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The stray horse had fortunately kept near the line we had followed in going to the lake, and I came upon him in a very weak and miserable condition, soon after the arrival of the man who had been sent to meet us with water.
But his money the small capital he counted upon was in "Britannia" shares; and you know what happened yesterday yesterday, the very day when he went to sell the shares, thinking to do so without the least difficulty. Harvey gave a grim nod. 'He came home, and I showed that I was glad 'No! You accuse yourself unreasonably. 'I tell you the truth, as my miserable conscience knows it.
Indeed, however, miserable he felt within himself, he sought by a certain vanity to avail himself of every occasion to prove his strength of mind in mockery, and in violent bursts of passion, his wretchedness had given such a bitter turn to his feelings, that sometimes he stood amongst us like an inspired prophet of Atheism, used such singular similies and figurative expressions, in a language so touching and elevated, that the pious maidens turned away from him with inward terror.
That the damned, when in an irrecoverable estate, will seek for, or desire deliverance from the wrath that they are and shall be in for eternity. That they will pray, if I may so call it, earnestly for deliverance from their miserable estate. These two things are clear from the words.
Oh dear! It is difficult for an aesthetic creature like me to come in contact with real life." "Never mind. Better luck next time," Mariana said consolingly. "But I am glad you see the humorous side of this, your first attempt. You were not really bored, were you?" "No, it was rather amusing. But I know that I shall think it all over now and it will make me miserable."
We went, three catboats full of us, and Van and Mabel Seabury was in the same boat. We made the grove all right, and me and Jonadab had our hands full, baking clams and chasing spiders out of the milk, and doing all the chores that makes a picnic so joyfully miserable.
But I will make up a good fire, and shake out the bed. I'll let her have no more of that villainous palliasse. No, no, let her try her own way, and repent of it; then, when this matter is over, she will turn her mind to Chevalier Narcisse, and there will be no more languishing in this miserable hole.
And she was changed too: good things had gone from her face; she was gaunt, sharp-featured, miserable but she was comforted to think he was going back to work soon. "There was a flurry in his head when he went to his office. He didn't know what his employer would say for stopping away. He might blame him for being sick he wondered would his employer pay him for the weeks he was absent.
Every now and then as he stopped and looked at the thin, sickly looking object he had brought into the house, he was overtaken by a strong feeling of pity for his miserable condition. This child was as desolate as himself, only in another way. Stolen from his parents to beg for the strange woman, he had lived with her so long that he had forgotten his real home altogether!
Of the long line of bathing-machines, one after another was hitched to a horse, and trundled forth into the water, where, at a long distance from shore, the bathers found themselves hardly middle deep. September 19th. The wind grumbled and made itself miserable all last night, and this morning it is still howling as ill-naturedly as ever, and roaring and rumbling in the chimneys.
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