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Perkins and myself, as well as to two younger men of literary pursuits and irregular habits had a gift of charming irrelevance, and was able to combine allusions to Mr. Perkins's orderly life and the amatory tendencies of a new cook in a mosaic of enthralling interest. "No, Betsy Jane has 'ad her notice, and goes this day week; not that her cookin's bad, but her brothers don't know when to leave.
It had rested there, calm and warm and enthralling, and it told Fairchild more than all the words in the world could have told just then that she realized that his arm was about her and that she wanted it there. Some way, after that, the stretch of road faded swiftly. Almost before he realized it, they were at the outskirts of the city.
What these happy persons took for reality was but a dream; but it was a dream so soft, so voluptuous, so enthralling, that they sold themselves body and soul to him who gave it to them, and obedient to his orders as to those of a deity, struck down the designated victim, died in torture without a murmur, believing that the death they underwent was but a quick transition to that life of delights of which the holy herb, now before you, had given them a slight foretaste."
Nelson must certainly have been familiar with the enthralling tales of these men and of their gallant colleagues, but without all the essential qualities born in him he could not have been the victor of Trafalgar.
She rose, the beautiful dazed eyes meeting his, both hands clasping the ninth volume of Lamour's great monograph to her breast as though to protect it from him from him who was threatening her, enthralling her, thrilling her with his magic voice, his enchanted youth, the masterful mystery of his eyes. What was he saying to her?
"The mine turned out to be worthless after we were married." Callandar drew a sharp breath and shook himself as if to throw off the horror of some enthralling nightmare. "You married him this man knowing that you were a wife already?" "A fine sort of wife!" He quivered at the coarseness of meaning in her tone. "We were never really married." "What do you mean?" "I mean that it was all a farce.
We are in fact face to face with most formidable problems, involving alike our past and future; problems it is hopeless to attempt to solve by human means or by the help of human intelligence alone, yet with which science can and ought to grapple, for they elevate the soul and strengthen the reasoning faculties. Whatever may be their final result, such studies are of enthralling interest.
Presently the girl took up two dry sticks, and, using one as a drill between the palms of her hands, essayed to make a fire. The boy imperatively intervened. "Poo-nee imba!" The girl started up, and instantly both slid into the jungle as silently and as tracklessly as snakes. So enthralling was the scene that time passed insensibly. The sun was overhead when the pair reappeared noiselessly.
Your father will enjoy it." All eyes turned toward Natacha as she rose. Rouletabille was struck by her serene beauty. That was the first enthralling impression, an impression so strong it astonished him, the perfect serenity, the supreme calm, the tranquil harmony of her noble features. Natacha was twenty.
Moreover, other ideas, much more enthralling, occupied his mind. Since, the evening before, he had really been the hero of one of the tales of the "Thousand and One Nights," and he was irresistibly attracted towards the grotto. Then, in spite of the failure of his first search, he began a second, after having told Gaetano to roast one of the two kids.
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