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"Alas! the fickle orb!" murmured Oriana; "it rises but to mock us, and hides itself already in the bosom of that sable cloud. Is there not a threat of rain there, Mr. Hare?" "It looks unpromising, at the best," said Harold; "I think it would be prudent to return." Suddenly, little Phil, who had been lying at ease, with his head against the thwarts, arose on his elbow and cried out: "Wha'dat?"
You are going to come to me, girl, because you are mine because you are my mate." And then, as she, too, arose, and they stood for a silent moment facing each other, the woman felt his strength, and in her woman heart was glad glad and proud, though she could not give all that he asked.
But the Goths could not have seen such men as Symmachus and Boethius the confidants and counsellors of the Amal, without longing for their downfall; and if, as Boethius and the Catholic historians say, the whole tragedy arose out of a Gothic plot to destroy the Roman party, such things have happened but too often in the world's history.
But by the use of the cotton-gin he could separate the seed from a thousand pounds in a single day. This, of course, meant that cotton could be sold for very much less than before, and hence there arose a much greater demand for it. It meant, also, that the labor of slaves was of more value than before, and hence there was a greater demand for slaves.
I thought of my remark to Constance about the beauty and deformity of age, and said to myself, "Here is one who has not lived in vain." I arose as she spoke, and answered in the affirmative. "You have come too late," she said, with a touch of feeling in her voice. "Not dead?" I ejaculated. "Yes, dead. Will you walk up stairs and see her?"
A mighty, resistless movement carried the human stream to meet the river. Inevitably the weaker individuals were swept along helpless, and those who fell arose no more. Horrified, J.W. stood looking down on the slow, irresistible movement of the writhing bodies, and he saw a woman drop.
Ye should muzzle thim, Mister Professor, if ye would turn thim out to pasture in the boardin'-house of a poor widdy woman, and no end of trouble, and worry, and every one sayin', 'Why did ye let th' Dago come for, annyhow?" The professor and his friends sat silent under this attack, and when it was finished they arose.
The 'manifold inconveniences' to which the Act refers, arose from differences of opinion as to the propriety of the form which had been enforced, heightened by the enormous cruelties practiced upon multitudes who refused to use it.
There arose between her and the thought of him an evil shadow, the image of a woman, and it took the shape of Donna Tullia so vividly that she could see the red lips move and almost hear the noisy laugh. She was angry with herself at the idea, but it recurred continually and gave her pain, and the pain grew to an intolerable fear.
LeCord, after asking his opinion on certain issues shortly to be floated, arose to leave. "You must find life in this city somewhat lonely, Mr. Grant," she murmured as she drew on her gloves. "If ever you find a longing for a quiet hour away from business stress a little domesticity, if I may say it our house " "You are very kind. Business allows me very few intermissions. Still "
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