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It was short, a duel condensed and crowded into fifteen seconds of time, and it was rapid beyond the power of words to describe. A bystander, had there been one, could not have seen what was finally done or how it was done. Father Beret's sword seemed to be revolving it was a halo in front of Hamilton for a mere point of time.
And in this charming New Englander, the wife of Roger's best friend, sympathetic, tender, with a touch in her of the nun and the saint, Lady Barnes could not help trying to find a supporter. She was a much weaker person than her square build and her double chin would have led the bystander to suppose; and her feelings had been hurt. So that when Mrs.
But what was the effect that he, the first man of years correspondent to her own with whom she had ever familiarly conversed, what was the effect that Kenelm Chillingly produced on the mind and the heart of Lily? This was, after all, the question that puzzled him the most, not without reason: it might have puzzled the shrewdest bystander.
Jan gave a short, low bark; and in the same moment the five huskies flung themselves into their collars behind him. The sled its runners already tight frozen creaked, jerked, and slid forward just eight feet. Jan let out a low, warning growl. The team stood still without a word from its owner. "Say, does he talk?" asked a bystander.
We annihilate beauty when we link the artistic creation with practical interests and transform the spectator into a selfishly interested bystander. The scenic background of the play is not presented in order that we decide whether we want to spend our next vacation there. The interior decoration of the rooms is not exhibited as a display for a department store.
When no acknowledgment of wrong is proffered voluntarily, we must still not offer a verdict. Put the case to the contestants and let them settle it. Listen, as a bystander, coming in only when absolutely necessary to insist on exact statements of fact.
"A wet night and a blind trail do pretty well at mixing things up," observed Laramie. "However, we needn't make any further secrets. Abe, here, has got it in his mind to head for a hospital tonight. You," he looked at Kate, "are heading for home. I don't like either scheme very much but I'm an innocent bystander. We'll ride three together till the trails fork.
A bystander who remembers the incident says that Stuart "jest mopped the floor with him." In the same letter Mr. Lincoln gives a long list of names to which he wants documents to be sent.
STANDARD "A notable book." SATURDAY REVIEW "An achievement." OUTLOOK "A remarkable book." BYSTANDER "A human document." COUNTRY LIFE "A human document." TRUTH "Intensely interesting." EV. STANDARD "A thrilling achievement." D. TELEGRAPH "Will have a lasting value." PALL MALL GAZ. "Nothing can withstand it." SPHERE "The book has genius in it." ENGLISH REVIEW "A wonderful piece of work."
An act of heroism is performed, and a bystander is conscious that he has that within him by which he could have taken the same step, although he did not.
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