 A moment before I had been safe of all men's respect, wealthy, beloved — the cloth laying for me in the dining-room at home; and now I was the common quarry of mankind, hunted, houseless, a known murderer, thrall to the gallows.  Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - Page 129by Robert Louis Stevenson - 1886 - 138 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Louis Stevenson - England - 1905 - 440 pages
...had been safe of all men's respect, wealthy, beloved — the cloth laying for me in the dining-room at home; and now I was the common quarry of mankind,...hunted^ houseless, a known murderer, thrall to the gallowsTj My reason wavered, but it did not fail me utterly. I have more than once observed that, in... | |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson - English literature - 1910 - 702 pages
...I had been safe of all men's respect, wealthy, beloved—the cloth laying for me in the dining-room at home ; and now I was the common quarry of mankind,...houseless, a known murderer, thrall to the gallows. r where Jekyll perhaps might have succumbed, Hyde rose to the importance of the moment. My drugs were... | |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson - 1911 - 398 pages
...had been safe of all men's respect, wealthy, beloved — the cloth laying for me in the dining-room at home; and now I was the common quarry of mankind,...I have more than once observed that, in my second char---* acter, my faculties seemed sharpened to a point and my spirits more tensely elastic; thus... | |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson, Lloyd Osbourne, Fanny Van de Grift Stevenson - London (England) - 1925 - 320 pages
...had been safe of all men's respect, wealthy, beloved — the cloth laying for me in the dining-room at home ; and now I was the common quarry of mankind,...My reason wavered, but it did not fail me utterly. 1 have more than once observed that, in my second character, my faculties seemed sharpened to a point... | |
 | Ronald R. Thomas - Literary Criticism - 1990 - 324 pages
...had been safe of all men's respect, wealthy, beloved — the cloth laying for me in the dining-room at home; and now I was the common quarry of mankind,...houseless, a known murderer, thrall to the gallows" (93). This direct placement within the same mind of the agencies of order and criminality distinguishes... | |
 | England - 2002 - 312 pages
...beloved — the cloth laying for me in the dining-room at Henry Jekyll's Full Statement of the Case home; and now I was the common quarry of mankind, hunted, houseless, a known murderer, thrall1*6 to the gallows. My reason wavered, but it did not fail me utterly. I have more than once... | |
 | Simon Joyce, Professor Simon Joyce - Crime - 2003 - 288 pages
...I had been safe of all men's respect, wealthy, beloved—the cloth laying for me in the dining-room at home; and now I was the common quarry of mankind,...houseless, a known murderer, thrall to the gallows. (92-93; my emphasis) This passage encapsulates my reading of Stevenson's text. The differences separating... | |
 | Peter K. Garrett - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2003 - 260 pages
...cautionary tales about the consequences of sexual impurity.) Escape from the plight of being Hyde, "the common quarry of mankind, hunted, houseless, a known murderer, thrall to the gallows," also depends on memory. "I remembered that of my original character, one part remained to me: I could... | |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson - Fiction - 2004 - 220 pages
...I had been safe of all men's respect, wealthy, beloved - the cloth laying for me in the dining-room at home; and now I was the common quarry of mankind,...character, my faculties seemed sharpened to a point 90 and my spirits more tensely elastic; thus it came about that, where Jekyll perhaps might have succumbed,... | |
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