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It was to two of the Manchu monarchs, Kanghi and Keen Lung, whose combined reigns covered more than a hundred and twenty years, that the subjection of these long turbulent regions was due, enabling China to enter the nineteenth century with the broad territorial expanse now marked on our maps.
"And my ship, and permission to enter the town, your Excellency?" I asked. "What do you call your ship?" he asked a little grimly. I told him how the sailors had already christened her. He smiled.
Laura had been waiting in the parlour, under orders not to enter till the bell rang. She had heard all, and wondered whether it was innocence or subtlety that had walked in and out of Bernard's trap.
There was But there; why should I bother you with instances? That kind of trick is common enough. No," he said, "it is the motive that we have to find. Do you still want me to go with you to-morrow, Miss Nuttall?" he asked. "I should be very glad if you would," she said earnestly. "Poor, dear uncle! I didn't think I could ever enter the house again." "I can relieve your mind about that," he said.
Morrison had packed their 'young leddies'' personal belongings, part in boxes to be taken to London, and part locked away in a room in the old home, of which David M'Taggart had the key, and into which, he solemnly assured his late young mistresses, no one should enter but himself.
Enter Miss Sinclairs, two in number, also a translator, and a little Flemish woman, his wife very good-humoured, rather a little given to compliment; name Fauconpret. They are to return at night in a gig as far as Kelso a bold undertaking. September 16.
The conditions of modern political life have greatly narrowed this liberty of judgment. In most constituencies a member can only enter Parliament fettered by many pledges relating to specific measures, and in every turn of policy sections of his constituents will attempt to dictate his course of action. Certain large and general pledges naturally and properly precede his election.
"You may well say Heaven sent him," smilingly returned the count; "for if there had not been an eclipse of the moon to-night, which I was observing through my telescope, and at the same time taking a look about the neighborhood, I should not have seen the masked men enter the manor." "What!" in astonishment exclaimed the baroness; "you saw the men through a telescope?
'Excellent! excellent, monsieur! that is very nearly what occurred, except that I acted at once. I had had experiences with Mr. Vincent Innis before. Never did he enter these rooms of mine without my missing some little trinket after he was gone. Although Mr.
"As I happened to be in a melancholy frame of mind at the time, that solitude delighted me, and my dog's companionship was quite enough for me, and so you may guess my irritation when I perceived one morning that I was being followed, absolutely followed, by another sportsman who seemed to wish to enter into conversation with me.
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