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"The result was the destruction of the great army of Austria-Hungary, the armistice and surrender of Austria of November 3d and the hastening by weeks of the armistice of November 11th. "I have always felt that the British and French appropriated for themselves too much of this victory, won by the united efforts of a million men, mostly Italians.
The volunteers were joyfully hastening to their homes, and, among the rest, I once more trod my native land, a freeman again in heart and soul. A spell of sickness at first confined me several weeks, but at length I rose wearied and feeble from my bed, and my physicians recommended a change of air. I traveled into Virginia, and one evening I entered the town of G h.
But in June, when the emerald of the cornfields was turning to gold, herds of mules and cavalry horses began to ravage the fields, and the watchmen, hastening from their little huts on the hills to drive them out, were set upon by the soldiers and beaten. They complained to the Emperor, and he sent an embassy to the Sultan praying him to save the crops from ruin.
Now I wonder what luck I'll have in my big swing. I haven't done it in public for some time, but it went all right in practice." Joe looked from his dressing room. He was all ready for his act now, but the time had not yet come for him to go on. He saw Helen hastening past on her way to enter the ring with her horse, Rosebud, which a groom held at the entrance for her.
"They say that there is no room for the horses," Jean answered querulously, scratching his head; half sullen, half cowed, a country servant all over. "And there is not!" cried the foremost of the gang about the door, hastening to confront us in turn. His tone was insolent, and it needed but half an eye to see that his fellows were inclined to back him up.
As he opened the door to the hall, he heard a rustle; and he saw a dark figure hastening over to the room that opened on the court. Left alone, Dorothea stared for a while into space, as motionless as a statue. Then she took her violin and bow from the case—she had bought a new bow to take the place of the one that had been broken—and began to play: a cadence, a trill, a waltz.
I swear, on my salvation, he's going to his grave, and none but you can save him! The lock gave way and I issued out. 'I swear Linton is dying, repeated Heathcliff, looking hard at me. 'And grief and disappointment are hastening his death. Nelly, if you won't let her go, you can walk over yourself.
Amid noisy, heartfelt cheering the middy delegation climbed aboard the incoming train. Amid more cheers their train bore them away and then some sixty West Point cadets climbed the long, steep road, next hastening on to be in time for supper formation. For the members of the first class West Point athletics had now become a matter of history only! Final exams. were passed!
Up to this time they had been held back by orders and now arrived just as the American lines broke in wild confusion. With them were five guns which they dragged into position across the main highway and speedily unlimbered. The British were hastening to overtake the fleeing enemy when they encountered this awkward obstacle.
What is to be done? better tell Mary to get rooms ready: d'ye hear, William? beds for one little boy and two niggers." "Yes, sir," replied William; "but where are the black people to be put?" "Put! I don't care; one may sleep with cook, the other with Mary." "Very well, sir, I'll tell them," replied William, hastening away, delighted at the row which he anticipated in the kitchen.
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