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For years she had thought him a monster, and here he was, a great and valiant gentleman to the world. He had done a thing that Jean would rather have cut off his hand both hands than do, and yet here he was, an admiral, a prince, and a sovereign duke, and men like Jean were as dust beneath his feet.
Ah, monsieur, what a terrible responsibility for you! Such a monster as that! She should never have been allowed out of sight!" M. de Lourtier-Vaneau made no protest. His air of dejection, his pallor, his trembling hands, all proved his remorse and his despair: "She deceived me," he murmured. "She was outwardly so quiet, so docile! And, after all, she's in a lunatic asylum."
Life then wouldn't be just doing things with my hands and being told to think exactly what an old gentleman and an old lady think. Of course our side is right in this war, but how can I believe with uncle that nearly all the people in the North are low, wicked and vile? The idea that every Northern soldier is a monster is preposterous to me.
Not with an arrow from a bow might a man in his strength reach from his hollow ship into that deep cave. And therein dwelleth Scylla, yelping terribly. Her voice indeed is no greater than the voice of a new-born whelp, but a dreadful monster is she, nor would any look on her gladly, not if it were a god that met her.
We could scarcely hope that the death which had so long stared us in the face would now be longer delayed. And such a death! No vision of glory to dazzle the sight, and hide the grim monster from view, or wreathe him in flowers. No eye of friends beholding the last struggle, and sure, if you acted well your part, to tell it to those whose love and praise were more than life.
It was of this period that the late Governor Ford, speaking of Judge Young, whose district extended from Quincy, upon the Mississippi River to Chicago, said: "He possesses in rare degree one of the highest requisites for a good circuit judge, he is an excellent horseback rider." At the period mentioned there were few law-books in the State. The monster libraries of later days had not yet arrived.
They found a rocky seat in front of a certain leafless monster, which had been struck by lightning in a winter storm years before, and rent from top to bottom. The bare trunk with its torn branches yawning stood out against the rest, a black and melancholy shape, preaching desolation. But Elise studied it coolly. 'I know that tree by heart, she declared.
From this monster, so was the command of Eurystheus, should Hercules seize the golden apples. The hero set out on his long and adventurous journey and placed himself in the hands of blind chance, for he did not know where the Hesperides dwelt.
Not without reason did the beaten party bewail the terrible rapidity, sagacity, and energy of the "monster." Military and Financial Results of the Seizure of Italy But it may be questioned whether Caesar gained or lost more by the conquest of Italy.
The sunken portion of the idol called aloud to the faithful, who had assembled to wonder at the audacity of the white men and witness their expected punishment by Manitou, and told them to cast in the other portions. They did so, and all the fragments united and became a monster serpent that kept the place from further intrusion.
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