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The truth probably is that General Linares was intimidated by the great show made by our fleet and transports sixty steam-vessels in all; that he credited us with a much larger army than we really had; and that it seemed to him better to make the decisive fight at once on the commanding hills just east of Santiago than to lose perhaps one third of his small available force in the woods on the Siboney road, and then be driven back to the city at last with wearied and discouraged troops.
I'll follow your advice. You see, I'm only the photographer of the club, and they could hardly afford to lose me," remarked Will, thinking some sort of an apology might be necessary for his seeming timidity. But the others did not laugh. They knew their chum too well for that.
Au revoir, and good-morning!" We heard the steps of our visitors descend the stair and the bang of the front door. In an instant Holmes had changed from the languid dreamer to the man of action. "Your hat and boots, Watson, quick! Not a moment to lose!" He rushed into his room in his dressing-gown and was back again in a few seconds in a frock-coat.
The next evening Pare came in quest of Berenger, and after a calm, refreshing, hopeful Ascension-day, which had been a real balm to the weary spirit, found him enjoying the sweet May sunshine under a tree in the garden. 'I am glad to find you out of doors, he said; 'I fear I must hasten your departure. 'I burn to lose no time, cried Berenger. 'Prithee tell them I may safely go!
But predicting, in the case of boys, is not so easy as you might imagine, Mrs. Alexander. Some get a bad hurt early and lose their courage; and some never get a fair wind. Bartley" he dropped his chin on the back of his long hand and looked at her admiringly "Bartley caught the wind early, and it has sung in his sails ever since." Mrs.
In fact, ever since she had lost her third husband, Mrs. Buncomhearst had thrown herself that was her phrase into outside activities. Her one wish was, on her own statement, to lose herself. So very naturally Mrs. Rasselyer-Brown looked at once to Mrs. Buncomhearst to preside over the meetings of the new society.
The land beneath him was a scudding blur, with a dark-green mass in its center, the forest of La Fay. And then, suddenly, he knew he must land if he were not to lose consciousness and hurtle down blindly; and with set teeth and sweat beading his forehead, he began the descent. At the end his strength failed him. The plane crashed among the trees.
If you do believe, mother, that God is the good Father you say He is if you do think He has led millions to His own heavenly city I wonder at you always fearing that He is going to forget you and let you lose your way and get into all kinds of danger and sorrow." "There, then! You be right for once, my dear.
"The Emperor Alexander, my dear, whose voice we had recognised; I thought you would have known whom I meant." "My dear love," said the Vicar, "I hope you reflect how sacred that is, and what a good friend I should lose if the slightest hint as to who he was, were to get among the gentry round. You don't think he has recognised you?"
Nikita, wrapping his coat closely about him and pressing his head down so close to his shoulders that his short beard covered his throat, sat silently, trying not to lose the warmth he had obtained while drinking tea in the house.
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