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Whenever anything occurs in the radical movement which recalls ever so slightly the affair of which Nicoll was the scapegoat, his old friend will say, in his funny Jewish Cockney, 'That's always the wey, like Nicoll's kise, for example. Then he launches forth into eloquent streams of denunciation, for he does not regard Nicoll as at all insane, but on the contrary, 'the finest man ever downed' by aristocrats like Turner and Kropotkin.
But he did not intend to be "downed," as he said to himself, "not this time by Almeda Champney." He continued undaunted: "I do know what he meant better'n anybody living, and I know what he was going to do for the boy; and I know, too, Mrs.
"Well, if we don't meet wear that," she said, and, laughing over her shoulder, turned and ran into the grounds of Loyland Towers. When Dyck entered the library of Playmore, the first words he heard were these: "Howe has downed the French at Brest. He's smashed the French fleet and dealt a sharp blow to the revolution. Hurrah!"
He led the way back to the elevator, and rode up to the lobby. Duke moved out woodenly, but Flannery was obviously going no farther. The old man handed over what was left of the flask, shook Duke's hand quickly, and closed the elevator door. Duke downed the liquor slowly, without thinking. Finally, a flicker of thought seemed to stir in his frozen mind.
All I want is for you to wait for me till I've made my name as an A-1 engineer and until I've downed that cursed craving for drink." "You will, Tom you must!" "With you to back me, little woman! Yes, I guess I can make it this time, with you waiting for me!" Genevieve met his smile and enthused gaze with a look of firm decision. Her doubt and hesitancy had at last crystallized into a set purpose.
I filled up on that forty-rod whiskey until I was crazy drunk, an' then I picked out the biggest man in town and fought him to a whisper." He sighed and glanced at his swollen knuckles, which still showed the marks of combat. "That feller was a jim-dandy scrapper," he said, smiling magnanimously, "but I downed 'im, all right.
When I came back into the drawing-room, Di was smiling. 'I've read about lordly butlers, she said, 'but it's the first time I ever met one. So there you are! You can imagine what a trouble I had to clear myself. I only downed her suspicions when I assured her that you were on the point of becoming engaged to Terry." Instantly Terry's eyes sought his; the laughter died out of them.
But it's McDermott at the bottom; this same McDermott mother's always tellin' me to imitate. Damned rascal! He's hated Mr. Ravenel and downed him because be thinks you love him. Hit him when he's down, too!" He was too excited to sit down, but walked back and forth, talking loudly with excited gestures. "Mr.
I seem to have been present when he was talking to the King, and when Goldsmith sulked because he had not shared the honour; when he met Wilkes, and when he insulted Sir Joshua and for once got silenced; when he "downed" Robertson, and when, for want of a lodging, he and Savage walked all night round St.
This of course does not apply to a field goal, which may be attempted at any time while the ball is in possession of the team and which counts three. The smallest score is from a "safety," which results when a member of a team is forced to touch the ball down behind his own goal or is downed there by the opposing team.
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