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He was afraid to go back the way he came, for fear of capture, and so, having passed the Straits of Magellan, and having failed to find a way out of the Pacific in the neighborhood of California, he doubled the Cape of Good Hope, and sailed along the western coast of Africa to European waters.
A great crowd of natives were gathered about the hut attempting to get a glimpse of the new prisoner, but Numabo doubled the guard before the entrance for fear that some of his people, in the exuberance of their savage joy, might rob the others of the pleasures of the death dance which would precede the killing of the victims.
Furthermore, it is so built that if the first circle were stormed, it would of necessity entail a double amount of energy to storm the second; still more to storm the third; and in each succeeding case the strength and energy would have to be doubled; so that he who wishes to capture that city must, as it were, storm it seven times.
Certainly nothing is being done that will "appreciably affect the status or style of living of any class in the United Kingdom," or that will check materially the enormous rise of this "upper middle" class both in wealth and numbers for the income tax payers have doubled their income in a little more than a decade, until it has reached the total of more than a billion pounds a year.
"And these things, about which we are so elated, do not render us so fit to teach as you, Mary, or as Richard." "They do," said Ethel. "The ten talents were doubled. Strength tells in power. The more learning, the fitter to teach the simplest thing." "You remind me of old Mr.
It was such a crop as would be an average only in a rich, well-cultivated district of England or Scotland; far lighter than you would see in the rich counties of England and in the Carse of Gowrie. I was informed that the ground was very badly prepared by Indian labour merely scratched over the surface. I believe that with efficient labour and skilful treatment, the crops could be nearly doubled.
She stared at me, and in a nerveless tone let one horrible oath escape her. "There'll be one less before morning," said I, "if that's any consolation to you. Good night!" Setting off at a shuffling run, I doubled back along Grosvenor Street and Bond Street to the point where I hoped to pick up the trail again. And just there, at the issue of Bruton Street, two constables stood ready for me.
Thus in the lapse of some thirty years the length had been doubled and the breadth tripled, giving flowers with broad corollas and with petals joined all around, resembling the best types of lilies and Amaryllis.
Now, is there any use in looking for the fellow with the lariat?" "No," said Alton in his usual voice. "There isn't. He would have been waiting up there ready to whip the thing away, and by this time he has doubled back down the trail. If you met a man riding along quietly what could you do to him?" "It's devilish," said Seaforth, as a fit of impotent anger shook him.
"Oh, for a stream," groaned Kennedy, "but they are all frozen even the river." He stopped short, fumbled in his pocket, and drew out the bottle of ether. "Raise your foot, Walter," he ordered. I did so and he smeared first mine and then his with the ether. Then we doubled on our trail once or twice and ran again.
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