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Thereafter he lit his pipe, and, reclining on the green turf beside the rock, with his head resting on his left hand, and wreaths of smoke encircling his visage, he he enjoyed himself. To elaborate a description, reader, often weakens it we cannot say more than that he enjoyed himself emphatically.
The child, clasped in her arms, slept upon her shoulder; nature being too strong at last for that which was beyond nature, the identification of his childish soul with that of his mother. She was glad that he slept, and glad to be silent, alone, the soft air blowing in her face, the darkness encircling her like a veil.
Bruno was still swimming, now here, now there, encircling the Petrel in wider or narrower reaches, howling from time to time with a sound that went to the hearts of all who heard him. Different objects floating about beguiled the party for an instant with hope, but each time a few strokes of the oars undeceived them.
The Sand Hill, as its name imported, was the only existing relic within the city's verge of the chain of downs once encircling the whole place. It had however been cannonaded so steadily during the six months' siege as to have become almost ironclad a mass of metal gradually accumulating from the enemy's guns.
Two nooses had lain encircling the aperture into the cell below. A priest had waited at the end of each of these ropes and at opposite sides of the chamber.
It burnished the picnic luncheon which followed, encircling, rainbow-like, little Jessie who basked in it more than did the rebellious hero, pelted with wild flowers by the girls as symbolic of other bouquets. "Oh! let up let up will you?
With Igali's sky-blue girdle encompassing my waist, and the Servian national colors fondly encircling my neck, I begin to feel quite a heraldic tremor creeping over me, and actually surprise myself casting wistful glances at the huge antiquated horse pistol stuck in yonder bull- whacker's ample waistband; moreover, I really think that a pair of these Servian moccasins would not be bad foot-gear for riding the bicycle.
Moved to repentance at the sight of the pang she had caused, Elizabeth fell on her knees by her mother's side, and with her arms encircling her, cried contritely: "I didn't mean it, ma, really that is, I didn't mean it that way. Don't mind what I said. I do love you." Mrs.
The pain of it eased up in a moment. "I'm all right thank you!" In the dimness of the blue lit deck I met her eyes. I was holding her with my encircling arm. She was small and soft against me. Her face, framed in the thick, black hair, smiled up at me. Small, oval face beautiful yet firm of chin, and stamped with the mark of its own individuality. No empty-headed beauty, this.
Joel broke away from the window with a howl, while Polly tumultuously threw herself within the kind arms encircling Phronsie. "Next to you," cried the boy, "why, he's a brick, Dr. Fisher is!" "Why didn't you tell us before that it was he?" sobbed Polly, with joyful tears running over her face.
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