| 单词 | beck |
| 例句 | In the first place, why should some strangers down the road be at our beck and call?” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z “Adults need their time off, indeed they do. Why, Anthony would have had me at his beck and call if I hadn’t put my foot down.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Then he went on: “But I don’t like the idea of your being a governess—at the beck and call of tyrannical mothers and their tiresome brats.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, I’m sorry I can’t be at your beck and call all the time.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z I’m used to leaping at her beck and call. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Part of a suite of rooms that are Marco’s own, the better to keep him at the beck and call, though he is out for the evening. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z For one day, my legs would be my own, not at the beck and call of others. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z For a while he chose the covert of a bathroom but now is out on the streets where he remains at my beck and call every minute.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She banged pots and rattled pans and complained that the whole world expected her to be at their beck and call. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Nailer shuddered at the thought of his father with goon muscle like the half-men at his beck and call. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I will have to point out how different things are now - that the days of working with a grand staff at one's beck and call will probably never return within our lifetime. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Me and him both gunn be at your beck and call, ma’am, I swear it! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Yet here I come, like a servant at his beck and call! Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z You can guide yourself through Kettlewell with a scarecrow trail map, or you can take a free-range approach, recalling picturesque lines from your favorite English novels as you cross the village’s bubbling beck, or stream. In an English Village, a Gathering of Scarecrows 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z The details of their relationship are perfectly rendered: The longing Cushla feels for Michael, the way she exists at his beck and call. In Northern Ireland During the Troubles, a Secret Romance 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z You step into a really good bookstore and the entire world is at your beck and call. A Bookworm’s Travel Plan 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z My daughter’s name is Estee, not Lady Mary, and I am not her valet, at her beck and call. Your Smartphone Doesn't Make You a Bad Parent 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z "I thought he was a nice guy, and I know he was at Suge's beck and call." Barber to hip-hop stars cut it close most of his life 2014-10-18T04:00:00Z The bears were then transferred to the Appalachian Bear Rescue, whose curators "are at their beck and call" around the clock, according to the group. Bears found sleeping under Tennessee home after gas leak 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z Staff are at your every beck and call, providing fresh fruit, champagne, frozen grapes, beverages, Evian water mistings, iced towels and tasty tidbits throughout the day. Vegas' Perfect Poolside Dining 2010-06-21T23:05:00Z But there was also a docility about his students – answering to his beck and call and unwilling to challenge him. He made a fortune from his trademarked Bikram yoga, but now his empire is in tatters 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z Now the magic happens: place one of the stoppers on the open bottle and lock it in place against the beck of the bottle. How to recork Champagne for long-lasting bubbles 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z Earl has a casino pretty much at his beck and call, and also puts under scrutiny – somewhat alarmingly – the world of internet banking, and how easy it is to find your security compromised. TV highlights 17/05/2013 2013-05-17T06:00:06Z So she adapted over and over again, placing herself at the beck and call of any man with talent, a typewriter and an eye she could catch. Books of The Times: A Young Muse in the Service of Male Writers 2011-03-20T21:14:14Z This Lear looks mighty, adorned with heavy gold ornaments like a hip-hop Cousin Itt, and with an obedient court at his beck and call. Review: A ‘King Lear’ in Which You Feel for All the Daughters 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z He was also at the beck and call of a police commissioner, who happened to be his father, in a place known as Gotham City, and Mr. Kelly had a reputation for fighting bad guys. A Good Day in New York for Former TV Anchor 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z More recently she's had a sweet deal of it, coming and going to the Tardis on her little motorbike as she pleases, with the ever-so-slightly-smitten Doctor at her beck and call. No flirting on the Tardis? Good – Doctor Who was never about romance 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z "I'm not the one gagging for it that much her fanny's frothing like a beck in a storm." Playhouse Presents: Psychobitches; Up The Women – TV review 2013-05-31T06:00:09Z I'd be at her beck and call, running errands, preparing meals and filling prescriptions. Lionel Shriver: How I failed my best friend 2010-03-20T00:11:00Z I was the TV person, and in their mind, that made me Lady Fun Times — always at their beck and call. Steve Harvey cries for ‘me time’ and, on some level, I get it 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z With his brilliant first-class masters degree, William had Sandhurst at his beck and call, while his common girlfriend was rushed off her feet working two hours a week for Jigsaw. Digested read ? William & Kate: The Love Story 2011-01-03T21:30:01Z These workers are some of the most abused, because they are at the beck and call of their employer. Meet the L.A. household worker taking on the toxic cleaning industry 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z She added: “Privilege isn’t the idea that you live in a luxury hotel and have everything at your beck and call. It's the Western world privileging certain people.” Artist launches Reparations website and 'social experiment' on white privilege 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z After independence we would no longer be at the beck and call of the colonial master. Chinua Achebe: A life in writing 2010-12-13T08:00:00Z They are at our beck and call; We’ve domesticated them all! Style Invitational: What do you mean ‘What are these’? 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z There’s been a growing tension in their marriage when Don’s desire for her to be at his beck and call conflicts with her wishes to focus on her career. Mad Men Watch: Three Bad Trips 2012-04-23T12:00:25Z Nauta, who was often tasked with moving boxes around Mar-a-Lago at Trump's beck and call, faces six criminal charges for his role in the alleged conspiracy. Republicans, take note: The tragic tale of Walt Nauta shows loyalty to Trump ends in sorrow 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z Some operators continue to lean into food and beverage offerings, including upgraded concession items that moviegoers can order in advance and restaurant operations with servers at patrons’ beck and call. Larger Screens, Heated Seats, Sushi: Theater Owners Want You Back 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z Despite all his bluster, however, Trump knows full well that his success at lying and bullying depends entirely on having these people at his beck and call. The deposition vs. a CNN town hall: Trump is nothing without the bloodthirsty MAGA crowd 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z "I spent a huge chunk of my childhood at his beck and call. Every day being at the will of someone else who had the worst of intentions for children." Omegle: Suing the website that matched me with my abuser 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z For the next two weeks, the boy would travel around the country at the beck and call of a drug-dealing gang, who used a phone number known as the "TJ Line" to contact customers. County lines: How a child’s phones helped smash a trafficking gang 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z They enjoy private security services and receive concierge medical care from doctors and other service personnel who are at their beck and call. Income inequality comes for your health: Unequal societies have far worse health outcomes 2022-11-27T05:00:00Z I'm your friend — your relative — your coworker — the one who lives with only a fraction of the immune system you have at your beck and call. The forgotten immunocompromised are shouting from the trenches 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z But the incident with the pens showed another side of him: a royal who is used to having people at his beck and call. Despite a Life of Preparation, Charles Faces Growing Pains as King 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z Democrat politicians — forever at the beck and call of crazy loons in the leftwing press — carried the banner. Kyle Rittenhouse defended himself against lawless vigilantes 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z The woman said once her son was lured in he was at their "beck and call, day or night". Child exploitation: Criminal gang 'robbed me of my son' 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z But you don’t have to be at anxiety’s beck and call, Suzuki says. How you can repurpose your angst into growth, productivity and even happiness 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z Another 10 people are still on the waiting list to see it, attracted by its views over a small waterfall and beck. The epicentre of Britain's pandemic house price boom 2021-09-12T04:00:00Z “It’s becoming a struggle. Everybody is at the beck and call of these corporations,” he said. Seattle’s COVID-19 rules have paid off for delivery-app drivers. What’s next? 2021-05-16T04:00:00Z “Promulgating these doctrines as if Latin Americans are essentially subject to our beck and call is just not helpful,” Ms. Reynoso said. Biden’s Plans for Latin America: End ‘Bully Dictating Policy’ 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z To win, the player must dunk it in a beck about half a mile from the centre before returning it to the green for the bull ring finale. The football games with 'no quarter given' 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z “They want you to be at their constant beck and call.” Stresses multiply for many US clergy: “We need help too” 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z For example, these avatars aren’t intended to be assistants at their owners’ beck and call — they’ll sometimes “get tired” and need time to themselves. Neon CEO explains the tech behind his overhyped ‘artificial humans’ 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z He felt that many Chinese-American writers were interested in being “prizewinning poodles” answering the beck and call of “the master race.” The Asian-American Canon Breakers 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z “I felt obligated to be at her beck and call.” ‘A one-woman crime spree’: Con woman charmed athletes, executives and manicurists 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z “Robin Wright” comes to the same conclusion as the duplicate Will Smiths: something with a soul cannot and should not be transmuted into a product at the beck and call of large corporations. Cinema’s digital impostors are coming 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z It is impossible to escape the fact that one day you’re the center of attention, everyone is at your beck and call, and then you’re not. 