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Impinging upon these they produced a partial negation of gravity, lifting the shell slightly, and at the same time creating a powerful repulsive force or thrust that could be directed backward, forward, or sidewise at the will of the driver.
But, next day, they kept themselves upon the watch till he appeared, and Pipes lifting his hat, as Crabtree passed, "O d ye, old Dunny," said he, "you and I must grapple by and by; and a'gad I shall lie so near your quarter, that your ear-ports will let in the sound, thof they are double caulked with oakum."
"What's this?" he asked, lifting the crape veil and dropping it again with an impatient gesture as Helen replied: "It is Katy's mourning veil." Contrary to his expectations, black was becoming to Katy, who looked like a pure white lily, as, leaning on Wilford's arm next day, she stood by the grave where they were burying her child.
"There only remains one other point," he said, trying to help her. "Would you mind giving me Mr. Vanrenen's address in Paris?" "He is staying at the Ritz but why do you want to know that?" she demanded with a sudden lifting of eyebrows, for the hope was strong in her that he might be induced to change his plans so far as the next nine days were concerned.
As a matter of actual practice, however, the best division of the space and lifting power of this airship would be for it to carry a crew of about 20, a useful load of 200 passengers or 150 tons of merchandise, and 50 tons of petrol, which would give it a non-stop run of about 5,000 miles. Airship travel would undoubtedly be expensive.
When at last she emerged from the library, he rose precipitately and came towards her across the lawn, lifting his hands towards the pitiless puritan skies. "Enfin!" he exclaimed tragically. "Ah, Mademoiselle, never in my life have I passed such a day!" "Are you ill, Vicomte?" she asked. "Ill! Were it not for you, I would be gone.
He told Columbus, that they had determined to go back to Spain; and then, lifting his voice, he shouted, "I am for Castile; who will follow me?" The mutinous crew instantly replied that they would do so. Voices were heard which threatened Columbus's life. His brother, the Adelantado, persuaded Columbus to retire from the crowd and himself assumed the whole weight of the assault.
When we say the "Our Father," or the "Hail Mary," we should not merely utter the words with our lips, but should contemplate the purport of the words, lifting the mind to God, to whom we are praying, otherwise our prayer will be merely a prayer of the lips. Remember the words of our Divine Saviour: "These people glorify Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me."
"Is it such a terrible fate, after all, to become my wife?" he enquired. His look challenged hers, and lifting her insolent bright eyes, she returned steadily the smiling gaze he bent upon her. "Oh, dear me, yes," she answered merrily, "it is almost if not quite as bad as being Perry's."
You'll have observed that I'm a man of nice discrimination. I choose my hogs. It is the Art of Life." "Well, here's to you," said Andrew, lifting up his glass. "And to you." Bakkus emptied his glass at a draught, breathed a sigh of infinite content and held it out to be refilled. "And now that I've told you the story of my life, what about you?
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