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I glanced at the beast; he was but 8 feet away. I focused and fired. And now, oh, wonder! that Lynx no longer seemed annoyed; he had ceased growling and simply looked bored. Seeing it was over, Preble says, "Now where does he go? To the Museum?" "No, indeed!" was the reply. "He surely has earned his keep; turn him loose. It's back to the woods for him."

It cost him an effort to put the narrative aside, the while he pondered the arguments which had suddenly reared themselves against publicity. When at last he spoke, it was with a glance of conscious magnanimity toward the lady who had consented to be his wife. "Never mind," he said, lightly. "There wasn't much to it. The man annoyed me, somehow and he didn't get what he came for that's all."

"Tita, you will come to grief yet," says Margaret, laughing in spite of herself. "Now to return to our argument. I tell you, you owe Maurice something for this escapade of yours, innocent as it is. Fancy in what an awkward position you placed him with your guests! A man doesn't like to feel awkward; and he is, naturally, a little annoyed with you about it. And "

Now that he had begun to visit the Mehudins she was for ever haunting the stairs and landings. She soon discovered that handsome Lisa was much annoyed at Florent visiting "those women," and accordingly she called at the pork shop every morning with a budget of information.

"And the peculiar part of the business is," said Mr Marston, "that big Bargle saw the person who fired the last of the houses." The engineer looked at Dick as he spoke. "Why didn't he catch him then?" said Dick sharply, for Mr Marston's look annoyed him; "he is big enough." "Don't speak pertly, Dick!" said his father sternly.

From which flight he descended with a thud to observe that it was quarter of two o'clock, and the dining-room was cold with the dying down of the Latrobe, and the excellent reading-lamp in the death-throes of going out. He went upstairs in the dark, annoyed with himself for having overstayed his bedtime.

While it was yet broad daylight Colonel Provence of the 16th Arkansas, posted in rear of the position of battery XXIV, discovering and annoyed by the progress made on battery 16 in his front, sent out, one at a time, two bold men, named Mieres and Parker, to see what was going on.

Having annoyed each other for some time, they would have relieved their ennui by reciprocal contempt, and each have parted with a determination to avoid henceforward two such disagreeable companions. Self-praise of genius. The love of praise instinctive in the nature of genius. A high opinion of themselves necessary for their great designs. The Ancients openly claimed their own praise.

And she had promised to take such exceedingly good care of him. "You must give him a hot bottle at night. This room is cold." Käte shivered and rubbed her hands. "And bring him a glass of hot milk with some Ems salts in it before he gets up." The landlady heard the reproach in her voice at once, although nothing further was said, and became still more annoyed.

He also bore the blame of the madness of Dolabella, the covetousness of Amantius, and the drunkenness of Antonius, and the greedy tricks of Corfinius in getting the house of Pompeius, and his building it over again as if it were not fit for him; for the Romans were annoyed at these things.