United States or Djibouti ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
There was a battle, but the forces of nature were even more to be dreaded than the terrible savages. The ice cave, in which the Red Cloud was stored, collapsed, crushing the gallant craft, and burying it out of sight forever under thousand of tons of the frozen bergs. After a desperate journey Tom and his friends reached civilization, with a large supply of gold.
They emerged from the first room to enter a second, marked "Porcelain;" then a third, "Frescoes of Perino del Vaga," on account of the ceiling upon which the master painted a companion to his vigorous piece at Genoa "Jupiter crushing the Giants" and, lastly, into a fourth, called "The Arazzi," from the wonderful panels with which it was decorated.
Only the clear-cut beauty of his head answered her, only the body's grace. She sometimes suspected pity as her one besetting sin. Was it pity for this man a young man only twenty-four, her own age, so cheerful under the crushing weight of material ruin? Was it his poverty that appealed? Was it her instinct to protect? If all she heard was true, he sorely needed protection from himself.
No doubt it will take much longer crushing it out altogether, for they will break up into scattered bodies, and it may be a long work before these are all hunted down; but when the strength of the rebellion is broken, I can leave with honor." There were but few preparations to be made for the wedding.
Not only were the neighbouring floes in motion, but even the one in which we were fixed. Rushing together with irresistible force, they were crushing and grinding in every direction, with a noise far more terrific than that of thunder.
The condition to which McClellan was reduced seems to have been realised by Jackson. The crushing defeat of his own troops failed to disturb his judgment. Whilst the night still covered the battle-field, his divisional generals came to report the condition of their men and to receive instructions. "Every representation," says Dabney, "which they made was gloomy."
A crushing indictment of Mr. Carpenter's modern movement back to Nature is to be found in the fact that it has declined instead of advancing during the twenty-six years since he wrote.
I could not help thinking that there was a strong resemblance between his position and that of Jung, for decidedly the only chance the Minister has of his life is to keep continually moving. At last down came the korah with crushing force, and passed right through the animal's neck: the headless trunk tottered for a second, and then fell heavily over.
It was during a momentary lull of this continuous noise that I heard a crushing sound as of a heavy wheel rolling over twigs and gravel, but was unable to guess its meaning. Fearing that further delay to light our fire might bring disaster upon us, I told Corporal Frank to kindle it.
"Stay with it!" he gasped; and he and his companions braced themselves against the crushing weight. The veins rose on his forehead. His back was arched and his wet slickers split, but it was plain to Charnock that the men could not hold up the timber, which would injure them if it fell.
Word Of The Day