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Jordan bestowed upon him her counsel and her admonitions. After the lapse of a few days Mr. Jordan again offered combat, and threw himself into it with a frenzy. 'Look here! he shouted at length, 'either you or I are going to leave this house. I can't live with you understand? I hate the sight of you! 'Go on! retorted the other, with mild bitterness.
The ship scraped against the pier while Sedgwick was talking, and the travelers hurried on their way. At Paris they were detained several hours, and Jordan hiring a carriage, they took in as much of the beautiful city as possible. Jordan all the time exerted himself to talk, and by asking questions to compel Sedgwick to think of something besides the sad-browed bride whom he had left in London.
You will be shut up under the roof of a khan, with the horses of a pacha or an aga; no longer will the women and children of the tent bring you barley, camel's milk, or dourra, in the hollow of their hands. No longer will you gallop, free as the wind of Egypt, in the desert. No longer will you cleave with your bosom the water of the Jordan which cools your sides, as pure as the foam of your lips.
There was one John preaching in the country about the Jordan: the Baptist, they call him, the president said. But go, Joseph, and see the prophets for thyself. I shall be rare glad to hear what thou hast to say! And he pressed Joseph's hand, sending him off in good cheer.
I have likewise mentioned in that Journal, that the eastern descent of these mountains, all along the Jordan, the Dead Sea, and the valley called Araba, down to Akaba, is much less than the western, and that therefore the great plain of Arabia, which begins eastward of these mountains, is considerably elevated above the level of the sea.
But because mortification was inflicted upon the brethren through Manasseh, the steward of Joseph, the allotment of territory given to the tribe of Manasseh was "torn" in two, one-half of the tribe had to live on one side of the Jordan, the other half on the other side.
The first sentence read, "They consider Moses and Christ as true prophets, but Mohammed as the greatest and last." "I'll tell you," said Horace: "they think that Christ and Moses was good enough prophets, but Mohammed was a heap better." "Why, Horace, it doesn't say any such think in the book! It begins, 'They consider." "I don't care," said the boy, "Miss Jordan tells us to get the sense of it.
Jordan is one of the brainiest men in Ireland ... that, I suppose, is because he has got some English blood in him: a cynical-looking man, but that's all his fun. And he works, my goodness, he works! "It's with men like these that I want to work, because I believe that they will prepare the place for the foundation of a decent commonwealth.
The costumes of the family had been tried on the day before: the Colonel's black suit fitted exceedingly well; his lady's velvet dress displayed her contours to advantage; Miss Matilda's flowered silk was considered superb; the eldest son of the family, Mr. T. Jordan Sprowle, called affectionately and elegantly "Geordie," voted himself "stunnin'"; and even the small youth who had borne Mr.
Dominie Graves had a consultation with Dan Jordan over the disappearance of his son, and then climbed the University hill to Professor Young's office. "I feel sure that Frederick has not been harmed," said Graves after greeting the professor, but there was question in his voice. An expression of deep concern spread over Young's face.
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