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The pool where he had so enjoyed himself with Lubin was not far off the pool of Daphnis, as he had christened it; but he hesitated to venture in alone. So he lay down on the bank and watched the yellow water-lilies from afar, dreaming of many things. How clever Lubin was, and what a lot he knew!
O'Keefe was silent; the Golden Girl shook her head. "Well would I like to," her face grew dreaming; "but the Silent Ones say no; they bid me let you go, Yolara " "The Silent Ones," the priestess laughed. "You, Lakla! You fear, perhaps, to let me tarry here too close!" Storm gathered again in the handmaiden's eyes; she forced it back.
Nobody can feel more interest than I do in Uncle Brian. When do you think he will be here?" "In three weeks, most likely." Anne made no other remark, nor did Agatha. In a short time they were driving homeward along the margin of the bay. That well-remembered bay, the sight of which even now made Agatha feel as if she were dreaming over again the one awful event of her childhood.
For beauty and for romance the first place among all the cities of the United Kingdom must be given to Oxford. There is but one other Edinburgh which can lay any serious claim to rival her. Gazing upon Scotland's capital from Arthur's Seat, and dreaming visions of Scotland's wondrous past, it might seem as though the beauty and romance of the scene could not well be surpassed.
Joe stared at his master with a curious and ludicrous expression. "I am not dreaming now, Joe," said he, with a smile. "How do you know?" asked Joe. "That's well put," said Glenn; "indeed, I am very sure that many of my lively and spirited friends in Philadelphia and New York, could they but see me, would swear that I have been dreaming every day for the last three months.
"YOU may be dreaming, madam I cannot tell; but this knee of mine forbids me the grateful illusion. Ha! I too, I perceive, have nothing to walk in but bones! Not so unbecoming to a man, however! I trust to goodness they are not MY bones! every one aches worse than another, and this loose knee worst of all! The bed must have been damp and I too drunk to know it!" "Probably, my lord of Cokayne!"
No available or profitable craft navigate these waters, and animated gentlemen from the city who run up for "a mouthful of fresh air" cannot possibly detect the final cause of such a river. Yet the dreaming idler has a place on maps and a name in history. Near the town it is crossed by three or four bridges. One is a massive structure to help the railroad over.
I saw the English ships, and we passed so near them, that they might easily have captured our yacht. I also visited the Dutch fleet commanded by Admiral Versuelt, where I was received with great applause, the sailors little dreaming that I would be their queen within the space of a year . "On another occasion, the emperor ordered a review.
On the Monday before she left Miss Macpherson remarked to some friends, "The Word is full of Deliverance, both individual deliverance and otherwise," little dreaming how soon she would be called to realise this truth. The following letter, which appeared in the "Times," tells of the strength given in time of need: "May 14, 1878.
Old Laurence, who was not given to dreaming, and had a cool, hard head, and an eye like a hawk, saw the same figure, just about the same hour, when the last level gleam of sunset was tinting the summits of the towers and the tops of the tall trees that surrounded them.
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