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At this juncture Clinton embarked on an expedition he meditated against Rhode Island, and Washington was advancing on New York.
"I have bidden you restore that gold to the young girl," answered Rudolph, in a sharp, stern voice. "Bid me! Who gives you the right to order me?" cried the bailiff, advancing toward Rudolph, in a threatening manner. "The gold! the gold!" said the prince, seizing the fellow's wrist so violently that he winced under the iron hold, and cried out, "Oh, you hurt me! Hands off!"
And beholding the kine running wild towards the city of the Matsyas, the foremost warriors of the Kurus regarded Kiritin to have already achieved success. And all of a sudden they fell upon Arjuna who was advancing towards Duryodhana.
An attempt had been made by the enemy during the morning to capture and entrench this, thus advancing their lines, but the movement had been seen, and the artillery fire, which had been so incessant all the morning, denoted the searching of this and the rendering of it untenable.
Time, time was needed, whether to bring up the troops or to change front, to march to the rear past the faces of the advancing enemy, to hold him in check, and to re-form. Whatever was to be done was to be done quickly; and Wright, throwing prudence into the balance, made up his mind for a retreat to a fresh position, where his line of communications would be preserved and its flanks protected.
The front door slammed violently, and Jackson, advancing cautiously to the window, saw the form of his wife sailing majestically up the passage. Then he sat down again and resumed his meditations. "If it wasn't for leaving all my property I'd go," he said gloomily. "There's not a bit of comfort in the place! Nag, nag, nag, from morn till night!
It was a plantation of larches, some hundreds of yards across and nearly as many deep. On the left side of this wood that is, the left side to the advancing troops there stretched a long nullah or hollow, which ran perpendicularly to the hill, and served rather as a conductor of bullets than as a cover.
But, also, neither was sure in his own mind that the approaching attack of the foe could be beaten off. And this time the Germans seemed to be advancing in even greater numbers than before. "Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack!
Bringing her natural and acquired subtlety to the work, she sought to learn M. de Nueil's opinions by advancing, as far as she could do so, views diametrically opposed to her own.
A scene of confusion at once ensued in the mimic army. Part fell dead, and the rest, turning their weapons upon each other, fought with the utmost fury. The same scene was repeated in the ranks of the advancing enemy. Each renewed attempt at invasion was foiled by this easy and economical expedient, until the King enjoyed rest even from rumors of wars.
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