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More attractive to me is the "Blue Mosque," to which I returned again and again, enticed almost as by the fascination of the living blue of a summer day. This mosque, which is the mosque of Ibrahim Aga, but which is familiarly known to its lovers as the "Blue Mosque," lies to the left of a ramshackle street, and from the outside does not look specially inviting.
On the contrary, the reader must open his eyes to be aware of it. He finds the story clear and easy of comprehension; the characters come home to him familiarly and remain distinctly in his memory; he understands something which was, till now, vague to him: but he is as likely to ascribe this to an exceptional lucidity in his own mental condition as to any special merit in the author.
Montgomery listened in great earnestness to this splendid financial statement; she had never heard thousands of dollars so familiarly talked about. She flushed a little with excitement. "Your daughter will be immensely rich," she said softly. "Precisely that's the bother of it." "And if Morris should marry her, he he " And she hesitated timidly. "He would be master of all that money? By no means.
"How old is she?" "Twenty-two." John Allandale, or "Poker" John as he was more familiarly called by all who knew him, was still looking over at the group, but an expression had suddenly crept into his eyes which might, in a less robust-looking man, have been taken for disquiet even fear. His companion's words had brought home to him a partial realization of a responsibility which was his.
'Well, the visitor exclaimed familiarly. They were seated by the fire in the drawing-room. Leonora was removing her gloves. 'Well? she repeated. 'And so you still think Milly ought to be allowed to go on the stage? 'I think she will go on the stage, he said. 'You can't imagine how it upsets me even to think of it. Leonora seemed to appeal for his sympathy. 'Oh, yes, I can, he replied.
Such is the homely wisdom which gained for Cato the proud title of Sapiens, by which, says Cicero, he was familiarly known. Other original works, the product of his vast experience, were the treatise on eloquence, of which the pith is the following: "Rem tene: verba sequentur;" "Take care of the sense: the sounds will take care of themselves."
Before their departure, Arbillot the notary, passed his arm familiarly through that of Julien and led him into an adjoining room, which served as billiard-hall and library.
Charles Danvers of Bainton, in the County of Wilts, Esq. This Mr. Danvers, having known him long, and familiarly, did so much affect him, that he often and publicly declared a desire, that Mr. Herbert would marry any of his nine daughters, for he had so many, but rather his daughter Jane than any other, because Jane was his beloved daughter. And he had often said the same to Mr.
Down by the Docks, the placards in the shops apostrophise the customer, knowing him familiarly beforehand, as, 'Look here, Jack! 'Here's your sort, my lad! 'Try our sea-going mixed, at two and nine! 'The right kit for the British tar! 'Ship ahoy! 'Splice the main- brace, brother! 'Come, cheer up, my lads.
Some one surely was with her at this queer place, since she was sharing a room with another person probably a female friend of that Other's, who had such a crowd of them. She drew the awning half-way up and stood on the step outside the French window. The lawn, the trees, the opposite hills were unknown to her, but the spirit of the river spoke to her familiarly, and she knew it for the Thames.
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