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These are mere examples of the reasons urged by the ardent advocates of the proposed committee, until at length we came to consider its acceptance, on conditions which must be clearly understood. First, we must not be expected to take any part in, or to be made use of, in the raising of funds one of our fundamental rules being never to ask for funds we did not do it for ourselves.
"You said your name was Karl Hoffman," began Helen, glad to gain a little time to calm herself before the momentous question came. "It is; I have many, and my family choose to call me Sigismund," was the laughing answer. "I'll never call you so; you shall be Karl, the courier, all your life to me," cried Helen, still unable to meet the ardent eyes before her.
They liked Flanders mud better than Salisbury Plain mud, because it meant that there was "something doing." It was in their first trenches that I saw them, and they were "on the job, all right," in face of scattered shell-fire and the sweep of searchlights and flares. They had become the most ardent of pupils, for here was that real thing which steadied them and proved their metal.
It is not strange, that this sense of filial duty and affection among the Negroes should be less ardent towards the father than the mother. The system of polygamy, while it weakens the father's attachment, by dividing it among the children of different wives, concentrates all the mother's jealous tenderness to one point, the protection of her own offspring.
"Count," said he, abruptly, when he could command his voice, "you are a man of the world and a cosmopolitan, and, of course, you know that one often commits folly, especially when the ardent and uncontrollable blood of youth is rushing through his veins.
And Uncle Dan looked into the ardent face beside him, and, before he could stop himself, he had exclaimed, half under his breath: "Gad, Polly! But I should like to hear you!" The Serenata From the moment when the Colonel made his fatal admission, his cause was lost and he knew it.
Sixty thousand horse had been reviewed in the camp: before the end of the siege they were diminished to two thousand, and scarcely two hundred fit for service could be mustered on the day of battle. Weakness of body and terror of mind extinguished the ardent enthusiasm of the pilgrims; and every motive of honor and religion was subdued by the desire of life.
"Why, when I'm with him I can't think of another thing in the world," she confessed in a low, ardent tone. "Ah, well, then that's all right," said the Judge comfortably. There was a pause, during which Lydia looked at the fire dreamily, and he looked at Lydia. The girl's face grew more and more absent and brooding. The door-bell rang. "There he is, I suppose," said her father.
On burning questions such as these, Guinea-pigs and Tadpoles sunk all petty differences, and thought and felt as one man; and not the least ardent among them was Stephen. "Come on, quick! Greenfield junior," squeaked the voice of Bramble, one afternoon, as he and Stephen met on the staircase.
"I know that you have struggled honestly, do not rob yourself of the victory now." "Oh! hear me, Maria, this once hear me." "What will it avail, if you oppress my soul with ardent words? I must not hear from any man that he loves me, and what I must not hear, you must not speak."
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