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But you, officers, try that in a democratic army, such as we have commenced to have, such as we shall later have! In danger the officer is no better than the soldier. The soldier is willing enough to advance, but behind his officer. Also, his comrades' skin is no more precious than is his, they must advance too.
The auctioneer commenced by saying that Miss Isabella was fit to deck the drawing-room of the finest mansion in Virginia. "How much, gentlemen, for this real Albino! fit fancy-girl for any one! She enjoys good health, and has a sweet temper. How much do you say?" "Five hundred dollars." "Only five hundred for such a girl as this? Gentlemen, she is worth a deal more than that sum.
Burton, who had some knowledge of the Neapolitan dialect but had never met with the work referred to, welcomed the idea; and as soon as he had finished the Nights he commenced a translation of The Pentameron, which, however, was not published until after his death. His rendering, which cannot be praised, was aptly described by one of the critics as "an uncouth performance."
And not only one egg; for, as they continued to gaze a while, the whole lot, as if taking their cue from it, commenced imitating the movement, some with a gentle, others a more violent motion! Murtagh sprang back affrighted, and stood with his red hair on end, gazing at the odd and inexplicable phenomenon.
It was arranged in a triangular form, having the river for its base, the waters of which were to be carried, by means of stone conduits, through all the principal streets, affording facilities for irrigating the grounds around the houses. No sooner had the governor decided on the site and on the plan of the city, than he commenced operations with his characteristic energy.
"So, Master Tier," at length the captain commenced, "you have deigned to turn out at last, have you? I hope the day's duty you've forgotten, will help to pay for the light-house boat, that I understand you've lost for me, also."
'But, Van, Caroline commenced, deprecatingly, 'my darling! of what use now! Whether right or wrong, why should you, why should you, when the thing is done, dear? think! 'And you, too, would let another suffer under an unjust accusation? said Evan. 'But, dearest, it is surely your duty to think of your family first. Have we not been afflicted enough?
I read in the excellent hand- book of M. Joanne that it was projected "des 1172," but commenced only in the first years of the thirteenth century. "The nave" the writer adds, "was finished tant bien que mal, faute de ressources; the facade is of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries in its lower part, and of the fourteenth in its upper."
By three o'clock p.m. all was over, for which I was very glad, for the constant whooping, groaning, and bawling of the Indians, together with the difficulties of the work, from the great weight of the pieces and the bad road, kept me in constant fear." But no sooner had Mr. Duncan set up his school, and commenced work in it, than the opposition of the medicine men began.
And having no other argument on either side, they commenced to fight with their fists. They were separated with much difficulty. The battle had commenced at one o'clock in the afternoon, and about ten o'clock in the evening the Dutch flotilla entered the port under the most terrible fire that I have ever witnessed.
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