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The light of his broad, large hazel eye resembled that of the autumn morn; and it was only perturbed for a moment, when from time to time it was attracted by Richard's vehement marks of agitation and restlessness.
If old Kurzay goes to the valley of Jehoshaphat, I cannot help it; it will be an ease to our friend Madame Montconseil, who I believe maintains her, and a little will not satisfy her in any way. Remember to bring your mother some little presents; they need not be of value, but only marks of your affection and duty for one who has always been tenderly fond of you.
Venters gave it a second glance, because it rested on a pedestal. It attracted closer attention. It was like a colossal pear of stone standing on its stem. Around the bottom were thousands of little nicks just distinguishable to the eye. They were marks of stone hatchets.
"Judging by the marks of blood yes." "On the river-bank between the river and a coppice, wasn't it?" "Just so between the bank and the coppice." "How far had the body been dragged before it was thrown into the river?" "Ten yards," replied Chisholm promptly. "Did you notice any footprints?" asked Mr. Lindsey. "It would be difficult to trace any," explained Chisholm.
Above all, the Ashe incident emphasized the presence in Ireland of a great force over which Redmond had no control and which had no representative in the Convention. How, men asked, even if a bargain could be made with Constitutional Nationalists, should that covenant be carried into effect? The Cork visit marks the close of the first stage in the history of the Convention.
The new blue, steel, and faded yellow thoroughly dominated the old green and brown. She could hear the voices of the men, and it seemed from their tone that they had camped there for years. Everything with them was usual. They had taken possession of the landscape in such a way that even the old marks appeared strange and formidable to the girl.
He no longer played with shells and sticks, but with pebbles, which he gathered, hoarded in piles, and threw at marks, to be gathered again, seldom entering the woods but for food and the relaxation of the hunt.
A great public enterprise at Florence brings together in honourable rivalry the chief craftsmen of the new age, and marks the advent of the Renaissance.
"Monsieur deigns to have his joke; those marks would not deceive a school-boy." "It appears to me, however " "There can be no mistake, Monsieur Plantat. Certain it is that the sand has been disturbed and thrown about. But all these trails that lay bare the earth which was covered by the sand, were made by the same foot. Perhaps you don't believe it.
One would say he, too, has known this land of orange trees and flowers!" "I?" Mr. Heatherbloom bit his lip. But she only shook a finger. "Oh! oh!" Altogether like a different person from his casual acquaintance of the park! He gazed at her closer; how quickly the marks of trouble, anxiety, had faded from her face; as if they had never existed.
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