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So he pattered on, standing on the hill-top, with his crutch under his elbow, and one hand upon the side of the log-house quite the old John in voice, manner, and expression. "We've quite a surprise for you too, sir," he continued. "We've a little stranger here he! he!
Mr. Harman Gaynor had risen to the distinction of a partnership in the King firm, and on meeting Betty again, with the young Frenchman at her elbow, had presented his claim in such a way that Betty yielded. When Mr. Gaynor came to Boston to have a conference with Mrs.
There was something peculiar in the circumstances of his arrest. You no doubt know the whole truth...." I felt my arm seized above the elbow, and next instant found myself swung so as to face Mr. Razumov. "You spring up from the ground before me with this talk. Who the devil are you? This is not to be borne! Why! What for? What do you know what is or is not peculiar?
Frank thrust his elbow into the back of his comrade as a warning for him to be alert; but there was no response. Roswell had been asleep for an hour. It was too dark to perceive anything within the tent, though all was clear outside; but the lad's senses were in that tense condition that he heard the man lift the flap of the tent and move softly over the snow on the outside.
The gentleman was altogether a disreputable-looking personage, and they who had seen him win his money, Frenchmen and Italians for the most part, had declared among themselves that his luck had been most miraculous. It was observed that he had a companion with him, who stuck close to his elbow, and it was asserted that this companion continually urged him to leave the room.
She would waddle up, wiping her eyes, to stroke Seraphina's head and murmur endearing names. They waited on us hand and foot, and would stand close together, ready for the slightest sign, in a rapt contemplation. Now and then she would nudge her husband's ribs with her thick elbow and murmur, "Her lover." She was happy when Seraphina let her sit at her feet, and hold her hand.
The Dead Sea is now at your elbow, and, therefore, you think nothing of it; but in ten or fifteen years' time, you would be glad to be able to tell your children that you had bathed in it." "I shall never have any children to care for such tidings," he replied.
Describe a lever. For what general purpose are levers used in the body? What other purpose do they serve outside of the body? Why are levers of the second class not adapted to the work of the body? Name the class of lever used in bending the elbow; in straightening the elbow; in raising the knee; in elevating the toes; and in biting.
Norah stood watching the brisk figure of the young doctor, and pondering over these new responsibilities which had come upon her. When she turned a tall, brown-faced artilleryman, with the three gold chevrons of sergeant upon his arm, was standing, carbine in hand, at her elbow. "Good-morning, miss," said he, raising one thick finger to his jaunty, yellow-banded cap.
Phoebe put one of her small hands on each elbow of his chair, and leaned her face towards him, so that he might peruse it as carefully as he would. It is probable that the latent emotions of this parting hour had revived, in some degree, his bedimmed and enfeebled faculties.
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