'Land of the Lost' star Kathy Coleman recalls getting into trouble on set, reveals why hit show came to an end 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z Judge Marks said this meant she was "even more at his beck and call" and the pair were "smoking ridiculously large amounts of cannabis". Woman who killed 'controlling' partner jailed 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z Some workers are at the beck and call of computer software that is supposed to line up employee hours with customer demand to keep staffing as lean as possible. Last-minute scheduling of L.A. retail workers soon could be barred 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z "That's kind of the whole point of his candidacy, that he's not someone who has to answer to their beck and call, but he can appeal to a broader audience." Mollie Hemingway: 'What is the point' of Joe Biden's candidacy if he 'acquiesces' to left on issues like abortion? 2019-06-07T04:00:00Z Kristen Knox, a member for three years: “I kept praying for the guy to die so something would happen. She’s at his beck and call. If it were my friend, I’d slap her. ‘ What's L.A. reading? Our habits are as diverse as the city itself 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z “I’m already at your beck and call,” Welch said. The Woman Who Has Styled Justin Bieber, Anita Hill, and the iPod 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z “Anyone who claims Chinese companies are not at the beck and call of the Communist Party is living in a fantasy,” he said. U.S., China puts Canada in trade war crossfire 2018-12-16T05:00:00Z The whole world is at your beck and call. Opinion | The wasteland where Trump learns 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z He committed suicide at age 40, a time when success was at his beck and call. Review: The documentary ‘McQueen’ captures both the designer's darkness and his astonishing ability to use it 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z Someone just assumes you do not belong in a certain space or just does not want you in the space — and the police are at their beck and call. Perspective | We can’t avoid the subject of race because we’re never able to leave it behind 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z As an assistant to a producer she remained at beck and call from 6:45 a.m. often until midnight. I thought we were destined for lasting happiness. Wrong 2018-04-21T04:00:00Z A family of means, they had servants at their beck and call. Fanny: behind the reunion of a groundbreaking all-female rock band 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z “I just won’t be at the beck and call, making the decisions,” he said. Russellville parks director leaves trail of accomplishments 2018-01-14T05:00:00Z “I just won’t be at the beck and call, making the decisions,” he said. Russellville parks director leaves trail of accomplishments 2018-01-13T05:00:00Z Trump has a huge staff at his beck and call. Donald Trump's incompetence is a problem. His staff should intervene | Bruce Bartlett 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z “She would work anytime, day or night. She was always at his beck and call.” Eavesdropping on Roy Cohn and Donald Trump 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z Gardner was diagnosed with a bruised jaw and a strained beck, and Weeks with neck and right shoulder soreness. Montgomery impresses in debut as Yanks rally past Rays 8-4 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z “She’s here the day of the wedding at the beck and call of the bride.” EXCHANGE: Couple converts barn to a venue for weddings 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z “They do not serve at the beck and call of a president, even a president of their own party,” said Ross K. Baker, a Rutgers University political science professor. Trump struggles against some of the forces that helped get him elected 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z The frightening reality is that a president laid seeds to destroy his successor — who, as it turns out, he targeted with the secret spy organizations at his beck and call. We live in truly terrifying times 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z “I really just wanted to stay on task. It’s getting better,” said Harvey, who is getting treatment for his beck. Mets’ Zack Wheeler excited about return to action on Friday 2017-03-06T05:00:00Z She received critical acclaim as the middle-aged housewife who endures a life of domestic drudgery, constantly at the beck and call of her demanding husband and daughter. Obituary: Liz Smith - BBC News 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z Google Home is the second big bet by a technology firm that consumers crave a sort of “digital butler” ready at beck and call. Review: Google's Echo Competitor Is a Promising First Try 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z When he somehow, beyond all belief, got himself elected governor of North Carolina, he suddenly transformed into a right-wing ideologue at the beck and call of the state's rural and small-town conservatives. Protests and Storms Make North Carolina’s Election Year ‘a Bizarre Experience’ 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z He expected loyalty, but did not like being at the beck and call of others. Louis Theroux: Looking back on Jimmy Savile - BBC News 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z The camouflaging demonstrates the power of the $75 billion global athletic footwear industry, which closely monitors what athletes wear — and, with lawyers at its beck and call, what they do not. Olympic Cover-Up: Why You Won’t See Some Shoe Logos 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z Oh for the guy with the historical or evolutionary argument that women were meant to be at the beck and call of everyone else. Putting Your Baby to Sleep: Some Advice and Good News 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z Because the problem is not just Yiannopoulos, but the hundreds of thousands of followers at his beck and call and all the other anonymous accounts who use Twitter as a platform for abuse and bullying. Twitter can’t move forward until it decides what to do about harassment 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z Buy or gain political control of water sources, and you have the world at your beck and call. A Lonely Quest for Facts on Genetically Modified Crops 2014-01-04T05:00:00Z “It was basically a message that we are at your beck and call,” said Ms. Goyer, now a director for partner programs and expansion at Redfin. Redfin Shies Away From the Typical Start-Up’s Gig Economy 2016-07-09T04:00:00Z He saw the officer on the ground, but didn't see beck until he was carried away on a stretcher with blood on his face. 'Gentle' Georgia man accused of using 911 to ambush officer 2016-07-09T04:00:00Z He saw the officer on the ground, but didn’t see beck until he was carried away on a stretcher with blood on his face. ‘Gentle’ Georgia man accused of using 911 to ambush officer 2016-07-09T04:00:00Z Note that they say the unit is "a law unto itself" - that is, this is not being done at the beck and call of the leader. Labour power plays simmer under surface - BBC News 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z Steve Hamilton’s “The Second Life of Nick Mason” is the suspenseful tale of a convict, unexpectedly released from prison, who finds he’s at the beck and call of a notorious crime lord. The second life of an unexpectedly freed convict 2016-05-29T04:00:00Z “You still have staffers at your beck and call, and everyone still opens the door for you.” Ted Cruz at a Crossroads as He Returns to the Senate 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z Today, Facebook announced a bold new bot initiative that lives inside its Messenger application: artificial intelligence-powered personalities at our beck and call for shopping, checking the weather, getting news updates, and more. Facebook's new Messenger bots are the slowest way to use the internet 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z “I was basically at the beck and call of the Devil.” Man who tried to kill 2 strangers near Rockville Metro station gets 60 years 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z Fire officials say one firefighter suffered second-degree burns on his beck and back. 2 firefighters injured battling house fire in Providence 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z “I’m at their beck and call,” she said. 41 years. $3 billion. Inside the Clinton donor network. I like her because she doesn't hide her desire to be skinny or beautiful, even when that involves getting ridiculous laser cellulite treatments or having a pricey makeup artist at her beck and call. Defending the Kardashians: What the haters don't get about Khloe and Lamar Odom 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z Specifically, Anderson takes issue with the constant need for her husband to be at the beck and call of the company. Dear Amazon: Your Work Culture Really Is Terrible 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z Dozens of the wealthiest corporations in the history of the world – and government leaders at their beck and call — are bitterly opposed to this transformation, and are determined to deny it. Fossil Fuels Are Doomed 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z Celebrities and professional athletes are among the few Americans with doctors and other health care workers at their beck and call. An App That Knows Why You Cough 2015-08-08T04:00:00Z On Thursday night, Mr. Trump outright bragged his money put politicians at his beck and call. Trump: A Mismatch for the GOP 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z Essentially he was at the executive’s beck and call. Paying the Price for a Personal Drill Sergeant 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z A cool gadget in the home is one more thing at the beck and call of the screen in your hand. Homes Try to Reach Smart Switch 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z Department of Education, she said, instead of at its “beck and call.” No Child Left Behind plan would give power back to states 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z “He’s got his own stuff going on, and he’s not at the beck and call of anyone’s campaign — even his son’s.” Ron Paul Is Expected to Play Little Role in Rand Paul’s Campaign 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z Conveniently for Nathan, this also means he has a bevy of perfectly formed, speechless women at his beck and call. Bodies electric: Ex Machina twists the history of sexy robots 2015-03-15T04:00:00Z “I will be its custodian and I will promise you I will look after him, polish him, answer his beck and call, wait on him hand and foot.” Eddie Redmayne Wins Best Actor Oscar For 'Theory Of Everything' 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z “I’m at your beck and call,” Bragg answered. Jeb Bush education foundation played leading role in mixing politics, policy 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z I think she likes that I am a little bit at her beck and call.” Leaving Home, but Not the Folks 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z Don’t assume retired people are at your beck and call. Five Things To Never Assume About A Retiree 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z When she wasn’t working in the fields, she was cleaning, carrying water and firewood, cooking and at the beck and call of her husband’s demanding parents. Nigeria girl among thousands of divorced children 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z In order to ensure their safety, Aiden is at his partner’s beck and call, doing everything from sneaky cybersleuthing to murdering hundreds of people with automatic weapons. 