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As the Doctor spoke, it seemed to flash upon him that he was passing a judgment upon his friend this man whom he admired, whom he almost loved. "I should always trust my heart," said Armine. "But I very often mistrust my head. Won't you have any more champagne?" "No, thank you." "What do you say to our joining Mrs. Chepstow? It must be awfully dull for her, supping all alone.
In recent times it has been assumed that the road from Bidford to Weston Subedge, known as Buckle Street, is identical with Ryknield Street, but I should prefer to call Buckle Street a branch of the latter only, for the purpose of joining Ryknield Street and the Foss Way near Burton-on-the-Water.
General Bertrand was directed to construct a bridge to form a communication between Hamburg and Haarburg by joining the islands of the Elbe to the Continent along a total distance of about two leagues. This bridge was to be built of wood, and Davoust seized upon all the timber-yards to supply materials for its construction. In the space of eighty-three days the bridge was finished.
To these ends she had joined herself in secret league with Russia; and now at the prompting of her minister Kaunitz she courted the alliance of France. It was a reversal of the hereditary policy of Austria; joining hands with an old and deadly foe, and spurning England, of late her most trusty ally.
Nora will be rather astonished, probably, at some of her suggestions, but it will do no harm to the poor child to have some new and interesting ideas introduced into her restricted life, and there is no chance of her being enticed into joining in Emma's wild pranks. It will be good for both of them to be together." Mrs. Stein was pleased at the idea of a friendship between the girls.
In addition there were two flexible tubes, of soft rubber, joining into one where they met the shiny metal. The two tubes each terminated in hard rubber ends, pierced with a tiny hole, and on the end of the single tube was a bright metal disk. The whole formed a strange object, picked up as it was from the ground, and especially when the boy ranchers feared they had some cause for alarm.
Why, shiver my timbers, if I hadn't forgotten my score!" And, falling on a bench, he laughed until the tears ran down his cheeks. I could not help joining; and we laughed together, peal after peal, until the tavern rang again. "Why, what a precious old sea-calf I am!" he said at last, wiping his cheeks. "You and me should get on well, Hawkins, for I'll take my davy I should be rated ship's boy.
"Why, indeed, as for the matther o' that," said Barny, "they're all aiqual to me a'most." "All?" said the American. "Why, I calculate you couldn't pilot a ship into all the ports of Ireland." "Not all at wanst," said Barny, with a laugh, in which the American could not help joining. "Well, I say, what ports do you know best?"
Becoming wearied, however, she yawned and came to the window, looking out upon the old winding procession of carriages rolling up Fifth Avenue. "Isn't it bad?" she observed to Lola. "Terrible!" said that little lady, joining her. "I hope it snows enough to go sleigh riding." "Oh, dear," said Carrie, with whom the sufferings of Father Goriot were still keen. "That's all you think of.
Here the woman, having relieved her mind, began to relate Jacko's new offence, and soon was joining heartily in the laugh her story caused her mistress. "Since the trickish fellow found the way to undo his chain, ma'am, he watches every thing that is done in the kitchen. Yesterday I polished the range, and the door to the oven.
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