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Others may do as they please, but as for me," he concluded ferociously, "I shall never disclose to anybody that an acrobat, a trained bear of the magazines, a juggler of comic paragraphs, is not a priceless pearl of art and philosophy." "I don't believe a word of it is true," said Miss Worcester. "What do you expect of autobiography?" demanded Hollanden, with asperity.
If I had mentioned this act on the first page of this book it would have seemed to have either the simplicity of a mere fanatic or else to cover some ugly escapade of youth or some quite criminal looseness of temperament. But Bernard Shaw did not act thus because he was careless, but because he was ferociously careful, careful especially of the one thing needful.
'Who told you to interfere? said the Radical, turning ferociously towards the simple-looking man; 'say another word and I'll 'And you! said he, addressing himself to the man in black, 'a pretty fellow you to turn against me, after I had taken your part. I tell you what, you may fight for yourself.
The boys below raised a shout and Turk outdid them all in racket. "A Lynx!" shouted Yan, and his voice betrayed his struggle with fear. "Look out!" Caleb called. "You better not let him get too close." The Lynx was growling ferociously. Yan put forth all his will-power to control his trembling hand, took more deliberate aim, and fired. The fierce beast was struck, but leaped wildly at the boy.
The Spaniards continued their work, the soldiers protecting the carpenters. During this period of suspense, two Spaniards went to fill a vessel with water at the river's mouth, and, more quickly than I can write it, a native chief and ten soldiers surrounded them, pointing their arrows on them but not shooting, contenting themselves with glaring at them ferociously.
I was searching for him among the wreckage, fool that I was, till I heard your excellency shout; and then I ran we all ran and those miscreants fled, all who could. We got five and " he grinned ferociously "well, they will do no more harm in this world! But it is not well for the barin to talk much yet; also it is not wise."
The pinnacle on which Blunderbore stood was so low that the Big Bear, by standing up on its hind legs, could just scratch his toes, which caused the giant to jump about continually; but the sides of the iceberg were so smooth that the bears could not climb up it. Then they both rose, and, roaring fearfully, renewed the attack, while Blunderbore laid about him with the club ferociously.
"Curse your pitiful eighteen pounds!" "A dinner, a glass and a downy bed with sheets, Anthony!" "Remember I'm a man of astonishing determination, Peregrine!" "Forget your ridiculous pride, Anthony!" "Ha ridiculous, d'ye say, sir?" "And utterly preposterous, sir!" "Preposterous! By heaven!" he exclaimed, cocking the battered hat very ferociously over one eye.
He scowled ferociously at the doctor, and then with clenched teeth and closely pressed lips joined Mrs. Gregg. Everybody cheered. The Major, in spite of being a landlord, was very popular in the neighbourhood. The cheers made him still more uncomfortable. He frowned with embarrassment and anger. Mrs. Gregg laid her hand on his arm.
"We often played at getting married, and we had very large but inanimate families, and we quarrelled like real married people, and I used to cry and take my playthings home, and he used to stand outside our fence and make faces at me till I hated him ferociously. But all that was when we were very small, you see."
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