'Watch Dogs' Review (PS4): New Dog, New Tricks 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z I think we produced something really good: a courageous album, a band standing up for its convictions, doing what felt natural without being at the beck and call of record labels or A&R men. Jimmy Page and Robert Plant: how we made Led Zeppelin III 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z The book’s thrust is that the prime minister abdicated power to Sonia Gandhi, matriarch of the family that has the Congress party at its beck and call. Man out of time 2014-05-01T04:00:00Z New faces have taken his old office; secretaries that once waited on his beck and call now have their own offices. RECAP: Mad Men Watch: “Field Trip” 2014-04-28T12:53:28Z His office also said the king was "not some carnival act to be rolled out at the beck and call of anyone". Maori king refuses royal meeting 2014-03-04T18:09:37Z But what worries me is the intrusion that companies will increasingly make into our lives and the burnout we will suffer from always being at the beck and call of our employers. The Scary And Amazing Future Of Work 2013-11-18T13:00:00Z “She loved her doctors and wanted them to be at her beck and call for the rest of her life,” he said. The Two Wills of the Heiress Huguette Clark 2013-09-14T01:49:12Z "The zero-hours contracts are highly exploitative and suit the company because it keeps people in a fragile state where they are at the beck and call of their employers." Sports Direct: 90% of staff on zero-hour contracts 2013-07-28T18:13:17Z Thurgarton village remains waterlogged after the nearby beck burst its banks, trapping people in their homes. Heavy rain causes flash flooding 2013-07-24T05:46:15Z Well, Young says, you shouldn’t try this if your boss expects you to be at his or her beck and call 24/7. The Email Trick That Could Save Your Vacation 2013-06-26T14:10:13Z Not only will our employers take our offices away, but they will also expect us to be at their beck and call—and live balanced and healthy lives according to corporate standards. The Scary And Amazing Future Of Work 2013-11-18T13:00:00Z Some commentaries, like one written by James Fallows in the Atlantic, paint Hong Kong as a political cipher, acting at the beck and call of Beijing’s communist administration as well as obliging Western powers. NSA Leaker Hides in Hong Kong, But May Not Escape U.S. Reach 2013-06-10T12:50:33Z Until then, students will find Junie at their beck and call, often on the counseling office couches. Therapy dogs and homework-free nights: High school stress relief 2013-01-31T13:14:00Z Firefighters used pumps at the Friarage Hospital to prevent wards being flooded as a nearby beck overflowed. Rain brings fresh flooding risk 2012-11-27T05:24:43Z Critics say that the alleged incident typifies the "VIP culture" of many Pakistan politicians and their relatives, who expect people they see as subservient to them always to be at their beck and call. Top politician's son-in-law held 2012-10-18T11:30:09Z Observations of babies indicate that they are born primed to expect that the world will be at their beck and call. Viewpoint: In defence of narcissism 2012-10-10T01:34:31Z But these days, as Russia’s most famous assembly line foreman, he strolls hallways paneled in marble and illuminated by cut-glass chandeliers, with aides and servants at his beck and call. The Saturday Profile: Putin’s Personal Wedge in a Culture War Between Urban and Rural 2012-09-28T23:43:01Z Microtask's Mr Miettinen offers a massive workforce available at a company's beck and call without the hassle - to put it insensitively - of hiring and firing employees to meet business needs. How elderly care could be crowdworked 2012-06-25T23:06:06Z In my days on the Bradford , a glory moment was popping up in the middle of the road in the city centre after exploring Bradford beck in its culvert with council staff. Great northern ideas No. 345,164: manhole covers 2012-05-31T10:33:00Z "Bell, book, and candle, shall not drive me back When gold and silver becks me to come on." Fairy Legends and Traditions of The South of Ireland 2012-05-22T15:16:54.237Z One wasn’t so much at the beck and call of managers.” The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z The history was continued down to 1209 by Abbot Arnold of L�beck. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z How many cutthroats do you think I have at my beck and call? Voices from the Past 2012-04-19T02:00:30.787Z He had an elastic conscience which was always at the beck and call of his desire, and he cared little for principle. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z Noting the watershed, he found the source of the beck which brawled through Elmdale, and tracked it back to the village. The House 'Round the Corner 2012-04-14T02:00:22.063Z There has seldom, if ever, been exhibited a finer instance of triumphant faith, than when the prince, with all the resources of the kingdom at his beck, made this request of the helpless outlaw. The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z Crowds of people flocked to L�beck to see the wonderful child; and in 1724 he was taken to Copenhagen at the desire of the king of Denmark. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z An irresponsible tyranny was established, of town and country committees, at whose beck and call were the so-called "Sons of Liberty." The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z He planted Flemish and Dutch settlers in the land between the Elbe and the Oder, fostered the growth and trade of L�beck, and in other ways encouraged trade and agriculture. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z "You'll not have tried the beck yet, sir?" he said, twisting the conversation rather obviously. The House 'Round the Corner 2012-04-14T02:00:22.063Z The gossips would have their “nods, and becks, and wreathed smiles,” if they said nothing upon the subject. Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature 2012-03-29T02:00:13.900Z On his return to L�beck 216 he began to learn writing, but his sickly constitution gave way, and he died on the 22nd of June 1725. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z They have troops of soldiers at their beck. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z He found many allies, took L�beck, and soon almost the whole of Saxony was in his power. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z He would never have stayed to be at the beck and call of such a puppy as this! The New Rector 2012-03-22T02:00:35.997Z Meantime the rustics gaped on the runner with saucer eyes, or flew hither and thither at his beck. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z The Life, Deeds, Travels and Death of the Child of L�beck were published in the following year by his tutor Sch�neich. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z "How do you know that Hargreave may not have at his beck and call an organization quite as capable if not as large as ours?" suggested the physician. The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan 2012-03-15T02:00:21.153Z He followed her about, when she permitted, as a great Newfoundland dog might have done, and was ever ready at her beck and call. Woven with the Ship A Novel of 1865 2012-03-12T03:00:26.883Z Surely not because of danger to us at the Hall, for we had our Mohawks, our militia, and yeoman tenantry at beck and call. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z To be at the beck and call of such a man as this who sat beside her. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z Whatever was prepared on the other side of the Elbe, in Hamburg, L�beck, Haide, &c., was kept in Hamburg, and we never saw it at all. Pine Needles 2012-02-20T03:00:19.367Z And I will take with me Father Benet, who is at the Captain of Vlaye's beck and call. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z Tempests arose, such as are always at the beck of Britain when invasion threatens her rights, which scattered the Gallic fleet. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z Or are we merely at the beck and call of our hormones and brain circuitry? Falling in love is all in our brains 2012-02-13T21:17:07Z With a beck thou com'st anon; In a trice, too, thou are gone, And I must sigh alone, But sighs are lost upon thee. A Little Book of Old Time Verse Old Fashioned Flowers 2012-02-13T03:00:15.823Z Do you believe that these defendants had at their beck and call the representatives of the entire great Northwest? The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Legal 2012-02-11T03:04:05.257Z Confess'd from yonder slow-extinguish'd clouds, All ether softening, sober evening takes Her wonted station in the middle air; A thousand shadows at her beck. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 2012-02-10T03:00:15.463Z We see the stupendous powers of the Omnipotent, at whose beck myriads start into life — at whose frown they vanish away like chaff before the wind. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:13.500Z But this is a sort of death which is not at the beck of every one, so ready as the shrunk Pomponius Atticus found it, when his digestive apparatus had already struck work. Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter 2012-02-08T03:00:20.643Z Mrs. Jackson was feeding her ducks at the beck behind the house. A Romance of Wastdale 2012-02-01T03:00:11.227Z Lest it should be thought that the cities were incapable of enforcing any such boycott with effect, the story of the town of L�beck must be recalled. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z Outside the window the birds piped happily from vernal branches; the shadows played hide-and-seek upon the grass, and the beck babbled and laughed as it raced down behind the house. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z There was a sigh for the Journal, but for the family, and the faithful nurse,— "Quips and cranks, and wanton wiles, Nods and becks, and wreath�d smiles." Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z Bill mentioned that we're sort of at their beck and call—that continues into the evening—texting, meeting at bars, or sitting in front of a fire pit at my house, etc. How to Squeeze Creativity From Your Employees 2012-01-12T12:33:00Z The beck, too, at the back of the house, whispered its music in his ears and pleaded with him. A Romance of Wastdale 2012-02-01T03:00:11.227Z L�beck on one occasion refused to join with the other Hansa towns in a boycott of certain places in Flanders which had refused to observe the regulations as to trading. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z I locked the door of the library, and taking the key in my hand, walked to the side of the beck. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z Unsuccessful in obtaining redress from the English government, the German merchants finally, in 1374, appealed for aid to the home towns, especially to L�beck. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" 2012-01-02T03:00:22.443Z He would probably have followed him in any case, to have it out with him, but now he had a humiliating sense of being at the Schnorrer's beck and call. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z It was tied to the far end of a primitive footbridge which spans the beck in the valley but a few yards beyond. A Romance of Wastdale 2012-02-01T03:00:11.227Z L�beck was at the moment one of the most powerful commercial cities in Germany, and her citizens seemed to think that they could violate the Hansa regulation with impunity. