica for the first time. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z I recognize it from the driveway of the home where my youngest siblings—Yvonne, Wesley, and Robert—stay. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Tad attended his father’s funeral with his oldest brother, Robert. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z It was while reading Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson that they first got the idea to run away together. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I took out my wallet and produced the fake Robert Johnson ID saying I was twenty-one. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Auntie talked to him now the way she had talked to Robert and old Grandma all those years, with an edge of accusation about to surface between her words. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I began to arrange the flowers in the vases that Robert had filled with water. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, the caterpillars continued to crawl toward each other and upward on Robert de Sorbonne’s forehead. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z On the third floor, Mother gaggles over a canopy bed where Robert E. Lee slept. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z But, as Robert K. Merton kept pointing out, science isn’t only about individual success. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He and the radioman, Robert Miller, slept steadily into the afternoon. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z No one who knew Robert Oppenheimer was the least bit surprised. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z "Well, if the price for Robert's company is an infestation of Lannisters, so be it. It sounds as though Robert is bringing half his court." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z From the town of Hinsdale, Illinois, a housewife wrote in despair to one of the world’s leading ornithologists, Robert Cushman Murphy, Curator Emeritus of Birds at the American Museum of Natural History. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z "I liked your husband well enough, my lady. He was a loyal friend to Robert, I know . . . but he would not listen and he would not bend. Here, I wish to show you something." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z By midday we were in Newport, following Mr. Robert up the steps of Sullivan’s Tavern. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Would the war still be raging in five years, when Robert hit draft age? Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z She attempted to rise; she could not have done so without betraying the agitation which mastered her at sight of him, so she fell back upon the stool, only exclaiming, “Why, Robert!” The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z “Mama,” Auntie said, “I’m trying to tell you how poor Pinkie got killed instantly. Shot in the back of the head. Besides, Robert filled it yesterday.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He had even sent men crawling through the sewers, yet somehow Robert still eluded him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Edna could hear Robert’s voice behind them, and could sometimes hear what he said. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z She arose, climbing over Robert’s feet with a muttered apology. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z "Robert was my elder brother. You are the younger." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Robert looked off into the darkness, for a moment as melancholy as a Stark. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Robert,” he said, and then paused for what seemed like an eternity, “you’re free to go.” Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Robert supposed he was not, as there were a good many New Orleans club men over at Klein’s. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z But that policeman say, “I’m sorry. That was sort of station-house slang. I meant that Robert and his friend act badly.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z "Listen, Robert, going to another country doesn't make any difference. I've tried all that. You can't get away from yourself by moving from one place to another. There's nothing to that." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z He told Mary that he and Robert were going to run inside to pick up some papers, but that she should wait in the car. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I looked out of the window into the backyard and By and Dad and Mr. Robert were standing under a great big tree with a dog. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “What do you say we make it 'Robert’ unanimously?” Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Not long afterward, Stimson named a scientific panel to advise the committee: Ernest Lawrence, Robert Oppenheimer, Arthur Compton, and Enrico Fermi. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z "How has my lovely and persuasive sister gotten Robert to agree to the imprisonment of his dear friend Ned?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z My other half brothers, Buddy, Sonny, and Robert, asked me what being a soldier was like, and I made something up that sounded vaguely heroic. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z I was sitting over at the Iruña reading the papers when I saw Robert Cohn coming across the square. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z But my mother puts it on the record player, turned way down low and then even us kids are dancing around— Robert showing us the steps he learned at the Far Rockaway parties. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z “This is Robert de Sorbonne. Besides being a great man of the church, he has founded a college for poor scholars at the university.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z But this boy—well, Robert Lane apparently had a special feeling about this one. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z The king could order him freed, but would Robert listen to his queen or his Hand? A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z When the physicist Robert Marshank got a similar letter, he announced to his wife that they were leaving immediately. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z "Is this the same poison they gave Robert?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "You need to come south," Robert told him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "The Lady Lysa has commanded the maester to remain at the Eyrie at all times, to care for Lord Robert," he said. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "Just how long does Robert intend to hunt?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z FBI agent Robert Lamphere had heard about the contents of the safe in his boss's office. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The family lived at Robert Taylor for nine months. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z One day at the start of February, Kerry said, “Guess what, Robert?” Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Josiah and Robert came then and unloaded their rifles and leaned them against a scrub oak. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z "She forbade him to fight, in front of his brother, his knights, and half the court. Tell me truly, do you know any surer way to force King Robert into die melee? I ask you." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "Oh, yes, I confess it And you would have rushed straight to the king, yes? And when Robert heard of his peril, what would he have done? I wonder." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Do you know we have been together the whole livelong day, Robert—since early this morning?” she said at parting. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z I started off walking with Brett, but Robert Cohn came up and joined her on the other side. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z During these three years, the first spent in travel, the last two in Paris, Robert Cohn had two friends, Braddocks and myself. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z She sat in the sofa comer reading Robert’s letter by the fading light. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z If Joff had only done as he was told, Winterfell would never have gone to war, and Father would have dealt with Robert’s brothers. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Mom pointed at my eldest brother, Michael, and asked, “Should we bring Robert home?” Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z A person like Jenny did not speak to folks like the Locktons or Mr. Robert, not in that manner. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z "Bring him here," Robert's voice called, strangely thick. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Let me walk over with you,” offered Robert. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z I wave them for everyone and erase Robert Poppins School of Performing Arts from the application, feeling a total moron. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Their wooden armor had been freshly painted, so one bore the stag of the usurper Robert Baratheon, the other the golden lion of House Lannister. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Siobhan readjusted the red scarf around her neck as she and Coach Robert Hicks parked outside the Wallace High School tennis courts. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “I was looking directly at it, with no eye protection of any kind,” said Robert Serber, who watched from Compana Hill. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z "Robert, that was just mean. It's not fair to ... to hide that way. Promise me, promise me, Robert, that you will never do that again." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Neither Robert Newton nor his son Isaac ever learned to read or write, but Hannah’s brother William was a Cambridge graduate, a clergyman who enjoyed the living at the nearby village of Burton Coggles. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z "On more than that, I hope, sweet lady. I have great esteem for your husband, our new Hand, and I know we do both love King Robert." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He fumbled, and the gorget he was trying to fit around Robert's thick neck tumbled to the ground. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Robert came at the end of the summer. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Louvenia tells me how her grandson, Robert, was blinded earlier this year by a white man because he used a white bathroom. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Mr. Robert’s mouth tightened like a rope pulled taut. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z "I know it's a poem by Robert Burns." The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z “But there’s no zero,” Robert complained, “no one.” The Number Devil 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Robert made Isaac the heir to all his property, including the lordship of the manor, and Hannah brought to the union as her dowry property worth £50 per year. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Except for Georges and Robert, who actually wanted to know. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z If it was a caller, Robert would have shown them into the library or the drawing-room. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Thirteen yards to Robert Brown for a first down to the 40. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z They had rung the bells when King Robert died, she remembered, but this was different, no slow dolorous death knell but a joyful thunder. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "I say," she said, "is Robert Cohn going on this trip?" The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Instead, there were letters from every grade-one student, all reading: “Dear Robert, We love you very much and we hope you will be better soon.” Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z “Oh Alice,” I said, “isn’t Robert there? I rather fancied my tea out under the chestnut tree.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Rather, he was so deep into his book, Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island, that he didn’t hear Mama calling him to dinner. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z When he takes us to the park, Uncle Robert tells us, If you catch a dandelion puff, you can make a wish. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z Her brother Robert was flying home from a battlefield in Vietnam. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I Robert James Fischer do hereby irrevocably and permanently renounce my U.S. citizenship and all the supposed rights and privileges of United States citizenship. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Robert only stays long enough for my mother to thank him for buying our tickets for getting us home. