The sickroom became a mysterious centre round which everything revolved, and the parlour, without the alteration of a single chair, took on a deserted, forlorn appearance.
CHAPTER XXVII Seven days glided away, every one marking its course by the henceforth rapid alteration of Edgar Linton's state.
An indefinite alteration had come over his whole person and manner.
Catherine had seasons of gloom and silence now and then: they were respected with sympathising silence by her husband, who ascribed them to an alteration in her constitution, produced by her perilous illness; as she was never subject to depression of spirits before.
The 18th, the 19th of March passed without any alteration in the weather.
He says he sha'n't stay unless there's an alteration.
"But she's so much broader across the shoulders than I am, it's very ill-convenient," said Mrs Pullet, "else she might wear that beautiful black brocade o' mine without any alteration; and her arms are beyond everything," added Mrs Pullet, sorrowfully, as she lifted Maggie's large round arm, "She'd never get my sleeves on.
Casaubon, and this made it seem all the more opportune that a fresh understanding should be begun, so that instead of Will's starting penniless and accepting the first function that offered itself, he should find himself in possession of a rightful income which should be paid by her husband during his life, and, by an immediate alteration of the will, should be secured at his death.
But I am not so sure of any other alteration.
Casaubon when he drew her attention specially to some actual arrangement and asked her if she would like an alteration.
Her loss of spirits was a yet greater alteration.
On one side it had a range of doors, and it was lighted on the other by windows which Catherine had only time to discover looked into a quadrangle, before Miss Tilney led the way into a chamber, and scarcely staying to hope she would find it comfortable, left her with an anxious entreaty that she would make as little alteration as possible in her dress.
But when Catherine saw her in public, admitting Captain Tilney's attentions as readily as they were offered, and allowing him almost an equal share with James in her notice and smiles, the alteration became too positive to be passed over.
Scientists at Tel Aviv University compared the genes of those with the condition to those without, to identify where the genetic alteration lies.
Gamboge is based on New Latin gambogium, an alteration of cambugium, which is either from or akin to the Portuguese name for the country of Cambodia, Camboja.
"It could also be due to a change in environmental conditions, either an alteration in the wave climate or a series of tides that has provided the ideal conditions for this beach to reform.
Washington's stylist, who added that the key to a flattering alteration (besides accommodating a growing midsection) is to accentuate the finer points of one's figure-whether wrists, cleavage or legs.
" "We are interested in how an alteration in the sleep-wake pattern may be involved in th onset of diabetes and obesity and if, when you improve the timing of sleep you can also have a positive effect on conditions like diabetes and obesity.
Analysts had been more interested about whether and how the recent depreciation in the yen and rally in oil prices might influence domestic inflation and price expectations, and whether there might be any alteration to the BoJ's bond yield target.
While the origin is not known for certain, it has been suggested that sundae is an alteration of Sunday, either because the dish was made with ice cream left over from Sunday and sold cheaply on the Monday, or because it was sold only on Sundays, a practice devised to circumvent restrictions concerning trading on Sundays.