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z In the case of L�beck direct documentary evidence of transactions relating to the introduction of a gold coinage has survived among the archives of that state. The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 2011-12-24T03:07:52.717Z It had no common seal, though that of L�beck was accepted, particularly by foreigners, in behalf of the League. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" 2012-01-02T03:00:22.443Z He was detained for twelve months in the island fortress of Kal�, on the east coast of Jutland, but contrived to escape to L�beck in September 1519. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z “I know where we are; the head of the beck’s close by,” he cried. The Protector 2011-12-14T03:00:17.460Z A few years later Hamburg and L�beck also were allowed to form their own guilds. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z On the 8th September in the following year the L�beck Mint made its first purchase of gold from a certain Jacob Grell of Z�tphen in Holland. The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 2011-12-24T03:07:52.717Z L�beck, with the counters abroad, watched over the execution of the measures voted by the assembly, but there was no regular administrative 930 organization. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" 2012-01-02T03:00:22.443Z We can form some idea of his difficulties when we learn that, in 1533, he could not send an ambassador to L�beck because not a single man in his council, except himself, knew German. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z “You have to choose between doing what I ask and watching me pitch it into the beck,” he declared. The Protector 2011-12-14T03:00:17.460Z The league between L�beck and Hamburg was not the only, and possibly not the first, league among the German towns. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z I was surrounded by a retinue of servants, who stood ready to answer every beck and call. My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year 2011-12-12T03:00:33.863Z Its inheritance passed to the gradually forming union of towns, chiefly those known as Wendish, which looked to L�beck as their head. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" 2012-01-02T03:00:22.443Z Since, almost as long as I can remember, I have been at Gwendoline’s beck and call, I was perfectly willing. Paddy-The-Next-Best-Thing 2011-12-08T03:00:28.210Z “Now,” he said, “there’s only the drop to the dale, but we must endeavour to keep out of the beck.” The Protector 2011-12-14T03:00:17.460Z The Saxon and Westphalian towns had long possessed a league among themselves; they also joined themselves to L�beck. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z And at the beck of ambition one thing led to another in the most surprising way. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z In 1241 we find L�beck and Hamburg agreeing to safeguard the important road connecting the Baltic and the North Sea. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" 2012-01-02T03:00:22.443Z Why, on top of her experience of bearleading a brace of utterly uninteresting and unengaging children—and being at the beck and call of their detestable underbred mother, this was ideal. The Heath Hover Mystery 2011-12-01T03:00:22.357Z It flowed across their path, reunited in a deep gully which they sprang across, and then fell tumultuously into the beck, which was now ten or twelve feet below on one side of them. The Protector 2011-12-14T03:00:17.460Z L�beck now became the most important town in Germany. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z He asked no leave, but stumbled in and at the beck of his powerfully stimulated senses ordered a kingly repast, and spread both hands before the fire. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z A similar and contemporary extension of the influence of the Baltic traders under L�beck’s leadership may be witnessed in the West. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" 2012-01-02T03:00:22.443Z Why, you have all Kimberley at your beck and call, if you like. From Veldt Camp Fires 2011-12-01T03:00:21.397Z There’s no reason why you should be at the beck and call of those committees any longer.” The Protector 2011-12-14T03:00:17.460Z But women, when they grow accustomed to having a man at their beck and call, are inclined to take it rather as a matter of course. Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z Pius ix. finds that he can undertake what he likes with a majority so absolutely devoted to him and simply at his beck. Letters From Rome on the Council 2011-11-25T03:00:11.447Z He was promptly opposed by an alliance of Hanse towns, led by L�beck. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" 2012-01-02T03:00:22.443Z Numerous tax collectors would have to be appointed; Federal employees and officials ready to act at the beck and call of the Government would swarm all over the country. Thomas Jefferson The Apostle of Americanism 2011-11-23T03:00:55.563Z A gill may contain only a few drops of water, or none at all, and still preserve its self-respect, but not so a beck. Climbing in The British Isles. Vol. 1 - England 2011-11-14T03:00:21.670Z Although Visby was an independent member of the Hanseatic League, the influence of L�beck was paramount in the city, and half its governing body were men of German descent. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z The united German, French and North American Bishops are opposed to a well disciplined army of about 500, who will vote as one man at the beck of the Pope. Letters From Rome on the Council 2011-11-25T03:00:11.447Z The governing body of the Hansa was the assembly of town representatives, the “Hansetage,” held irregularly as occasion required at the summons of L�beck, and, with few exceptions, attended but scantily. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" 2012-01-02T03:00:22.443Z Even Lily was not always at her beck and call as she once had been. The Girls of Central High at Basketball The Great Gymnasium Mystery 2011-11-04T02:00:20.757Z Hell Gill.—There are many gills and becks bearing this name. Climbing in The British Isles. Vol. 1 - England 2011-11-14T03:00:21.670Z Thus it was that by a binding of the Reason to the wheels of Passion, and discursing through the world with the Understanding at the beck of the Sense, the many forms of religion became. Know the Truth; A critique of the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation 2011-10-29T02:00:13.723Z A girl like that, brought up as she had been, ought not to be at the beck and call of those coarse creatures. A Humble Enterprise 2011-10-29T02:00:12.483Z By 1477 even L�beck had become convinced that a continuance of the effort to maintain the compulsory staple against Holland was futile and should be abandoned. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" 2012-01-02T03:00:22.443Z Hamburg and L�beck were reconstituted free towns and ports under the treaties of 1814-1815. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" 2011-10-22T02:00:29.487Z Thus it fell about with rich Heinrich Arendt from L�beck. The Heritage of the Kurts, Volume I (of 2) 2011-10-21T02:00:20.960Z Behind him lay a tarn, from which the beck flowed down, that had made the cleft in the mountain. Ovind A Story of Country Life in Norway 2011-10-13T02:00:43.280Z Did not Bishop Fenwick and his nuns publicly boast that they had "twenty thousand stout Papists ready at their beck, to reek their vengeance on the peaceable citizens of Boston?" Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete 2011-10-12T02:00:45.373Z Craft gilds were already in existence, but these had no share in the government; for, though the L�beck rule excluding craftsmen from the Rath did not obtain, they were excluded in practice. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" 2012-01-02T03:00:22.443Z Great importance was also acquired by the Hanseatic League, which had originated during the interregnum in a treaty of alliance between L�beck 846 and Hamburg. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" 2011-10-05T02:00:17.763Z The Man who first directed the Building was a master builder from L�beck. The Heritage of the Kurts, Volume I (of 2) 2011-10-21T02:00:20.960Z To see how these chaps fetch and carry, and rise up and sit down, just at that old fellow's beck. Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners 2011-10-01T02:00:32.597Z So long then as Starbeck lived in the north among his own people, to whom beck is a familiar word, there would be no fear of his name being corrupted. Surnames as a Science 2011-09-26T02:00:27.097Z Apart from the free cities, Hamburg, Bremen and L�beck, the kingdom of Saxony is the most, and Mecklenburg-Strelitz the least, closely peopled state of the empire. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" 2011-09-26T02:00:25.313Z Denmark, however, was compelled to conclude peace at L�beck in May 1629. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" 2011-10-05T02:00:17.763Z He can never enjoy freedom, but must always be at the beck and call of others.” Polly and Her Friends Abroad 2011-09-18T02:00:29.443Z If a male thinks we females will run at beck and call for them, they quickly weary of such a game. Polly in New York 2011-09-18T02:00:27.103Z He lived beyond us and we stood As pygmies to his every mood, Mere pupils at his beck and nod, That spoke the influence of a god. The Triumph of Music And Other Lyrics 2011-09-11T02:00:09.677Z The free cities of L�beck, Hamburg and Bremen, as sovereign states, form a separate class. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" 2011-09-26T02:00:25.313Z In addition to this, however, a large number of smaller works were undertaken, such as the canalization of the Main from Frankfort to the Rhine; and a new canal from the Elbe to L�beck. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" 2011-10-05T02:00:17.763Z To this running fire of salutation, the doctor replied by a series of becks, bows, and smiles, and a shaking of hands, right and left, in rapid succession. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 21 2011-09-09T02:01:06.280Z She was going to play in a concert in L�beck, and he was to rehearse her pieces with her on Saturday for the last time. Music-Study in Germany from the Home Correspondence of Amy Fay 2011-09-07T02:00:17.597Z The reader, grown old, has youth at his beck and can forget the passage of years. Talks to Freshman Girls 2011-09-04T02:00:03.470Z "Bella would not accept, could not discard him, and here she has kept him dangling at her beck and call ever since." Kitty's Conquest 2011-08-30T02:00:36.270Z The enfeebled Berbers were at the beck and call of bad women and ambitious priests, and they would counterorder one day what they had commanded the day before. The Moors in Spain 2011-08-29T02:01:09.183Z The soldiers were chosen men, large, wearing lofty helmets with rims covering their ears, in yellow leather doublets, armed with rapiers and muskets; cool and constant in battle, ready at every beck of the leader. The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-08-26T02:00:24.433Z No wonder, for has she not the chemistry of soil and sun and moisture and wind and frost, all at her beck and call? Limbo and Other Essays To which is now added Ariadne in Mantua 2011-08-25T02:00:33.233Z He dared to believe him, Beverly Allen, cheaply venal—a puppet, whose legal rulings were at the beck and call of corporate influence! The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z A sunlit beck, just after rain, Should from its ripples lend a chain Of sparkling diamonds, very meet To grace thy wrist, my Lady Sweet. The Dales of Arcady 2011-08-16T02:00:42.740Z To execute the guilty deed, Bothwell was obliged to avail himself of the assistance of those ready ministers of crime, who are always to be found at the beck of a wealthy and depraved patron. Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume II (of 2) 2011-08-14T02:00:23.870Z Last time, however, that fifty thousand or so close-cropped heads obtruded themselves through the interstices of family cupboard doors it was at the beck of Lord Beauchamp, who is an Australian. The Awful Australian 2011-08-11T02:00:14.850Z Now he stood at his door, and invited Dicky with nods and becks. A Child of the Jago 2011-08-05T02:00:52.533Z My way lies now along the rugged course of a fell "beck," now along the lower shoulder of the mountain. The Confessions of a Poacher 2011-08-05T02:00:44.470Z Even for them this mad spirit is not at our beck and call, but must wait for the time and place to bring it out. The Heart's Country 2011-08-02T02:00:26.847Z At his beck, the burghers and fishermen left the room. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z Is she for ever to be a slave, at man's beck and call? The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day 2011-07-06T02:00:45.180Z She hated small rooms, and common stairs, and cabs, and remembered longingly the days when the Campbell carriage was at her beck and call. A Reconstructed Marriage 2011-06-23T02:00:23.143Z The fell "becks" sparkles in the sun; the merlin screams over the heather, and the grouse packs break up. The Confessions of a Poacher 2011-08-05T02:00:44.470Z Bremen, Hamburg and L�beck first formed a union, chiefly for commercial purposes, in 1241, and this was the foundation of the famous Hanseatic League. A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day 2011-06-22T02:00:21.157Z He is a very great clergyman; if you saw him in the streets of L�beck, or Hamburg, or Berlin, many hats would be raised; even officers in the Army would greet him with respect. Ten Years Near the German Frontier A Retrospect and a Warning 2011-06-16T02:00:15.297Z He was always at Ruth’s beck and call if she needed him. Ruth Fielding In the Saddle College Girls in the Land of Gold 2011-06-14T02:00:22.083Z Four years after “Oceana” was published, and “the Rota Club” was still illumining the nation, the commonwealth returned to monarchy by a beck, and without a word! Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z It was all very well for Rhoda, who had George Vanborough at her beck and call; they knew well enough she had nobody to take care of her, and they should have waited for her. Old Kensington 2011-05-29T02:00:09.797Z He conquered Mecklenburg and colonized the country with Saxons, made L�beck an important commercial center, and slowly Germanized the former territory of the Wends. A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day 2011-06-22T02:00:21.157Z "You were brave enough with the soldiers at your beck!" went on a determined voice whose ironical accents in no wise served to alleviate his panic. The Lady of the Mount 2011-05-24T02:00:15.640Z But a few months previously he had been at Napoleon's beck and call, having been one of the recruiting officers of the district. Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 2011-05-19T02:00:07.643Z I am so hackneyed to the touches of the painter's pencil, that I am now altogether at their beck, and sit, like 'patience on a monument,' whilst they are delineating the lines of my face. St. Nicholas Vol. XIII, September, 1886, No. 11 An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks 2011-05-07T02:00:31.650Z As for the Spaniards who had been left behind, they were speedily captured and bound with ropes, ready to be marched beck to Plymouth. The Golden Galleon BEING A NARRATIVE OF THE ADVENTURES OF MASTER GILBERT OGLANDER, AND OF HOW, IN THE YEAR 1591, HE FOUGHT UNDER THE GALLANT SIR 2011-04-25T02:00:10.333Z During the Crusade, the latter had carried on a war against the Wends and other Slavonic tribes in Prussia, the chief result of which was the foundation of the city of L�beck. A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day 2011-06-22T02:00:21.157Z The works, now grimy with smoke, are built between the hill-foot and the sea, a short distance beyond the beck. A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z He was educated at the L�beck gymnasium and the university of Kiel, with which he was connected for nearly 65 years. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z Clusters of pink briar roses hung on every hedge; down by the weir some children were wading among the shallow pools; farther on the beck widened, and flowed smoothly between its wooded banks. Heriot's Choice A Tale 2011-04-20T02:00:22.760Z Four of his men went riding-- Went riding at his beck: They found the truant biding By beer in Bremeneck. Gaudeamus! Humorous Poems 2011-04-14T02:01:01.217Z While the rich and powerful cities of Hamburg and L�beck surrendered at his approach, the little Hanseatic town of Stralsund closed its gates against him. A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day 2011-06-22T02:00:21.157Z A beck running down the hill finds its way into a crevice in the cliffs, from which it leaps in one great fall of more than eighty feet, roaring loudly. A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z Thousands trembled at his beck, for he had made them dependents and slaves. Studies in the Out-Lying Fields of Psychic Science 2011-04-14T02:00:40.453Z Mildred thought of the harmless kicks on the beck gravel, and the irritability in the porch, and could not forbear a smile. Heriot's Choice A Tale 2011-04-20T02:00:22.760Z His new home was veritably a palace, with servants at every beck and call. Doors of the Night 2011-04-12T02:00:23.287Z She commands me with the beck of her hand, while a look consigns me to silence, and yet I have met her so recently. Lily Pearl and The Mistress of Rosedale 2011-04-05T02:00:12.720Z For the convenience of explorers, the passage between them has been widened and levelled as far as possible, wherein the beck that we saw outside finds a channel after unusual rains. A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z In that which becks Our ready minds to fellowship divine, A fellowship with Essence till we shine Full alchemised, and free of space—Behold The clear religion of Heaven—fold, etc.” Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends 2011-03-30T02:00:14.620Z Behind the double folding-doors lay a perfect picture-room, its wide bay looking over the sunny hills, and a glass door opening on the beck gravel of the courtyard. Heriot's Choice A Tale 2011-04-20T02:00:22.760Z For the night at least he was still the Rat, and the underworld was at the Rat’s beck and call. Doors of the Night 2011-04-12T02:00:23.287Z The serpents are said to be always at the beck and call of the members of this Nambūdri family, and render unquestioned obedience to their commands. Omens and Superstitions of Southern India 2011-03-28T02:00:25.937Z The beck flows out from under the cliff a few yards above the entrance through a broad low vault. A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z For some distance beyond the shooting-box the road ascended gently, then dipped deep down into a hollow, with a beck at the bottom of it, and a bridge and a farmhouse on the other side. At Large 2011-03-27T02:00:14.907Z He was just bidding a cheerful good-bye to Mrs. Heath and her sister, when horses' hoofs rung on the beck gravel of the courtyard, and Ethel rode up to the door, followed by her groom. Heriot's Choice A Tale 2011-04-20T02:00:22.760Z When the reconnoitering party reappeared, Singleton was with them, porters at his beck, in his hand Miss Greta's ticket, passport, and German and Dutch money to the value of twenty pounds. The Messenger 2011-03-26T02:00:14.523Z Between 0600 and midnight each day, Mrs Mruke was expected to be at the beck and call of Khan, who would ring a bell when she or her two grown-up, disabled children wanted something. Slavery in the suburbs 2011-03-17T08:14:47Z The beck had diminished to a rill, and presently I came to its source—a delicious spring bubbling from a rock, and took a quickening draught. A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z I almost think he offered to personally conduct me over to Melmerbridge, and to show me its church, and its beck, and the view from its bank. At Large 2011-03-27T02:00:14.907Z Between 6am and midnight each day, Mrs Mruke was expected to be at the beck and call of Khan, who would ring a bell when she or her two grown-up, disabled children wanted something. Slavery in the suburbs 2011-03-16T16:26:53Z He obtained a situation at L�beck, where he had leisure to cultivate his natural taste for drawing and poetry. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z No. I don’t come at every man’s beck and call, young sir. Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir 2011-03-11T03:00:14.423Z That great group of heights on the right—Wild Boar Fell and Shunnor Fell—wherein Nature displays but few of her smiles, is the parent of not a few of Yorkshire’s dales, becks, and waterfalls. A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z In his lyric verse there is no sediment; all is clear and rippling like a beck dancing down a hill-side in the sunshine of summer dawn. Contemporary Belgian Poetry Selected and Translated by Jethro Bithell 2011-03-10T03:00:44.993Z Rameses admired the munificence of the nomarch, and the affection of the great lords around him, alert to every beck of his and ready to carry out his orders. The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt 2011-03-08T03:00:42.177Z They want to know a living, breathing person is at their beck and call. Web-Based Live Chat: Good for Business? 2011-03-07T17:22:00Z The Moldau-Elbe is itself an important international waterway, inasmuch as it allows of steamer traffic from Prague in Bohemia to Hamburg, and by means of a connecting canal to L�beck. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z The beck is noisy in its freakish channel, yet pauses here and there and fills a sober pool, wherein you may see fish, and perchance a drowned sheep. A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z The Populist movement died, but this phantasm once evoked, of a black man poised at the centre of the party see-saw, continued to hover at the beck of its creators until again wanted. The Negro and the elective franchise. A Series Of Papers And A Sermon (The American Negro Academy. Occasional Papers, No. 11.) 2011-03-03T03:00:50.323Z The Honourable Castalia was really intolerable, and the only possible excuse for her behaviour was—what had been whispered with many nods and becks, and much mystery—that she was not quite of sound mind. A Charming Fellow, Volume III (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:27.467Z Varied our language through all dialects Of becks, winks, looks; and often under boards, Spoke dialogues, with our feet far from our words? The Romance of Biography (Vol 2 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. 2011-03-01T03:00:48.107Z In 1155 it fell to the bishopric of L�beck and was often the residence of the prelates of that see. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z Every furlong the beck grows wider and fuller, and here and there the banks curve to the form of an oval basin smooth with short grass; favourite haunts for the sheep. A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z It was with many wreathed smiles, becks and bows and assurances of welcome when she should come again that Regina was finally allowed to return to The Dressing-Room for the tea which was waiting her. The Little Vanities of Mrs. Whittaker A Novel 2011-03-01T03:00:46.487Z Your contract employees may have other customers and can't be at your beck and call when you need them. The Start-up Paradox 2011-02-28T09:30:00Z As though some kindly fairy had indeed been at her beck and call, and had watched with careful eyes the cutting of the robe, it fits to a charm. Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z On a stretch of turf by the side of the silvery beck that rushed so frantically from the moorland to the river, he spied a small garden tent. The Revellers 2011-02-26T03:00:50.133Z The beck widens, and rushes into a broad stony belt to join a stream hurrying down the vale from the west. A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z Many of the less juvenile ladies remembered him, and rushed to claim his acquaintance, with nods, and becks, and wreathed smiles. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 2011-02-23T03:00:33.760Z One of his best sheep was missing after a flood; and it was found jammed in between two rocks in the beck, feet uppermost—drowned, of course. Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. 2011-02-15T03:00:16.383Z Whether I rose to my feet by an act of private volition or at the subconscious beck of another's compelling power, there is no need to attempt to determine. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z He stopped at the beck to wash his hands and dry them on his handkerchief. The Revellers 2011-02-26T03:00:50.133Z Deepdale beck yawns on the left, and every mile opens fresh enjoyment to the eye, and revives associations. A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z And the most favourable ground to work on," added Frank; "the Nordeck domain extending to the very frontier, and all the foresters, rangers, and inspectors at the beck and call of the Princess! Under a Charm, Vol. I (of III) A Novel 2011-02-14T03:00:34.700Z I do not wish people to think that I have to come and go just at your beck or nod. The Home Mission 2011-02-12T03:00:30.217Z Merely at the beck of a wild-living profligate who felt he had been wronged. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z He was eager to prove his familiarity with a map, and followed each bend and twist of the prehistoric glacier beds, where the lowland becks had their origin. The Revellers 2011-02-26T03:00:50.133Z Along an irregular furrow, as it may be called, which deepens as it nears the precipice, flows the beck—coming, as the boy told us, from Malham Tarn. A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z Her amiable and rather palpable determination to second his ideas on all matters, her "nods and becks and wreathed smiles," when in his company, would, if recited, fill a volume in themselves. Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z Fortune is as much at his beck and call as any of the rest of us. Vestigia Vol. I. 2011-02-04T03:00:23.340Z The snow, at the beck of a terrible north-easter, beat in our faces pitilessly. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z He crossed the footbridge over the beck—the water was nearly level with the stout planks. The Revellers 2011-02-26T03:00:50.133Z The beck falls from the ravine into the cove at the foot of the Nab, having a level wedge of land between it and the cliff. A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z The origin of Elbing was a colony of traders from L�beck and Bremen, which established itself under the protection of a castle of the Teutonic Knights, built in 1237. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" 2011-01-29T03:00:23.777Z No more poverty, no more loneliness, no more slaving at the beck and call of some hated employer. The Road to Understanding 2011-01-29T03:00:20.840Z “No,” said Seth quietly; “it does not please me to leave my affairs at the beck and call of every stranger that comes this way.” A Hero of Ticonderoga 2011-01-27T03:00:45.450Z The pathetic farcicality of the dear old lady’s wreaths and becks left the seriousness of all this untouched. The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z The Nordeck estates are surrounded by forests, and all the foresters and their satellites are at the beck of the princess who rules here. Vineta The Phantom City 2011-01-21T03:00:10.377Z It is thus able to accommodate vessels up to 800 tons burden; and the passage from L�beck to Lauenburg occupies 18 to 21 hours. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" 2011-01-29T03:00:23.777Z Still, if hard work and anguish of mind counted, he had earned it twice over, slaving away at the beck of Brett and his minions. The Road to Understanding 2011-01-29T03:00:20.840Z What great obedience waits at her beck continually? The Mad Lover The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher (3 of 10) 2011-01-20T03:00:06.760Z Boats and boatmen are at your beck and call. Parlous Times A Novel of Modern Diplomacy 2011-01-13T03:01:14.887Z Frank is the only one of them who still recognizes me as master," exclaimed Waldemar, bitterly; "all the others are at your beck and call. Vineta The Phantom City 2011-01-21T03:00:10.377Z Some of them would "get the beck"—the call from Death—but what matter? The Irish on the Somme Being a Second Series of 'The Irish at the Front' 2011-01-12T03:00:32.843Z Deliberately he had chosen to cast aside the love and companionship of a devoted father at the beck of an almost unknown girl's hand. The Road to Understanding 2011-01-29T03:00:20.840Z L�beck, proposal to give it to Prussia, ii. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) 2011-01-05T03:00:52.520Z I have said that a little beck flowed down the valley and past my very door. The Man from Archangel and Other Tales of Adventure 2011-01-01T03:00:24.903Z Austria and Germany, too, are connected with, and ready to supply him with troops at his beck. William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z As the dives are become subject to thy beck, I expected to have found thee on the throne of the pre-Adamite kings.” Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale 2010-12-29T03:00:31.850Z He also built Stockholm, and enriched it by making it the chief mart for the trade of L�beck, with which city he concluded a commercial treaty. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z Likewise, entering "glenn beck /conservative" or "glenn beck /liberal" will get you wildly varying results. Could Bing or Blekko Top Google in the Search-Engine Wars? 2010-11-19T06:55:00Z You have only to follow the beck upward for a mile or so to find my place. The Man from Archangel and Other Tales of Adventure 2011-01-01T03:00:24.903Z Drew was scratched from the original lineup with a stiff beck. Garza sharp in Rays' win over Red Sox 2010-07-01T03:02:00Z “And one of the reasons investment bankers get paid a lot is there is a lot of inherent risk — it’s feast or famine, and you’re at an organization’s beck and call.” Wealth Matters: Learning How to Hedge Yourself, And Not Just Your Portfolio 2010-03-05T23:30:00Z "There are people at your beck and call, you can sit at the seat and expect a service delivered... your trivial needs will be met, like an extra glass of orange juice." Luxury train 2010-03-09T13:04:00Z "This was in quite a deep wooded valley and the beck was very high," he said. Body found after flood on moors 2010-02-26T17:48:00Z Standing by the beck which purled past the door of my cabin, I cooled my heated brow, and thought the matter over. The Man from Archangel and Other Tales of Adventure 2011-01-01T03:00:24.903Z Hail power unknown! for at thy beck Vales and groves their bosoms deck, And every laughing blossom dresses With gems of dew, his musky tresses. Heathen Mythology While the admiral spoke, the door of the cabin was darkened by the bodies of several men, who, at his beck, advanced, and stood full in the view of the neophyte. Calavar or The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico All the other places clearly point to a water-spirit: two meres, two pits, a mire and a beck: for the most part situated in low-lying country which must in Anglo-Saxon times have been swampy. Beowulf An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn The chief buildings in Hamburg were destroyed by the fire in 1842, and it is in L�beck that the most important churches are to be found. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" Then, by the side of the beck, as if, being wearied with travel, she had set her down to take a drink of the caller burn water, I saw a woman sit. Deep Moat Grange Whirlit, Whisk and Keener had left him, at the beck of Madam Breeze, and now joined that lusty Elf in their assaults upon Fort Spinder. Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies "Good night," said Lydia with a fierce little beck of her head. Manslaughter For at any moment I am, by rights, at Miss Million's beck and call. Miss Million's Maid A Romance of Love and Fortune He has his women, too, at his beck and call. In the Day of Adversity To be a Governor with almost regal powers and soldiers at his beck, to hold a turbulent province quiet under his hand! The Firebrand The hills are slape as ice; the becks are full; the moss will make a mouthful of you—horse and man—to-night.” A Rose of a Hundred Leaves A Love Story She was not, like poor Fleda, at every one's beck, and the visitor was to see no more of her than what the arrangement of luncheon might tantalizingly show. The Spoils of Poynton Martino.—I were of the fools' fold, did I fail to follow at a beck so gentle. The Sword of Damocles A Story of New York Life King Frederick could never introduce in Hesse the servitude that put his Brandenburg and Pomeranian subjects at his beck and nod. A Defence of the Hessians In 1730 he was made superintendent and first pastor at L�beck. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" She heard the gurgling of the becks and the wayside streams, and the whistling of the boys in the barn, and the tinkling of the sheep-bells on the highest fells. A Rose of a Hundred Leaves A Love Story One at the beck of a secret protective organization, the other at the call of duty to State and nation, parted at their father's gate to go their separate ways. Harper's Round Table, July 23, 1895 The army is at the beck and call of what is called the Government, and to-day the Government happens to be the radical contingent of the Republican Party. Gabriel Tolliver A Story of Reconstruction Oh that I were not at her beck and call to do her bidding; speak to those she chooses; and have nothing to say to those she thinks beneath her! Her Season in Bath A Story of Bygone Days He died at L�beck on the 7th of April 1767. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" You see, I am entirely at their beck and call. John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising As a man without means I must be at the beck and call of others, content that way merely to earn a livelihood. A Veldt Vendetta He ceased to work; he was at her beck and call; he went with her everywhere. Fairfax and His Pride Once in Parliament you are useless, at the beck and call of the whipper-in, a slave to party; but you are an M.P. nevertheless, and may not call your soul your own. Christopher Crayon's Recollections The Life and Times of the late James Ewing Ritchie as told by himself He then settled in L�beck as a portrait painter, but was helped to visit Rome again in 1792, and gradually produced some fine subject and historical paintings, e.g. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" Occasionally, no doubt, as in the L�beck Fastnachtsspiel of the Five Virtues, the two species may have more or less closely approached to one another. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" "Oh, talk not of happiness now," interrupted Adam; "that nymph who once wailed at our side, attentive to the beck, has disappeared, and fled from the companionship of such guilty, fallen beings as ourselves, forever." Caxton's Book: A Collection of Essays, Poems, Tales, and Sketches. Ah! how honest Allan smirks and smiles, and becks and bows, with a backbone that will never be as supple in kotowing to anyone else. Allan Ramsay Famous Scots Series In our last communication The Brain seemed to labor under the impression that I was unconditionally at its beck and call. The Brain Humpty Dumpty lay in a beck,* With all his sinews round his neck; Forty doctors and forty wrights Couldn't put Humpty Dumpty to rights! The Nursery Rhymes of England For the lord in her lap poured wide his gold, And the shepherd ran at her beck and call, And the spearsman swore she was curst and cold, But Pride, it goeth before a fall. The Standard Cantatas Their Stories, Their Music, and Their Composers She seems to have been a gentle-spirited old creature in spite of her crusty tongue; and at the beck of every one who chose to knock her about and require from her service and submission. Witch Stories I have but some wild roots, a bed of fern, And no companion save this bloodhound here, Who, at my beck, would tear thee to the earth; Yet enter—fear not! The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles Vol. 2 Tlascala had been humbled on the march, And promised spoils from Montezuma's wealth; But they had reached the keystone of the arch, At superstition's beck. Montezuma An Epic on the Origin and Fate of the Aztec Nation At the first beck of Elijah, yielding to the subtle, intangible influence which he had thrown around her, she had abandoned her principles and had become as one of them. The Vision of Elijah Berl The prosperity of Copenhagen was checked by an attack by the people of L�beck in 1248, and by another on the part of Prince Jaromir of R�gen in 1259. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" The lassie has been at your beck and call the best pairt o’ her life. Christine A Fife Fisher Girl "Nods and becks and wreathed smiles" are very natural and very charming on appropriate occasions; but whispered nods are something quite inconceivable. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. So far as Germany is concerned, even in the best examples of L�beck, Augsburg, or Nuremberg, the force of Art could no further go. The Wine-ghosts of Bremen His boast is, that, without a sou, no millionnaire is richer than he, and that every boon of fortune is at his beck. The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life The spirit of the brave little maid had gone at last beyond the beck and call of men. Grenfell: Knight-Errant of the North The wanting venom onwards went, And filled the Worlds with fear, Till Brahmá to their misery bent His gracious pitying ear; And Śiva those destroying streams Drank up at Brahmá's beck. The Birth of the War-God A Poem by Kalidasa Even the free cities were divided, Hamburg and L�beck for, Bremen and Frankfort against. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" There are also attributed to him the text of the opera "The Caravan" and "The Lutenist of L�beck," a prose play in one act, given at the Th��tre Fran�ais. The Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun He was at the beck and call of certain Republican party-leaders in the county; but that seemed natural, for he was a Republican himself by temperament and disposition. The "Genius" He is at the beck and call of everybody. My Brave and Gallant Gentleman A Romance of British Columbia This fantastic being has the greatest influence over Fashion, who having no staple character of her own, is easily led every way at the beck of this whimsical and absurd dictator. The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed. Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries This system was chiefly developed in the colonial east, where most towns were affiliated directly or indirectly either to L�beck or to Magdeburg; but it was by no means unknown in the home country. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" He had the temperament of a man of genius, liable to sudden and sharp impressions, and apt to go considerable lengths at the beck of an impulse, or even of a caprice. Life of John Keats Wild creatures of woodland ways don't come to your beck and call. Through Our Unknown Southwest The desert heavens have felt her sadness; The earth will weep her some dewy tears; The wild beck ends her tune of gladness, And goeth stilly, as soul that fears. The Price of the Prairie A Story of Kansas This with many becks, and nods, and wreathed smiles, meant to explain the delicacy of the feeling that prompts him to this course. Rossmoyne From L�beck and Hamburg, commanding the navigation of the Elbe, it gradually spread over 85 towns, including Amsterdam, Cologne and Frankfort in the south, and Danzig, K�nigsberg and Riga in the north. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" Thus his relations with the Netherlands were strained, while with L�beck and her allies he was openly at war. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" A girl cannot always expect to find a boy at her beck and call. Wyn's Camping Days or, The Outing of the Go-Ahead Club Having previously sent off all his available force to Ropes at the sink, in answer to a pressing call for re�nforcements, he had now only the sergeant and two men at his beck. Cudjo's Cave Do you suppose, when Aunt Priscilla was young, she would have deserted—let us say—Mr. Desmond the elder, at the beck and call of any one? Rossmoyne "He lives in her pocket, all the same, and is always at her beck and call." Banked Fires Nods and becks, and then whispers of "Go it, M.!" gave more and more valor to his hand. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. Faith, so good-tempered and willing, at the beck and call of everyone. Anxious Audrey Cowan's Bridge is prettily situated, just where the Leck-fells sweep into the plain; and by the course of the beck, alders and willows and hazel bushes grow. Home Life of Great Authors Captain Brandeis, whose influence is now small, declares they can no longer 135 sustain a serious engagement, and is himself in the intention of leaving Samoa by the L�beck of the 5th February.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25) Surprising in itself, since, although she was an Upper born, still governmental servants can't be at the beck of every hereditary aristocrat in the land. Frigid Fracas Does he think he is not loved?—he may have the woman at his beck, and there is not a joy for him in all the world. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) He’s always at his beck and call, and ready to fetch and carry for him. The Rushton Boys at Rally Hall Or, Great Days in School and Out He bears me on, steady, Through whirlwind and eddy; I cling to his neck, and he ever is ready To pause at my beck. Our Young Folks—Vol. I, No. II, February 1865 An Illustrated Magazine for Boys and Girls Weeping he spake in these words; and now at the beck of the old man Knee against knee they knitted a wreath round the altar's enclosure. The Song of Hiawatha An Epic Poem Miller was, in fact, too much of a lord and master, exacting submission as well as rent from his tenants; while Burns was of too haughty a spirit to beck and bow to any man. Robert Burns Famous Scots Series It is recorded that this island formed three separate isles in 1100, and the village of Borre, now 2 m. inland, was the object of an attack by a fleet from L�beck in 1510. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" I'm at the beck and call of every whim. The Gates Between He was a widower, and his only son was away at a commercial school in L�beck. Skipper Worse The beck wandered down to the Hollow, through a silent district; no wind followed its course or haunted its woody borders. Shirley They are all at his beck, "good men and true." Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 367, May 1846 Moreover, this defeat led to a successful rebellion in Sweden, and a long and ruinous war with L�beck, terminated by the peace of Malm�, 1512. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" On that day our fleet––our glorious ships––comes out from Kiel Canal, vere man holds them beck like big dogs in leash. The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards He did not hear often from his son in L�beck; but the bills he had to pay for him showed that he was alive, and apparently enjoying life pretty freely. Skipper Worse "I like the beck a thousand times better." Shirley “Small need, with Francois at your beck and call,” and he patted me playfully on the cheek. Beyond the Frontier A Romance of Early Days in the Middle West The “Floating Island” appears at intervals on the upper portion of the lake near the mouth of the beck. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" You shall go beck and take up again your vork, and ven all is right I come down and get a job. The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards Panellings of walls and doors were often decorated with inlays, most frequently of arabesques, of which the town halls of L�beck and Danzig furnish fine examples. Intarsia and Marquetry His watchman's musket would have been company enough for him; the full-flowing beck in the den would have delivered continuously the discourse most genial to his ear. Shirley What sensible man believes that the Holy Ghost, if such a being exist, is at the beck and call of every Catholic or Protestant bishop? Flowers of Freethought (First Series) She is proud as she was when she sat in pillared state, under gorgeous canopies, with a hundred slaves at her beck, and a devoted people within reach of her couriers. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 I shall soon tell him, then, in pretty plain words, I am not at his beck and call any longer. Daisy Brooks Or, A Perilous Love The "Kriegsstube" at L�beck was done by Antonius Evers, who in 1598-9 was master of the joiners' guild, with his companions. Intarsia and Marquetry "You are afraid of hedges, and the beck which we shall be forced to cross?" Shirley Cora Walcott seemed to delight in keeping him at her beck and call. Name and Fame A Novel More than thirty thousand claymores flashed at the beck of Charles Edward, the Stuart prince, acclaimed as 'King o' the Highland hearts.' The Red River Colony A Chronicle of the Beginnings of Manitoba Dollies big and dollies small Still are at her beck and call. A line-o'-verse or two That career, Angelo Cara foresaw for his daughter, foresaw it at least in the hypnogogic visions which the artist always has within beck and call. The Paliser case On the other side they met the beck, flowing deep in a rough bed. Shirley "Is there a minute of my life that she is not sending for me—expecting me to be at her beck and call?" he said. Pretty Madcap Dorothy Or, How She Won a Lover She must also remain as young looking as ever and always be at his beck and call. The Gorgeous Girl He had all the technique of contemporary art at his beck; but not that unique tone, the unique form, by which he might become master of the universe and gain spiritual dominion over mankind. Melomaniacs It is better to have the fair ones dangling after you, than to be running at their every beck and call.” The Strollers It is, then, essential that the textbooks used in rural schools should have the rural bent and application, the rural flavor, the rural beck and welcome. Rural Life and the Rural School As he had asked, the key was sent to the captain at L�beck; so he alone had admission into the cabin. The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras Soon after arriving there, the post of organist at L�beck became vacant, and Handel was a candidate for it. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Each man is at his country’s beck and call. England and Germany I have been at the beck and call of one of the greatest roués and villains in France. The Strollers Geoffrey was puzzled, for the laugh was musical, unlike a rustic giggle; and, though the calling of the beck partly drowned it, the man's voice did not resemble that of a laborer. Thurston of Orchard Valley They lie in the south-east angle of the churchyard, not far from a group of trees, with the little beck, that feeds the lake with its clear waters, murmuring by their side. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 I myself should be a puppet, a doll, at the beck and call of a master. The Traitors Mother won't give it him, so I have to be at his beck and call. A Bride of the Plains He resented the fact that she was being led away from him into paths he could not follow––that she was at the beck of this lean, cold-eyed stranger and his heathenish idol. The Web of the Golden Spider The beck moaned a little more loudly, and there was a heavy astringent odor of damp earth and decaying leaves. Thurston of Orchard Valley O, let me suffer, being at your beck, The imprison'd absence of your liberty; And patience, tame to sufferance, bide each check, Without accusing you of injury. Testimony of the Sonnets as to the Authorship of the Shakespearean Plays and Poems Well, what I was coming to is this: while he remains in Mrs. Shuster's service, whatever his motive for doing so may be, he's more or less at her beck and call. The Lightning Conductor Discovers America With what "becks, and smiles, and wreathed nods," he passes by his brethren on the prosecuting side, and takes his seat of honour. The Macdermots of Ballycloran Hearing the rushing of the beck away down under the trees, she was startled, and wondered what it was. The Rainbow She could tell him all about their two parlours, and the little garden running down to the beck. Lover or Friend Fancy being at the beck and call of a crotchety old beldame, at my time of life. The Tale of Timber Town Quips and cranks and wanton ——, Nods and becks and wreathed smiles. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions One man is exhausted and gives up half-way, and a cheerful Cockney voice comes down from above telling him to "put his beck into it!" Round the Wonderful World The growth of the League was, however, very gradual; and it was not until the foundation of L�beck, which afterwards became its principal city, that it assumed its great importance. Memorials of Old London Volume I It was somewhat of a disappointment, then, to find that Michael had suddenly turned over a new leaf, and was far too occupied to be at her beck and call. Lover or Friend The beck grows wider, the hands must sever On either margin, our songs all done, We move apart, while she singeth ever Taking the course of the stooping sun. Wee Wifie Skating had broken out into fashion, and the prettiest belles of the day were out with trains of military men at their beck. A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia “The Great Counsellor,” says Thomas Brooks, “puts clouds and darkness round about Him, bidding us follow at His beck through the cloud, promising an eternal and uninterrupted sunshine on the other side.” The Words of Jesus Old engravings of portions of the Steel-yard buildings show that they were of brick, and with their Guildhall vied in importance and beauty with the great brick buildings of L�beck and Bruges. Memorials of Old London Volume I To be at the beck and call of no one; to be responsible only to themselves, provided they keep from violating the law, has a charm to these young outcasts. Ben, the Luggage Boy; or, Among the Wharves That the fierce pard doth at a beck Yield to the yoke his spotted neck, And the untoward tiger bear The whip with a submissive fear; That stags do foam with golden bits. Poems of Henry Vaughan, Silurist, Volume II He makes the fires, waits on the crew, and is at everybody's beck and call, from the howadji to the sailor. Harper's Young People, January 20, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Norma had hours and hours of this new enchanting leisure to fill; she could be at anybody's beck and call. The Beloved Woman Watching their leader's beck and will, 215 All silent there they stood, and still. Lady of the Lake Forthwith the troop that, at the beck of Earth, Foster her children, brought a glorious store Of viands, food of immemorial worth, Her earliest gifts, her tenderest evermore. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867 For there's a kingdom at thy beck if thou But kick this dross: Parnassus' flow'ry brow I'll give thee with my Tempe, and to boot That horse which struck a fountain with his foot. Poems of Henry Vaughan, Silurist, Volume II Afternoon Tea Willie who had finally come on board with a dozen young ladies, was running here and there at their beck and call in desperate haste. The End of the Rainbow This from the beck where it rushes down between the stems of mountain-ash, this from beneath the vast ancestral elm below the palace, this from the sea-shore. Hypolympia Or, The Gods in the Island, an Ironic Fantasy Every man at the beck of the Southern kidnapper, by its provisions was obliged to play the part of a Negro catcher. John Brown: A Retrospect Read before The Worcester Society of Antiquity, Dec. 2, 1884. River and bridge and street and square Lay mine, as much at my beck and call,10 Through the live translucent bath of air, As the sights in a magic crystal ball. Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning But to be at the beck and call of every noble; to bear the trains of the ladies or dance attendance upon them is not the life that a youth wishes. In Doublet and Hose A Story for Girls In the League were confederated: first, twelve towns in the Baltic, L�beck at the head; next, sixty-four—and even eighty—German towns. The History of London They are, to some extent, at the beck and call of the chief men of the place, and more especially of the Patel, but they are independent in their bearing, and obey cheerfully without cringing. India and the Indians My beck upwhirls the hurricane: The sun and moon and stars in vain Their wonted course would keep; Honey from out the rock doth weep When I command. Niels Klim's journey under the ground being a narrative of his wonderful descent to the subterranean lands; together with an account of the sensible animals and trees inhabiting the planet Nazar and the firmament. He was at her beck all day long. The Rough Road Can rise and obey The beck of the Spirit like him? Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold L�beck: a large port in north Germany in the Baltic. staples, originally all kinds of raw produce, came to be applied only to wool. The History of London Nor was there wanting, to complete the variety, the brazen-faced courtezan, with her 'nods,' and becks, and wreathed smiles, tho' to class her with ladies of any grade, would be sacrilege. City Crimes or Life in New York and Boston An army of dark Syrian eunuchs and yellow-faced Tartar girls ran at the beck of the palace guests. A Victor of Salamis The Brunai Government, having no longer the warlike Kyans at their beck and call, that tribe having passed to Raja Brooke with the river Barram, were wholly unable to undertake the punishment of the offenders. British Borneo Sketches of Brunai, Sarawak, Labuan, and North Borneo From Schleswig eastwards to L�beck Bay the coast is pierced by a number of narrow openings or Fohrden, the result of encroachment of the sea caused by subsidence. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" In every woman was born a spark of Bacchic fire, which leapt up sweetly at the summons of love or crimson, shameful, at the beck of lust. The Orchard of Tears Then the fishing in the beck for trout as a boy, and the call of the sounding 'forces.' Border Ghost Stories Oh, that docility, blind as your act!" he raves; "You were glad, at a beck from your father, to follow. The Wagnerian Romances Probably the handsomest trout in the neighbourhood, though not the largest, are those of the Somersby “beck,” “The Brook,” rendered for ever classical by the sweet poem of the late Poet Laureate. Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter She must always be at the beck and call of somebody, generally of everybody. The Subjection of Women Honour and those other temporal shadows at whose beck men lay down life leave women unstirred. The Orchard of Tears It's not a thing I have at my beck and call. The Hero I let you down easy with Johnson just now, in spite of the humiliating place you put me in, but if you think I’m going to be driven at your beck and call you’re mistaken.” The Wind Before the Dawn Her frowning ports, where, at the Admiral’s beck, Grim-visaged cannon held the foe in check, Gaped for the frolic of the minnow bands. Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure Meanwhile our sincere, spontaneous reality is idling elsewhere, ready to vagabond irresponsibly at the beck and call of the passing stranger. Hortus Vitae Essays on the Gardening of Life Thousands of them, at his beck and call. Cully And added to the incurable dulness of the mess was the irksome feeling of being merely an overgrown schoolboy at the beck and call of every incompetent and foolish senior. The Hero Late at nights they saw little spurts of blue and red flame shine from his window, and they said that demons and witches came at his beck and call. Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends In all these matters the true workman will wait for the Master's beck, glance, or signal, before a step is taken. George Müller of Bristol And His Witness to a Prayer-Hearing God Thenceforward he is no longer a person with a special duty; he must be at every one's beck and call. Lisbeth Longfrock Why, that— At his beck and call, he says! The Star Hyacinths True, there’s a man boarding in the White House, and I vote to pay his bills; but the page who answers my beck and call has more power. The Clansman An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan O'er my spirit Thy full supremacy thou know'st; and that Thy beck might from the bidding of the gods Command me. Characteristics of Women Moral, Poetical, and Historical He remembered the promise, "I will guide thee with Mine eye," and looking up to God, he took no step unless the divine glance or beck made duty "clear as daylight." George Müller of Bristol And His Witness to a Prayer-Hearing God All but Joel himself, who told him very flatly the second day that he wasn't half as nice as at school, for he was now running at everybody's beck and nod. Five Little Peppers at School In the beck that ran close to the disused headgear he would wade for an hour early in the summer morning. A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time No fate like theirs awaits for thee; For Fortune's maid shall tend with care Thy every nod and beck—yes, place Upon thy queenly brow a crown, The "starry crown" by Freedom worn! The Sylvan Cabin A Centenary Ode on the Birth of Lincoln and Other Verse “Don’t you think, Duncan,” I said, trying to speak calmly, though I was by no means calm inside, “that it’s rather a sacrifice of dignity, holding yourself at that woman’s beck and call?” The Prairie Mother The Anglo-Saxon term for a small stream or brook, originating from springs, and winding through meadows, thus differing from a beck. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. There must be attendants moving about, for the Hun general would not inhabit this chateau unless he could have subordinates at his beck and call. Air Service Boys Flying for Victory or, Bombing the Last German Stronghold Because she selfishly desired her daughter to be at her beck and call, Mrs. Scattergood had opposed her marriage to Hopewell Drugg. The Mission of Janice Day Women might whisper and frown, but for the present, at least, she had the men at her beck and call. Found in the Philippines The Story of a Woman's Letters |
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