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Willings struck the batsman and, although Fearing claimed that the batsman had not tried to avoid the ball, he was given his base. Things looked bad. There on second and first were Durham runners and here, stepping up to the plate with his bat grasped firmly in his hands, was Carpenter, and there was none out.
Halloway, compose yourself," said Captain Blessington, now approaching, and endeavouring to raise her gently from the floor, on which she still knelt, while her hands even more firmly grasped that of De Haldimar. "You are ill, very ill, and the consequences of this dreadful excitement may be fatal. Be advised by me, and retire.
There may appear to be an exception to this rule in the case of a city, a continent, a railroad, or any concrete object so large and complex that it cannot be grasped by a single effort of sense perception. But even here it is usual with us first to represent the whole object to our thought by means of a sketch, map, or figure of speech, so as first to get a quick survey of the whole thing.
Father Goriot pressed his lips very gently against the waist than his fingers had grasped too roughly. "Oh! no, no," he cried. "I have not hurt you, have I?" and his smile seemed to repeat the question. "YOU have hurt me with that cry just now. The things cost rather more than that," he said in her ear, with another gentle kiss, "but I had to deceive him about it, or he would have been angry."
"Why did you not awake me?" asked the Englishman in a reproachful tone, as he sprang up, grasped his blanket hastily, threw down a piece of money on the counter, and asked if the road wasn't straight and easy for a considerable distance. "Straight as an arrow for ten mile," said the landlord, as he laid down the change which the Englishman put into an apparently well-filled purse.
Still the unequal struggle could not have lasted long, when at the moment I was losing the dim outline of the little vessel in the darkness, I found myself thrown against some floating object. A hope that I might possibly preserve my life sprung up in my bosom. I grasped the object, and found that it was part of the mast and top of a large vessel.
The woman threw a rope over the side; he grasped it with his free hand, and the woman drew them up she certainly was strong and in the shake of a little jiffy they were standing on board, safe but dripping a thousand little rivers from their clothes on the deck. The man didn't seem to mind that a bit, but was quite disturbed to find that his pipe had gone out.
"'Yes, they are taken off, and given to the children who stand around the tree. "Patty and I grasped each other by the hand, and with one voice murmured, 'How kind of Old Father Christmas! "By and by I asked, 'How old is Father Christmas?
This would seem to have been her case. Doubtless she instinctively grasped the girls for their protection, and in her fright did not even perceive that a boat had come alongside, or know that you were a friend trying to save them.
"Please come, sir!" the man urged. Lee studied his face. "Haven't I seen you before, my friend?" "Yes, sir. I'm the man who brought the news that General Stuart had fallen at Yellow Tavern." Lee grasped his hand. "Oh, I remember. You're Sweeney Sweeney whose banjo he loved so well. And this is your wife and little girl?" "Yes, sir," Mrs. Sweeney answered. The Commander pressed her hand cordially.
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