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z When Robert comes over with his hair blown out into an afro, I beg my mother for the same hairstyle. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z Robert Baratheon had written a bloody end to that hope, with the help of his friend Eddard Stark, but both men were dead now. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Robert looked away, off into the grey distance. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "Serve the boar at my funeral feast," Robert rasped. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The offending piece was Theodora, a setting of a libretto by his friend Thomas Morell, which itself was based on an account of the early Christian martyr by Robert Boyle, the founder of modern chemistry. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Robert Oppenheimer and World War II. Salk found a vaccine that prevented polio, and Oppenheimer helped create the bombs that were dropped on Japan and ended the war. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z “Robert, hit the light on the front porch.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Barely two months after V-J Day, the Klan in Atlanta burned a 300-foot cross on the face of Stone Mountain, site of a storied rock carving of Robert E. Lee. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z “The map said RLS—Robert Louis Stevenson! He wrote Treasure Island. This has to be it. Whatever we’re supposed to find must be somewhere near here.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z And I had nothing, either, against the babies, Yvonne, Wesley, and Robert. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Lords great and small had flocked to Robert's banners; others had remained loyal to Targaryen. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "Your Grace," Ned Stark said, "we must talk . . ." Robert pressed his fingertips against his temples. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Because Robert Frost,” he said, slowly shaking his head in disbelief as if I was asking something real stupid, “is a major American poet.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z In addition to Adolf Hitler, these included Joseph Goebbels, minister of propaganda; Heinrich Himmler, head of the SS; and Robert Ley, head of the Reich Labor Front. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z "I thought he was going to be sick. You weren't bored, were you, Robert?" The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z “This afternoon,” returned Robert, with a shade of annoyance. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z He was graduating in a month, and then he would work with Josiah and Robert. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The only one he guessed correctly was Robert Zimmerman, Bob Dylan’s real name. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Robert Lewis picked up his pencil and made a note in his logbook: “My God, what have we done?” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z According to Robert Stevenson, one of the scientists involved in the meeting, their goal was to keep the field from “degenerating into complete chaos.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Robert Baratheon was dead, and her father as well, beheaded for a traitor on the steps of the Great Sept of Baelor. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The divorce was arranged and Robert Cohn went out to the Coast. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Robert appeared and shut the windows of the drawing-room behind me. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Robert Lincoln served as secretary of war and minister to Great Britain and then worked as general counsel and president of the Pullman Company. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z I spoke before Mr. Robert could open his mouth. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z To be sure, there were seasoned men in the City Watch, the core of two thousand who'd gotten their gold cloaks from Robert, not Cersei. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Robert Oppenheimer poses at the front of his classroom at Princeton University, December 17, 1947. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Robert reached for the flagon and refilled his cup. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Emily read them aloud: “‘To remember Robert Louis Stevenson’—” She gasped and clutched Matthew’s arm. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z All that summer, while Josiah and Tayo watched the cattle and the sheep camp, and Robert worked in the fields each day, Rocky read magazines and ran laps at the baseball diamond twice a day. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Nell, Robert, and William fussed when they were brought outside, but they sat up enough to drink warm water sweetened with the last of the molasses, then fell asleep as their skin cooled gently. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z "North, south, east, or west, all we do we do in Robert's name." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “If it looks anything like the artist’s conception,” physicist Robert Cornog told a friend, “it will be the eighth, ninth, tenth, and eleventh wonder of the world.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Jack started to chip a piece of wood with his knife and whispered something to Robert, who looked away. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z “I never saw Joffrey’s corpse, nor Robert’s,” growled the Eel’s proprietor. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z My favorite character is the lady in black who follows Edna and Robert everywhere. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Permian’s Robert Brown took the ball and barely got to the 15 before he was smothered by a crowd of Odessa High defenders. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Robert Baratheon had been hiding somewhere in the town, wounded and alone. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z When he bashed into a tree Ralph looked sideways impatiently and Robert sniggered. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z She sat perfectly still before the piano, not touching the keys, while Robert carried her message to Edna at die window. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z Consulting a colleague named Robert Harrington, he concluded that what he was looking at was a moon. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z "Your son has no claim to the throne he sits. Lord Stannis is Robert's true heir." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "The boy is my namesake,'did you know that? Robert Arryn. I am sworn to protect him. How can I do that if his mother steals him away?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Bill went up and Robert sat beside Bill to save a place for me, and I went back in the hotel to get a couple of bottles of wine to take with us. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z One and a half blocks from the market was the handsomely refurbished mansion of Robert Morris, a wealthy manufacturer who had used his fortune to help finance the Revolutionary War. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z That way Biddy and Lizabeth be safe, and Robert couldn’t find me neither. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z In 1882, Robert Koch of Germany identified the microbe that caused the dreaded disease tuberculosis. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I felt she had known it was me all along and had accused Robert to see if I would have the courage to confess. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z She was saucy the next, moving her head up and down, making “eyes” at Robert and making “mouths” at Beaudelet. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z Step by step she lived over every instant of the time she had been with Robert after he had entered Mademoiselle Reisz’s door. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z Even her husband, when he came down the Saturday following Robert’s departure, expressed regret that he had gone. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z One of those who read about the suffering in Chicago was a young Scot named Robert Louis Stevenson. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z It’s the shade of blue he wears in the baby picture that’s framed and sitting on the shelves of Robert and Trade’s bonus room. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z There, standing with the hotel runners, was Robert Cohn. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z “Why does she look at me like that?” inquired the girl of Robert. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z Little Robert took a quick peek over his shoulder at Catelyn and began to tremble. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Robert de Sorbonne smiled distantly, as if he were listening to an entirely different conversation. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “Mr. Robert’s going to walk us over to the lake, show us the best fishing spots for later. Joey, Kenny, you coming? Give these two some time alone to talk.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z When she and Robert stepped into Tonie’s boat, with the red lateen sail, misty spirit forms were prowling in the shadows and among the reeds, and upon the water were phantom ships, speeding to cover. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z Robert Arryn, Lord of the Eyrie and Defender of the Vale, was fidgeting impatiently in his elevated chair. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Robert left earlier, with the excuse that he had to chop wood or see how the little apple trees behind the house were doing. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z "I hope that's so, boy, but once I might have said the same of Robert." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "The fool child is in love with you, Robert." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Joffrey is but twelve, and Robert gave you the regency, my lofd. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "Lord Robert now, poor Arryn's gone ... I remember . . . why did she not come with you?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Robert Baratheon won the Iron Throne without the benefit of dragons. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He sat on a gunny sack full of the corn that Robert and Josiah had dried last year, and when he shifted his weight even slightly, he could hear the hard kernels move. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z "The bad little man," Lord Robert said, giggling. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z This time Tayo could see something different, although they walked up the valley together as they had when Robert came before, looking at the spotted cattle, examining the calves. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “Apparently he met with Commissioner García, who approved a festival. I know, Robert. I know....Well, what can I tell you? Just come so we can talk about it.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Robert Cohn spent the mornings studying Spanish or trying to get a shave at the barber-shop. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z In that case, a police officer pulled over Robert Robinette, allegedly for speeding. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “No, you might bring me some tea, Robert, in the library. Nothing like cakes or scones. Just tea and bread-and-butter.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Big Dub and Robert joined Adam at the window while Smitty ran to the kitchen. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Big Dub picked up the bottle of scotch for a refill, but Robert stopped him from uncapping it. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “My father praised Robert without respite! So my behavior was disgracious. But such reverences, such empathies that existed between them, they are very combustible. Friendship is a calmer thing. Robert left Zedelgem in winter.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Robert laughed, the sound rattling among the tombs and bouncing from the vaulted ceiling. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z More surprisingly perhaps, there are no facts in Robert Boyle’s New Experiments of 1660, his first account of the air-pump experiments, only phenomena. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Robert is just twenty-one, with a thin mustache and a captain’s rank in the Union army. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z "Pride is everything to a king, my lord. Robert came all this way to see you, to bring you these great honors, yoti cannot throw them back in his face." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He studied the ground, his hands, Mr. Robert’s horse, and the clouds. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z In second grade, Robert Caseman and his ilk matured a bit. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Big Dub rattled the ice in his almost-empty glass as Robert Hicks, the Perkins football coach, pulled up to his house. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I do not know how people could say such terrible things to Robert Cohn. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Robert squirmed away from the rag, but his father caught him and cleaned off most of the mess before he set his son on the floor. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Robert W was fun to hang around with too, but I think the main reason I wanted to be friends with him was because his name was Robert. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z “Now, listen, my boy,” Neylan rejoined, launching into a two-hour monologue about the history of the oath, the duplicity of Robert Sproul, and the faculty’s disrespect for the board of regents. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The Defender’s founder, Robert Abbott, had been born in the South, and like the Barnetts and Gustavus Swift, he recognized Chicago as a place where he could do big things. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z When the guard brings our uncle to the waiting room that is filled with other families waiting, he is not Robert. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z One night, early in the war, Robert Oppenheimer drove to the home of a friend and fellow Berkeley professor, Haakon Chevalier. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z It was 1966, and Robert was a member of the elite Special Forces of the army, known as the Green Berets for their distinctive headgear. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z This is when Robert McNamara broke with the policy of open-ended escalation. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Everyone took seats, except for Robert Oppenheimer and his assistant, Robert Serber. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Robert and his council of cravens and flatterers would beggar the realm if left unchecked ... or, worse, sell it to the Lannisters in pay-ment of their loans. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I don’t care how Susan and Robert got home from school, but I need to change the subject. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The perfect opportunity arose a few weeks later, when Robert and his wife, Kitty, invited Haakon and his wife, Barbara, over for dinner. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Robert Reyburn claimed that he and the president's other doctors followed Lister's antiseptic advice when changing dressings. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “It isn’t just me, Robert. The other guys, they’re still messed up too. That ceremony didn’t help them.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He is with Susan and her brother, Robert, and Susan is giving me a strange look, like I am a different person than the one she knew this morning. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Georges and Robert had covered their faces with their shirts. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Franklin and Robert Morris, a member of Congress and a money-raiser for the Revolution, arranged for a ship to land some men in Bermuda, grab a ton of gunpowder, and sail to Philadelphia. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The stag was King Robert’s sigil, the city would rejoice to see it. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Besides, Robert. The goal of my life isn’t just... to be happy.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Robert Kennedy, then running for President, telegraphed: “By your actions in support of employees who seek recognition for their bargaining rights, you set a standard that all should emulate.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Just after I had drunk my third cup Robert came in again. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t know how Robert stuck out those remaining weeks,” his only friend at camp later said. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Yeah, they didn’t name the school Robert Frost Junior High, why we always reading him?” someone else asked. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Robert had never known the house, and looked at it with interest “I never knew you in your former home,” he remarked. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z He warned that Robert Millikan’s proud institution in Pasadena was not to be trifled with. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Mr. Robert reached for coins to pay the pastor. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The willingness of the two universities to share Robert Oppenheimer attested to the scarcity of qualified theoretical physicists in American academia, especially theoreticians of Oppenheimer’s distinction. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z His brother, the late King Robert, had grown a beard in his final years. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z This might explain why, in 1958, a New York City man named Robert Lane decided to call his baby son Winner. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z “Not good enough, Robert. You’ve got to try harder,” Mr. French said again and again. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Robert would not make such a performance of bringing the tea out into the garden. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z These people don’t know me and they do know Robert and they know he’s no count, but they still be looking at me like . . . well, like people look at Biddy. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Bill, Robert, Harold, Henry; the choir boy who had fainted sat up against a palm trunk, smiled pallidly at Ralph and said that his name was Simon. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z I have never seen a man in civil life as nervous as Robert Cohn—nor as eager. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z The drug economy played out every day on the cracked concrete lawns of Robert Taylor, and her preteen older sons, Nicholas and Willie, could not help breathing it in. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Robert never said a word about the attack to camp counselors. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The secretary said her boss was down the hall, meeting with Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “And thereby brought Robert’s warhammer down upon himself, and Dome as well,” said Frog. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He could feel Robert's eyes on his back. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I imagined scared little Sarah in front of the courtroom, having to look at Robert Chambliss and reliving all the horrors of September 15, 1963. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Then the manager axt me to get on to work and leave Robert with him. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z There were a lot of Robert Gene Franklins in our family. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Robert looked at them and shook his head calmly, but Tayo started to sweat. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Robert was first and came back bragging, “Beat that, number two!” George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z They sat by me and hold my hand while that policeman make a tape of what I said about Robert. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He wasn't a good writer like you are, was he, Robert? The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z “Stole it from Robert Penn Warren,” he said. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z The rest of Meereen might see him as an amusing curiosity, like the exiled Summer Islander King Robert used to keep at King’s Landing, but the queen had always spoken to him gently. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Robert Hooke was born on the stroke of noon on 18 July 1635, seven years before Galileo Galilei died. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z “All dead—all dead—Robert, Sonia—darling, darling Daisy. She was so sweet—so happy—she had such lovely curls. We were all just crazy about her.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z Only when they got inside and closed the door did he tell her that his real name was Robert Oppenheimer. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The news, however, that overshadowed everything else during that June was the activity of Robert E. Lee. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z There was Robert’s reproach making itself felt by a quicker, fiercer, more overpowering love, which had awakened within her toward him. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z They ran as Robert said they did, wilder than antelope, smarter than elk about human beings. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Says, Don't get into trouble out there, Robert. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z “Why, Colonel, bless your soul, there aint a devious bone in Robert Lee’s body, don’t you know that?” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z This is the story of the Battle of Gettysburg, told from the viewpoints of Robert E. Lee and James Longstreet and some of the other men who fought there. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z If Robert Louis Stevenson had written a sentence like that in Treasure Island, no one would have ever read the book, I thought. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z "Sickness was the physical manifestation of the will of God," Robert Crease, a philosopher of science at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, told me. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z "My lord," he said, "King Robert is gone. The gods give him rest." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I got my friend Robert to take photos. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I heard Robert put the suit-cases in the hall with the rug, and presently there was the sound of the car being brought to the door. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z He would not have thought so, but once he would not have thought Robert could command the murder of women and children either. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z All the kiddos, everyone but me, who is horrified at this clown, jump up and down like he’s handing out chocolate-covered cotton candy, and Uncle Robert takes Shawn’s hand and starts toward the lineup. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z When it first appeared, Halley was about to embark on the typical wealthy young gentleman’s Grand Tour of Europe, accompanied by an old schoolfriend, Robert Nelson. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z "Surely Robert has other loyal friends," he protested. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It was, in the words of historians Robert Korstad and Nelson Lichtenstein, a heartbreaking “opportunity found and lost.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Robert Cohn shook hands because we were back. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z "Much better. Dignified, yet not too stuffy. Now, if you'd said 'Robert speaking,' that would have been too much." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Robert bent down and rubbed the dog’s head. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z "Tell me, what right did my brother Robert ever have to the bon Throne?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z If Abnegation is fizzling, it’s our fault—Robert’s and Caleb’s and mine. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z "Ah, Robert," he mur-mured as his groping hand touched a cold stone wall, his leg throbbing with every motion. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Ola Monsieur Farival, flurried, curious, stood up, but upon seeing that Robert had followed Mrs. Pontellier, he sank back into his seat. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z Robert woke with a shriek that ended all discussion. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Tayo had never heard Robert talk that way before; he had never seen him angry before. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “I recall an auction not twenty yards from here,” Mr. Robert said. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z "He was coming along the path. I threw, like this-" Robert snarled at him. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z You doing the right thing, Robert? my mother wanted to know. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z Judging by the way Mr. Robert looked I bet the dog was saying die same thing about him. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Robert knocked the cup away with the back of his hand. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Only Beaudelet remained behind, tinkering at his boat and Mariequita walked away with her basket of shrimps, casting a look of childish ill-humor and reproach at Robert from the comer of her eye. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile Robert, addressing Mrs. Pontellier, continued to tell of his one time hopeless passion for Madame Ratignolle; of sleepless nights, of consuming flames till the very sea sizzled when he took his daily plunge. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no word from Robert Cohn nor from Brett and Mike. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z “It’ll take us a couple of days to get your money together,” she said to Mr. Robert. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The last case was a plump tavern singer, accused of making a song that ridiculed the late King Robert. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Thunder echoed against the cliffs, but Robert did not go. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z In October 1985, the DEA sent Robert Stutman to serve as director of its New York City office and charged him with the responsibility of shoring up public support for the administration’s new war. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “The Wall, if they admit their guilt. If they deny it, they can face Ser Robert. Such men should never have been raised so high.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “I thought he had great patience with his brother,” offered Edna, glad to be talking about Robert, no matter what was said. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z The three people who between them established both the scientific method itself and the pre-eminence of British science at the end of the seventeenth century were Robert Hooke, Edmond Halley and Isaac Newton. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Unlike Robert, Frank had joined the Communist Party with his wife, Jackie, in 1937, when they harbored the impression that the party shared their own goals of social justice. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Clara Wieck Schumann was the wife and muse of Robert Schumann, and a talented composer and pianist in her own right. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z So, on the afternoon that Robert Frost’s horse had clip-clopped through the snow, I’d raised my hand and told the class my mother was a poet. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z But I could see that man named Robert was having none of it. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z During two years and a half I do not believe that Robert Cohn looked at another woman. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z The catalyst was his friendship with Robert W. Wood, a Johns Hopkins physicist whom Loomis had met at Aberdeen. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “I am sure the lord commander did not come to hear about Robert’s by-blows. Patchface, be a good fool and take the princess to her room.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I can’t keep it up forever, but I know an awful lot of Robert Burns by heart. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z "Robert fought a war to win her back. He killed Rhaegar on the Trident with his hammer, but Lyanna died and he never got her back at all." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z One other important event occurred during Groves’s visit to Berkeley: his first encounter with J. Robert Oppenheimer. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Other men might reconsider words spoken in drunken bravado, but Robert Baratheon would remember and, remembering, would never back down. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Ms. Ford, Robert and his buddy are well known at this station. They’re both bad actors.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Pick the one you like the most. You, too, Robert and Tim. Pick the city you like best.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z If the gods had given her the strength they gave Jaime and that swaggering oaf Robert, she could have made her own escape. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Little Lord Robert hopped to his feet at that, so upset he dropped his doll. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “That’s good, Robert. You gave your wrist a bit of a twist at the end, though, which is why it went off-course. Try to lock it steady, like your elbow.” Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z You want to remember that for your next book, Robert. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Caltech president Robert Millikan suppressed his institution’s feelings of rivalry with Berkeley to compliment Lawrence on his “altogether extraordinary” discoveries. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z "Whenever someone said that to my brother Robert, he took them at their word," Renly said. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z After Robert had driven away, he walked around. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He had small liking for Prince Joffrey, but he could hear the pain in Robert's voice. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It remembers with pleasure and some glory that Robert Louis Stevenson lived there. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He is high-energy and at times even manic in a Robert Downey, Jr.-like way. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Dr. Leale sends messengers out to find Robert Lincoln and bring him before his father dies. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z "Lord Robert wants to see him fly," she said, as if that settled the matter. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z King Robert sat with his guts spilling out on the table from die great gash in his belly, and Lord Eddard was headless beside him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Mr. Robert Finch was filled up with trouble from his dirty boots to the brim of his scraggly hat. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The next day, in the newsroom of the New York Times Washington bureau, Sheehan asked his boss, Robert Phelps, to step out to the lobby for a private conversation. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I began to feel rather hungry, and when Robert had gone back into the house I crept into the dining-room through the long window and stole some biscuits from the side-board. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “Every man is free,” the frontiersman Robert Rogers told a disbelieving British audience, referring to Indian villages. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I was light-headed when I crossed the last field and approached the house, but I burst through the back door, as I’d seen my brothers do, as Robert and Emma had done, shouting for Mother. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “You must stay and dine with me, Robert. You see I am all alone, and it is so long since I have seen you. There is so much I want to ask you.” The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z “Of course not” laughed Robert “Of course not” echoed Mariequita, with a serious, confirmatory bob of the head. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z The Lincolns’ eldest son, Robert, a junior officer of General Grant’s staff, was home from the war. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Would you like to hear Mademoiselle Reisz play?” asked Robert, coming out on the porch where she was. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z It was Robert de Sorbonne’s turn to stammer. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z He could probably thank his father, Robert Stewart, for that. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z "Oh, yes. I've got some darbs. But not alongside of this Robert Cohn. The funny thing is he's nice, too. I like him. But he's just so awful." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z He had a duty to Robert, to the realm, to the shade of Jon Arryn . . . and to Bran, who surely must have stumbled on some part of the truth. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I got to the Brown Cow and, sure ’nuff, there was a ole beat-up car in the parking lot and Robert sitting in the front seat. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z When Tayo told Robert he was going north, up into the mountains to look for the cattle, Robert shrugged his shoulders and shook his head. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Jenny pressed her lips tight together and poured coffee for Lockton and for Mr. Robert. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I step past Robert and grab an apron. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I noticed Robert staring at me as I crossed the hall and went in to breakfast. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z In 1969 it became clear to us that he was living in 1968, because he kept shaking his head over the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert Kennedy. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z "I was hoping he would knock down a waiter," Mike said, "and get arrested. I'd like to see Mr. Robert Cohn in jail." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Jon Arryn had told them that a commander needs a good battlefield voice, and Robert had proved the truth of that on the Trident. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He had nothing against the squires, but it troubled him to see Robert surrounded by the queen's kin, waking and sleeping. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Robert stabilized the thing in a phrase which was received uproariously. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z "The girl as well? No doubt. So when the king dies . . ." "The throne by rights passes to Lord Stannis, the elder of Robert's two brothers." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Louvenia work all day for Miss Lou Anne and then come home ever afternoon and take Robert to blind school so he can learn to read with his fingers. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z "When she comes of age, she can wed little Lord Robert. Until such time, she'll be Lady Lysa's ward at the Eyrie." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Robert held his umbrella over her.As they went cutting sidewise through the water, the sails bellied taut, with the wind filing and overflowing them. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z Before leaving her, Robert begged her pardon for the impatience—he called it rudeness—with which he had received her well- meant caution. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z Bran had never seen as many strangers in all his years, not even when King Robert had come to visit Father. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z So the bald knight said, “Georges! Robert! Come on!” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z All I had to do was close my eyes, and there was Robert Lee Underwood streaking across the waves in the Amanda Rose. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Robert came in a few minutes afterwards to clear away the tea. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Robert Newman seemed to melt away in the dark. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z "I remember Robert as he was the day he took the throne, every inch a king," he said quietly. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Lawrence responded to the summons by informing Compton, as a fait accompli, that he would be introducing a new participant to the technical roundtable: Robert Oppenheimer. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z On June 29, 1954, the Atomic Energy Commission voted 4 to 1 to revoke J. Robert Oppenheimer’s security clearance, one day before it would have expired anyway. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Their two young children, Robert and Mary, lived with Cummings in California. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Lancel reddened; was he such a fool as to believe his part in Robert's death had gone unnoted? A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She raised Robert after her own daughter died. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I get in Stuart’s car and he takes me to the Robert E. Lee for dinner. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Well, Robert, I think you deserve it, then.” Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z “Mr. Nelson’s going to read us Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson at school, so I pick this one.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Robert Ellsberg cheered aloud when he heard the Pentagon study had been published. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He took Robert and Mary along to watch. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The music started and Robert Cohn said: "Will you dance this with me, Lady Brett?" The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Robert Serber, who had carried Berkeley’s proposal to the GAC, had to acknowledge that Fermi had posed “the obvious question,” and that it was unanswerable. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He had been fooled by them before when he had gone hunting with Rocky and Robert and Josiah. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z But that boy Robert might be out there. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The ck’o’yo Kaup’a’ta somewhere is stacking his gambling sticks and waiting for a visitor; Rocky and I are walking across the ridge in the moonlight; Josiah and Robert are waiting for us. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “Mrs. Finch, this is Robert Embry from Bartlett High. As you know, I’ve been counseling your son. I need to talk to you about Theodore. I’m afraid it’s extremely important. Please call me back.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z "Now we truly have no choice. You must be Robert's Hand. You must go south with him and learn the truth." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "I'm awfully glad to meet you," Robert said to Bill. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Robert Brown, who do Miss Leefolt’s yard, come up on her back steps. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Shy and awkward, Robert nevertheless read his prepared remarks and was given a hearty round of applause. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z It was sort of a funny song, all about Robert fighting with a pig. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z But Robert was nearly fourteen, and the thought of the boy being sent to this never-ending war in Vietnam was one of Ellsberg’s main motivations. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Mother put it on ice and rushed Robert to town so the doctors could sew it back on. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z "The Targaryens called Robert usurper. He seemed to be able to bear the shame. So shall I." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "And Robert will command it. There is nothing Lord Eddard can do for the boy in any case." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I saw Robert Lindsay and moved in front of him. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z I remember sitting with Joel Dias-Porter, who had not gone to Howard but whom I found at The Mecca, reviewing every line of Robert Hayden’s “Middle Passage.” Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Robert E. Lee has spent the afternoon on horseback trying to find his own army. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Last came King Robert’s Hammer, the might of the royal fleet ... or at least that portion that had not fled to Dragonstone last year with Stannis. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Please understand, though, there’s a significant chance Robert could die while we’re operating.” Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z "Ah, I wish I could be there to see Santagar's face," Robert said. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Robert's firstborn had had the same fine hair, he seemed to recall. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Georges and Robert laid the sheep carcass at the base of the tree. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Her only remaining son, Robert, had her committed to a mental institution in 1875. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Robert Oppenheimer could no more divest himself of political concerns than he could give up music and wine; they were all essential to his method of engaging with the outside world. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Ruth and I stood with our backs against the wall as Mr. Robert and the Locktons ate and drank. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z After vitals was breakfast, where the guy who was afraid of gravity and Rolling Pin Robert were gone—Humble told me and Noelle that they got discharged. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z “Ladies and gentlemen, according to Rule 5 of the regulations, Robert Fischer has lost the game. He has not turned up within the stipulated hour of time.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “Something’s wrong. I wonder if Mr. Robert’s friend was right, I wonder if he really did see Kenny in that church afterward. Lord, who knows what that poor baby saw.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Robert was waiting for him on the hill. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z "Varys tells me that spies are more useful than corpses," Robert said. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Also at the meeting was Robert FitzRoy, Charles’s captain from the Beagle. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “The FBI and Army Intelligence never reported picking up any rumors about electric rockets,” Robert said. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s definitely glad he’s not at home in James Robert Lamar Jr.’s personal version of house arrest. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z On an October day in 1753, Robert Dinwiddie, Royal Governor of His Majesty’s Colony of Virginia, sat in his office in Williamsburg, the capital of Virginia, reading the latest reports from the frontier. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z More likely she just wanted to make sure she and Robert Laurence came home together. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z "Robert will never keep to one bed," Lyanna had told him at Winterfell, on the night long ago when their father had promised her hand .to the young Lord of Storm's End. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Since the war ended, newspapers had been free to tell the public that the atomic bomb had been built by scientists at Los Alamos, led by Robert Oppenheimer. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z "I said leave," Robert insisted with a hint of his old fierceness. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “I am always less fortunate than Robert. Has he been imparting tender confidences?” The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z I thought how I must take the thorn out of Jasper’s foot and I wondered if Robert would come in and clear the tea-things. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Robert’s eyes darted between the two bidders. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z A year before Robert, Shawn’s girlfriend, Emma, had come through the back door shrieking. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Robert jab the knife out at me, then make like he slice it sideways. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I made short work of the food, keeping one eye on the door in case Mr. Robert walked in. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z At the same time, at the ranch house, the physicist Robert Bacher supervised the assembly of the bomb’s plutonium core. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z "Those swords are sworn to Renly. They love my charming young brother, as they once loved Robert . . . and as they have never loved me." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z We’d driven to the Robert E. Lee for dinner last night. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Seriously, though? I think most poems are about sex. Robert Herrick wrote a poem called ‘To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time.’” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z “It’s one operation, Robert. They have to do all the work at the same time.” Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Emily read them aloud: “‘To remember Robert Louis Stevenson’—” She gasped and clutched Matthew’s arm. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Over lunch, he told Robert about the McNamara study, and what it revealed. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He gave us no reason, but he no doubt knew that Klan members such as Robert Chambliss and Bob Cherry lived in that part of town. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z For a moment Robert did not seem to understand what Ned was saying. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Robert had not asked any questions then, about why Tayo was sleeping out there when he could have stayed over at the ranch. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z An Essay on the Principle of Population was written by the economist Thomas Robert Malthus in 1798. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z "When I know the truth, I must go to Robert." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “That’s a good bowl, Robert. Now try to release the bowl closer to the ground, so it rolls out of your hand smoother.” Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z The time had come, for Robert to hear the whole truth, he decided then and there. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "He wore it whenever he sat the Iron Throne in King Robert's place. Isn't it a lovely thing? I thought it only fitting that our champion avenge Jon with his own blade." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Hello, Coach,” Chip said, shaking Robert Hicks’s hand. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Robert Stevenson, one of the researchers who devoted much of his career to straightening out the HeLa contamination mess, laughed when he heard that argument. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Old Lord Merryweather’s inaction had allowed the rebellion to take root and spread, and Aerys wanted someone young and vigorous to match Robert’s own youth and vigor. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I was in no mood for Robert Frost, that white-assed crusty old man from some cow state. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z —Now it’s perfectly understandable that Andrew is having a difficult time adjusting to Robert’s death. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “The poor had come lean and hungry out of the terrible winter that followed the World’s Fair,” wrote novelist Robert Herrick in The Web of Life. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z When I saw Robert come across the lawn I knew it was the telephone and I felt physically sick. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z "Do you suppose they really believe that?" the president said to his national security adviser, Robert "Bud" McFarlane. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Or Robert E. Lee, who, many years after the war, in a dying delirium, announced, “Strike the tent!” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Robert came in and began drawing the curtains. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “Please let Robert explain why he is going, and why he is going to-night,” she called out. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z “Two for the price of one,” Mr. Robert said. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Robert Oppenheimer was destined to become the most prominent victim of the witch hunt. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z They called me Bobby or Robert, and they were all very nice to me that year, as if I had special needs. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z Frances was talking on to him, smiling brightly, looking into his face each time she asked: "Isn't it so, Robert?" The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z It was of course Robert Evans on his eucalypt-scented hillside who spotted it. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “Shut up, you idiot,” said Maxim; “what on earth is Robert doing?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z "I'm Madam Claire Olivier, wife of Sir Robert Olivier, House Kent, baby sister of Madam Ana Du Barry, and the mistress of this glorious teahouse. My, my, that's a lot." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Aerys had been king before Robert, that wasn't so long ago. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He recalled the two fair-haired boys Robert had sent chasing after a breastplate stretcher. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z That romantic phraseology came from Robert R. Wilson, whose preference for solitude sprang from his childhood on the Wyoming range. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The morning after the fight I had a letter from Robert Cohn, written from Hendaye. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z “Oh, it was great!” the normally articulate Robert exclaims, unable to find a more expressive way to describe the event. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z “How do you do, Arobin?” said Robert, rising from the obscurity. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z He was given a secret little book known as “The Los Alamos Primer,” made up of copies of the lectures Robert Serber had given the year before. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He got up then, moving quietly in the dark house, hearing the snores of Robert and old Grandma. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Robert nodded silently, knelt, and bowed his head. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She had said no more than that; Robert had looked at her, and her twin brother Jaime had taken her quietly by the arm, and she had said no more. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Renly had been a boy of eight when Robert won the throne, but he had grown into a man so like his brother that Ned found it disconcerting. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Do you mind if you only play on the sidelines, Robert?” Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Teen basketball star killed in fiery crash Nov. 8—Robert Washington, age 17, captain of the Hazelwood High School basketball team, was killed last night in a fiery automobile accident on 1-75. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z "His son will succeed to the Eyrie and all its incomes," Robert said brusquely. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I remember noticing that Robert E. Lee’s horse was named Traveller, the same name as my bicycle. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Mr. Robert got off his horse and said something I couldn’t hear. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Robert dove deep into chemistry and physics in high school, graduated from Harvard University in 1925, then earned advanced degrees at top universities in Britain and Germany. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The first name on the list was Robert Oppenheimer. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z By May 29 the eight of us had flown off to Chicago to receive the Robert S. Abbot Award conferred by the Chicago Defender newspaper. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Robert put his V-shaped chin on his hands and glared at the canal. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z FBI agent Robert Lamphere in the 1940s, when he was the Bureau's top spy hunter. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z He would spend two years as a companion to the captain, a man named Robert FitzRoy. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Once, in the middle of the night, two policemen knocked on our door, asking for Robert Leon Irby. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z Robert Cohn stood in the shade of the arcade waiting for us start. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z I heard folks is heading to Louvenia Brown’s tonight at five thirty to pray for Robert, but by the time I lift that twenty-pound turkey in the brine, I can’t barely raise my arms. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z In the United States the great pioneer of rocketry was Robert Hutchings Goddard, who was born in Massachusetts in 1882—the same year my dad was bom. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Robert was breathing heavily by the time they reached the bottom of the stairs, his face red in the lantern light as they stepped out into the darkness of the crypt. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Robert,” Mom said, “you know we’ve been talking about you having another operation on your face. A big one.” Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z "Is this the bed where Robert died? I'm surprised you kept it." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z As soon as he was made comfortable enough to drift off, Robert would stiffen and jolt awake with a piercing scream. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I remember the president’s brother, Robert F. Kennedy, came to Bed-Stuy a lot—before the riots and after. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Every now and then someone would come up to me and whisper, “Hey, Robert, put me down for a couple of extra tackles, would you?” Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Robert Johnson was twenty-one years old, a solid six years older than me. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Last night, when I went over there to take them a caramel cake, Robert had a cast on his arm and bandages over his eyes. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Jenny looked like she had plenty more to say to Mr. Robert, but she gave Ruth and me a quick glance and said, “Follow me.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Johnson’s obvious vulnerability encouraged Senator Robert Kennedy, President John Kennedy’s younger brother, to jump into the race. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I looked at By and Dad but they both were believing what Mr. Robert was saying. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z On Wednesday, February 17, I was called in to see Mr. Robert Penney, one of the counselors for the senior class. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z At dinner that night we found that Robert Cohn had taken a bath, had had a shave and a haircut and a shampoo, and something put on his hair afterward to make it stay down. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Old buildings, whose gray rococo facades housed my memories of the Forty-Niners, and Diamond Lil, Robert Service, Sutter and Jack London, were then imposing structures viciously joined to keep me out. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The various declination of the needle under different meridians was first discovered by Sebastian Cabbott, and its inclination to the nearer pole by our countryman Robert Norman. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z In the beginning old Grandma and Robert stayed away from him, except to say “Good morning” or “Good night”; the sickness and his crying overwhelmed them. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Twice at the Robert E. Lee if you include the disaster date, and three more times sitting on my front porch for drinks before he drove home to Vicksburg. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z But Auntie never scolded him, and she never let Robert or Josiah talk to him either. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “My aunt trained them up herself,” Mr. Robert added. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z When he stood up and extended his hand to Robert and Tayo, his motions were strong and unhesitating, as if they belonged to a younger man. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z By the time you receive this letter, your brother Robert, our King these past fifteen years, will be dead. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Robert Wilson expressed a theme echoed by many at Los Alamos: Oppenheimer inspired them to do things they didn’t think they could. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z J. Robert Oppenheimer made many enemies with his persistent critique of US nuclear policy and the rush to the Super, but none as implacable as Lewis L. Strauss. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Many of Ernest’s friends and colleagues pondered that heritage after his death, but perhaps the oddest judgment came from Robert Oppenheimer. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Behind her, Lord Robert shrieked with delight as one of the puppet knights sliced the other in half, spilling a flood of red sawdust onto the terrace. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Robert Oppenheimer lifted the receiver to his ear. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “Stealing was always a problem,” Charles Robert Jenkins wrote in his 2008 memoir about forty years of living inside the country. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Mr. Robert chuckled and reached for his pie. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The mole "Mr. Robert" had been a CIA trainee several years earlier, along with his wife, Mary, who was also a CIA agent. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The offer did not surprise him; what other reason could Robert have had for coming so far? A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Berkeley would be well represented at the trial of J. Robert Oppenheimer’s life and opinions, and entirely on the side of the prosecution. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I wanted the glory of slaying Robert in single combat, and I did not want the name of butcher. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z All I could think of was that Mr. Robert was probably the only human being who’d ever put his mouth on a dog’s nose. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The third man featured in the film, Robert Tarver, also adamantly maintained his innocence. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Presently they were all jabbing at Robert who made mock rushes. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z It was on such a holiday that Robert Fumulani, the holy father of Malawian reggae music, came to sing at Dowa District Hall, and my father—then twenty-two years old—was determined to go. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z The Robert he had known would not have, but the Robert he had known had never been so practiced at shutting his eyes to things he did not wish to see. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Only five weeks later, Captain Robert F. Scott of England reached it, a heartbreaking second-place finish—and then died on the way back to his base. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z After dark, she led Robert and Mary out the back door. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z She had bounded over the knights’ table and grabbed Robert by the collar of his shirt. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Robert and Johanna say a brief good-bye, turn the trucks around, and drive back into the city. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z On the afternoon of November 16, 1942, Robert Oppenheimer and Leslie Groves stood together in a deep canyon in northern New Mexico. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z "Yet we still must have a Warden of the East. If Robert Arryn will not do, name one of your brothers. Stannis proved himself at the siege of Storm's End, surely." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z As before, he cut while Robert worked the Xerox—Robert was already involved anyway, Ellsberg figured. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z They had come together at the ford of the Trident while the battle crashed around them, Robert with his warhammer and his great antlered helm, the Targaryen prince armored all in black. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Soon after Japan's surrender, Robert Oppenheimer got on a train and headed east. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I suddenly remembered this time, in around October, that I and Robert Tichener and Paul Campbell were chucking a football around, in front of the academic building. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z He would have given all his titles for the freedom to weep . . . but he was Robert's Hand, and the hour he dreaded had come. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z King Robert did not seem to miss her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Her brother, Robert, chose Amity when I chose Dauntless, so he is somewhere in this compound. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z "Lord Eddard did his duty, I will not deny it. Did I ever do less? I should have been Robert's Hand." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I care that Robert might hurt her ’cause of me. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z A girl who knew Robert as a child in New York City described him as “very frail, very pink-cheeked, very shy, and very brilliant.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Robert pointed to a spot in the corner. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z On the way home from visiting Robert, I watch the mountains move past me and slowly the mountain song starts coming again more words this time, coming faster than I can sing them. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z On June 5, hours after winning the California primary, Robert Kennedy was killed by an assassin in Los Angeles. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “No operation is ever easy, Robert,” Dad said. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Robert, the future Green Beret, was seventeen then. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Pearl Harbor was a turning point for Robert Oppenheimer, too. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z After handing the shooter over to the police officers, ticket agent Robert Parke crossed the ladies' waiting room to the fallen president. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “I know, Robert, but we need to stop trying to change things that are not in our control.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z He led the way between the pillars and Robert fol-lowed wordlessly, shivering in the subterranean chill. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Robert Byrne, watching the match in astonishment, said he couldn’t explain how Bobby, how anyone, could win six games in a row from such a genius of the game as Bent Larsen. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z "I also know that Robert has named you Protector of the Realm." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Robert was in high good humor, the Lannisters were nowhere to be seen, and even his daughters were behaving. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Ned could see dried mud and blades of grass clinging to the leather where Robert's feet stuck out beneath the blanket that covered him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Lincoln is eager to be downstairs because his son Robert is just back from the war and will be joining him, twelve-year-old Tad, and Mary for breakfast. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z What about his own son, Robert, now thirteen? Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z One of the main characters was a guy by the name of Robert Billing. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Had she lain in her bed listening to T. Ray snore, reciting it while she fell asleep, wishing to God she could run away with Robert Frost? The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And he tole me that I was keeping Robert from hurting some other girl later on. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z On June 5, 1968, just sixty-two days after Dr. King’s murder, Robert F. Kennedy was shot in Los Angeles. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Tidings’s voice drummed up the stairs, sounding as commanding as General Robert E. Lee’s at Gettysburg: “It’s nine o’clock! Visitation’s at three! Let’s move-move-move! Where are the hedge clippers, Mama?” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Her three children, Robert, Dorothy, and Helen, were going to do the right thing, and no one knew the right thing better than Mrs. Dodson. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z It’s hard not to blame him and make him pay for what Robert did just ’cause Robert ain’t here. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Without doubt, his father, Robert Scholl, was proud of his son. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z It was only sixteen francs apiece for Bill and me, with ten per cent added for the service, and we had the bags sent down and waited for Robert Cohn. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z “I warned him that Ernest would fire him if he was not a good boy,” Robert recalled later. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z From Addis, Oliver, Robert Resha — who was to accompany me on the rest of my travels — and I flew to Cairo. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Robert opens his hand to reveal a pair of silver earrings, says to my sister, This is a gift for how smart you are. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z “Yes, your friend Robert. He wrote to me from the City of Mexico.” The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z "Nor will I. Leave it be, Robert, for the love you say you bear me. I dishonored myself and I dishonored Catelyn, in the sight of gods and men." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The black face under the white foreman’s helmet was my uncle Robert, Mom’s brother. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The 1880s saw two scientists, France’s Louis Pasteur and Germany’s Robert Koch, isolate various bacteria—extremely small one-celled creatures—living in animals and humans and link them to specific diseases. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z When Lord Renly climbed to his feet, the commons cheered wildly, for King Robert's handsome young brother was a great favorite. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z ‘Wait. Then go to Robert Newman—you know, the Christ’s Church sexton. He lives with his mother opposite the church.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z At Caltech, two physical chemists, Linus Pauling and Robert Corey, had used this technique to solve the structures of several protein fragments—a feat that would win Pauling the Nobel Prize in 1954. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Messages also go out to Surgeon General Joseph K. Barnes and a few other doctors, including Lincoln’s family physician, Dr. Robert King Stone, as well as the president’s pastor, the Reverend Dr. Phineas D. Gurley. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z "Gods, how did we come to this? You here, and me killed by a pig. We won a throne together . . ." I failed you, Robert, Ned thought. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Robert was named after his mother’s father; his parents called him Bob. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z “Robert shall take you back. And no one will put you in the asylum, don’t be afraid. Tell Robert to find him something in the kitchen,” he added to Frank. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “Your Grace,” he said, “it is so good to have you back. May I have the honor of presenting our newest member of the Kingsguard? This is Ser Robert Strong.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Not many boys would have—or could have—but Robert did. It must have been hell for him.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Like Robert and Mercurio, they had looked lifelike, but not alive. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z "Robert/1 ask you, what did we rise against Aerys Targaryen for, if not to put ah end to the murder of children?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The calm efficiency of Frith, and Robert’s rather foolish face, helped me more than my book and my newspaper had done. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes during the afternoon or on Saturday, we would have friends our age—Caroline, Betty Ray, Clark, or Robert—and their mothers over to play. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Robert gave an impatient shake of his head. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Robert said, wrinkling his chin and sending his caterpillars crawling toward each other. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Robert had taken away the tea and Maxim came back into the room. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z His daughter Grace, Robert’s niece, would feature strongly in Robert’s later life. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z He wanted nothing so much as to seek out the godswood, to kneel before the heart tree and pray for the life of Robert Baratheon, who had been more than a brother to him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Robert’s pet name for Elizabeth was “my little Portuguese. ’’ prairie. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Zita remained in Los Angeles for six weeks and stayed at the home of Robert Ellsworth, an attorney who helped Bobby with various legal matters. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z One thing all the stories agreed on: King Robert was dead. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Instead, as politely as I could, I asked, “Mr. Blessington, why do we always do Robert Frost, why can’t we do someone else?” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z “Thank you, Robert. How quickly he got up.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “I always carried a 9mm Browning automatic, which my brother Robert gave me. No one knew it.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z The road was rutted in sticky red mud, and Robert had to put the truck in low gear and gun it to cross the flats by Prairie Dog hill. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z All I could think was she done seen Robert out that door. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Two men, Robert Chambliss and Charles Cage, had been arrested earlier and charged with illegal possession of dynamite. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The reporter’s source was undoubtedly an FBI file on Robert Oppenheimer, which disclosed Frank’s Communist affiliation. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z An hour later, she called my office to tell me that “Robert E. Lee” was on the phone. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z "Robert," Ned said in a voice thick with grief, "you must not do this. Don't die on me. The realm needs you." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “But I already told Robert. He’s on his way to his grandma’s house.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Small wonder the lords gather around him with such fervor, she thought, he is Robert come again. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z If Mademoiselle happened to have received a letter from Robert during the interval of Edna’s visits, she would give her the letter unsolicited. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z "He has a large heart, our Robert," Jaime said with a lazy smile. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z My foot crashed through Robert’s screen with the force of a wrecking ball, he claims. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z “With that delicate arch? Never a boar, Robert.” The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He even had the father, in place of God: old Robert Lee. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z "Robert bid me to sit here in his place, to listen with his ears, and to speak with his voice. I mean to do just that . . . though I agree that he must be told." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Even Robert, Robert never loved me, but he saw that I was beautiful, he wanted me. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He poured Robert a cup of coffee and carried it over to the table; his hands were shaking when he set the cup down. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z As ever, Robert had not troubled himself to attend the council ses-sion, so it fell to his Hand to speak for him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z When my uncle gets out of jail he isn't just my uncle anymore, he is Robert the Muslim and wears a small black kufi. on his head. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z The song makes me think of Robert and Daddy and Greenville and everything that feels far behind me now, everything that is going or already gone. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z She wondered whether the boar that had killed Robert Baratheon had looked as fierce. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z His sister had taken the king's seat for herself—he gathered Joffrey did not often trouble to attend council meetings, no more than Robert had—so Tyrion climbed up into the Hand's chair. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z But Robert had to admit that the calves were stocky through the shoulder and hip, showing at least some trace of the fine registered Hereford bull that Ulibarri had insisted and sworn was their sire. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The Cowboys came right back, moving fifty-eight yards in a minute to tie the score, the touchdown coming on a seventeen- yard pass from quarterback Robert Hall to flanker Marcus Grant. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z That characterization describes perfectly the course of the relationship between Strauss and Robert Oppenheimer. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z "You say you love Robert like a brother. Would you leave your brother surrounded by Lannisters?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Robert McNamara agreed that the situation was grim, the options limited. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z "A year ago Robert was king, and the realm was at peace," declared Jarman Buckwell, the square stolid man who commanded the scouts. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "Please come in, Robert. You remember Tristran Thorn, do you not?" Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Scott thought that Robert E. Lee, in 1861 a colonel in the U.S. army, was the best soldier for the job. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z And he stared at Robert, who was slumped over in a La-Z-Boy with a can of Bud in one hand and a remote control in the other, just watching the static on his TV screen. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z Robert would do what he pleased, as he always had, and nothing Ned could say or do would change that. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "You must forgive me, but sometimes you look the very image of your brother Robert." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Robert,” he said, “I think it’s time we taught you how to drive.” Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Since that afternoon I dreaded even the sound of her voice down the house telephone, and by using Robert as mediator between us I was spared this last ordeal. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Zeitoun was sure that the pastor and his wife would have been rescued by that point, but just to be certain, he and Nasser made a detour and paddled over to Robert Street. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z "One last thing. With King Robert dead, it would be most embarrassing should his grieving widow suddenly grow great with child." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Robert appeared with cheese and biscuits, and a few minutes later Frith came with the coffee and cigarettes. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z She sat in the sofa corner reading Robert’s letter by the fading light. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z Robert Plant’s voice wails above it all like some sort of religious chant. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Tyrion looked down upon the farewells from the high deck of King Robert’s Hammer, a great war galley of four hundred oars. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The voices went on—Tonie’s slow, Acadian drawl, Robert’s quick, soft, smooth French. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z “I thought this was a business establishment,” Mr. Robert said. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Robert Graves linked these tohu to Tehomot, a primal Semitic dragon that was present at the birth of the universe and whose body became the sky and earth. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z In the driver’s seat was a very thin young physics professor named Robert Oppenheimer. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I went out into the other room and there was Robert Cohn asleep in the big chair. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z He looks a bit like Robert Redford, one of Ma's Hollywood favorites. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z "My duties are here in the north. I have no wish to be Robert's Hand." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The street’s full a folks walking to sweet Louvenia’s to pray for Robert, kids playing ball in the street. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Do you think this Robert will harm us?” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z "Robert loved to hunt boar. I have seen him take a thousand of them." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z King Robert had stumbled off and half the benches were suddenly empty. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "I'm very curious to see them," Robert said. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Robert Cohn asked, pointing with his finger, if there were any trout in the stream, and the carabineer said yes, but not many. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z "I betrayed the faith of my king and the trust of my friend, Robert," he shouted. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Then they lay quiet, panting, listening to Robert's frightened snivels. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z “I am Mrs. de Winter now, you know. And if I choose to send a message by Robert I shall do so.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z He remem-bered Brandon's laughter, and Robert's berserk valor in the melee, the way he laughed as he unhorsed men left and right. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Robert took up his hom again, filled it with beer from a barrel in the comer, and thrust it at Ned. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She had offered to take Lord Robert with her, to foster him at Winterfell for a few years. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z With great fanfare and a long drumroll in the press, the state played for the court a secretly recorded speech of Robert Resha’s. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The Lawrences’ second son, born just after New Year’s Day 1941, was christened Robert, after Oppenheimer. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z After a week of testing, flight surgeon Robert Secrest told Jerrie that not only had she passed, but she had scored in the top 2 percent of all astronaut test candidates. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z Tayo swung open the big gate to the cattle chute and Robert opened the door on the truck. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Robert Horton had marveled, even before the migration, at the power of blacks living in Chicago to elect their own. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z At one garden party, he had an unexpected encounter with Robert Oppenheimer, who was in Geneva on other business. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “Come go along, Lebrun,” he proposed to Robert But Robert admitted quite frankly that he preferred to stay where he was and talk to Mrs. Pontellier. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z "In the name of King Robert and the good lords you serve, I call upon you to seize him and help me return him to Winterfell to await the king's justice." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z This shook Robert out of his funk and elicited yelps of frightened but ecstatic joy from Michael, who clung to Mom’s legs and watched the water pour by his nose in a wet torrent. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Most Americans date the end of the Civil War with the rendezvous, two weeks earlier, of Generals Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The next morning, I was called to the commander’s office, where I found my colleague Robert Resha, who had been arrested and was being interrogated by the station commander. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The Duke Robert had been sumamed “the Magnificent" by his nobles—but "the Devil” by his parishioners. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z "Believe what you will, I'm past caring what people say of me. And it's my turn. Have Robert's brothers taken the field?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Robert is self-effacing; still, he’s a self-confident person. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z One night, after dinner, Robert went for a walk. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “And so Shawn would list my studio, the Robert Poppins School of Performing Arts, under that column on the application. Shawn, tell this boy how many pirouette turns you can do.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z He’d lost all of his poker chips long ago, but since it was his house, Robert and Dub let him continue playing. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z How like his brother Robert he was, even in that . . . only Robert had always had Eddard Stark to temper his boldness with caution. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Robert was polishing the table in the dining-room. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Down the hall, Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara was reading the same cables. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I could see Robert standing by the open door, and there was a scraping of chairs, a babble of conversation, and of laughter. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Lightning flashed across the dark blue clouds, but for Tayo, the bolt zigzagged slowly up the dark mountain peaks of cloud, taking longer than Robert’s words had taken to reach him. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Then, one damp autumn morning, Robert Weaver found strange footprints, which wound about the village and stopped suddenly at the door of the church. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Ned remembered Robert's first child as well, a daughter bom in the Vale when Robert was scarcely more than a boy himself. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z And Robert looks at me, his dark eyes smiling, asks, Is that something you made up? Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z “The girl is lying, then,” Mr. Robert said. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z These actions held for me the same significance as Robert and his clearing of the library had the night before. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z "Then thank the gods that I am not Robert. My sweet queen is all the woman I desire." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Only one doctor from the original group remained on this team—Dr. Robert Reyburn, a friend whom Bliss sent for from the train station immediately after the shooting. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Then she went softly out of doors, and plucking an orange from the low- hanging bough of a tree, threw it at Robert, who did not know she was awake and up. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z “Largest hospital file on record: Mr. Robert Hoge of Brisbane, Australia, with a file two thousand pages long and weighing in at eleven pounds.” Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Many of the geologists argued against an evolutionary theory that one of his old Edinburgh professors, Robert Grant, proposed. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Robert had hardly been seen; the talk was he was traveling in the huge wheelhouse, drunk as often as not. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Then they tried to hurry along the rocks and Robert cut his knee quite badly and they had to recognize that this path must be taken slowly if they were to be safe. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Robert had asked him the very same question, the morning of the melee. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He whistled the bar of a song, watching Robert all the while. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z He might have been Robert's ghost as he stood there, young and dark and handsome. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Robert loved a silly girl. She did not love him in return.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Robert was slumped in Darry's high seat at the far end of the room, his face closed and sullen. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z In a few minutes Frith came in, followed by Robert carrying the table for tea. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z He looked for flanker Robert Brown down the right sideline and threw the ball crossfield on a dime about forty yards. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z As Robert said, it was okay as long as they were in flat open country with only a few places to water; they could be found then. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “Robert, this boy is family. He’s been visiting and now he’s going home. You see that he gets there safe and sound.” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z "I had never suspected you were so clever, Stannis. Were it only true, you would indeed be Robert's heir." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z And Robert nodded, and added, “That’s about as close as you can get to them anyway.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Then he and Georges and Robert scouted out trees to hide in. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Georges and Robert did as Baldwin did, crossing themselves. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Dad and Uncle Robert started discussing business and I wandered away, trying to get a better angle on watching the continuous miner and the shuttle go through their choreographed dance of mining coal. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z They threw me in and Robert sat on my head so I couldn’t holler. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z On the recommendation of Robert Boyle, the German-born Henry Oldenburg got the first job and Robert Hooke the second. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z “All right, fine, Mila. But I’m serious—we absolutely need to leave in two minutes, or I’ll really hear it from Robert.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “Within perhaps a week,” recalled a student, “there was on the blackboard in Robert Oppenheimer’s office a drawing—a very bad, an execrable drawing—of a bomb.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “You also stand accused of conspiring at the murder of your own lord husband, our late beloved King Robert, First of His Name.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Robert open the door and both of them jerk my pants off, pull them over my head, and tied ’em tight. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “It’s on Friday night, November the fifteenth at the—” “—the Robert E. Lee Hotel,” Miss Celia finish. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z He walked the whole way with Mr. Robert and Dad and laughed and joked with them about every stupid story they told. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Dressed in a tailcoat and white bow tie, he ate heartily and spoke at length with Robert Peary, the Arctic explorer who was credited with being the first to reach the North Pole. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Only a few years ago, he would never have dared attempt a landing on Cape Wrath; the storm lords were too fiercely loyal to House Baratheon and to King Robert. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z |
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