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Ringfield, for example, would have combated this idea, feeling that he might have left college and taken up his work in some large Western town, preaching every Sunday to a numerous and flourishing congregation, and continued thus for several years without encountering the strongly marked types he had met within a few weeks at St. Ignace.
Persia, Syria, Egypt, Africa, and Spain, were successively conquered by them; and one of their first and most favourite objects, after they had conquered a country, was the amelioration or extension of its commerce. When they conquered Persia, the trade between that country and India was extensive and flourishing: the Persian merchants brought from India its most precious commodities.
"He is more communicative in men's society than with ladies," Machiavel dryly replied: perhaps rather disappointed that the port wine had not made Jim speak more. He had spent the early part of the next morning in writing home to his mother a most flourishing account of his reception by Miss Crawley.
It's spoiling all my O.K. cuffs and collars." "I can't help your cuffs and collars. What do you suppose it's doing to mine?" Ransome went on flourishing the feather brush. Presently he began to cough and sneeze. "If you wouldn't rouse it," said Violet, "it would do less harm." He admitted that the dust was terrible when roused. So the dust got the better of them.
The population here seemed very primitive, and evidently had but little contact with the shore, but they were clean and comparatively healthy and flourishing, and I found them rather more frank, childlike and confiding than others I had seen. We roasted our yam, and while we were enjoying our frugal but delicious meal, I witnessed rather an amusing episode.
The second day was passed in keeping a look-out upon the savages, and awaiting a fresh attack. They could perceive from the top of the cocoa-nut tree that the savages held a council of war in the forenoon, sitting round in a large circle, while one got up in the centre and made a speech, flourishing his club and spear while he spoke.
This subject at length exhausted, he went on to tell Trent, who confessed that he had been away from England for a year, that Marlowe had shortly after the death of Manderson entered his father's business, which was now again in a flourishing state, and had already come to be practically in control of it. They had kept up their intimacy, and were even now planning a holiday for the summer.
Settlers flocked to these parts, and in 1644 the Indian name of Aquidneck was changed to Rhode Island. Not less flourishing was Roger Williams's settlement of Providence on the main-land.
But eight of them did survive their charge in the face of the storm of bullets that we pelted at them; and these headed by the tall fellow, who seemed bullet-proof came rushing at us over our breastwork of rocks, shouting and flourishing their long spears.
And Captain Con the same, and he was very flourishing. Patrick's opening speech concluded on the sound of a short laugh coming from Mr. Adister. It struck the young Irishman's ear as injurious and scornful in relation to Captain Con; but the remark ensuing calmed him: 'He has no children.
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