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The young girl did not wait for me, she landed first, and, handing me a tiny key, said, "'Draw my boat up out of reach of the tide, make it fast, please, and she sped away into the dreamy darkness of the land, whose shadows the moon did not yet reach, leaving me alone on the shore. "I obeyed her orders implicitly, and then followed.
As the opening of the Mississippi was the more important of the two objects embraced in Farragut's orders, so did it also offer him the ampler field for the display of those highest qualities of a general officer which he abundantly possessed.
Captain Wilson had orders to return to Malta after his cruise. He therefore carried his own despatches away from England from Malta the despatches had to be forwarded to Toulon to the admiral, and then the admiral had to send to England to the Admiralty, whose reply had to come out again.
Not one of them but would have freely risked his life in the service of the Order, but there were few who would not have shrunk from the idea of living as a slave among the slaves, sharing their tasks, and subject to the orders of men of inferior rank and often brutal manners. The knights now returned to their auberges.
The Philistines at Gaza, who gave vent to their wrath by tormenting poor blind Samson; were far less barbarous than these cruel executioners of our Lord. The priests were, however, impatient to return to the Temple; therefore, having made certain that their orders regarding Jesus would be obeyed, they returned to Herod, and endeavoured to persuade him to condemn our Lord.
Grant, but I have orders to destroy everything found in this factory that has been, or may be, used in the canning of lobsters." "Those orders apply to the property of Mrs. William Baldwin, do they not?" "They do."
So he left Ali Masjid at the head of a motley procession that grew noisier and more confident every hour. Ismail still clung to his stirrup, but began to grow more lively and to have a good many orders to fling to the rest. "You mourn like a dog," King told him. "Three howls and a whine and a little sulking and then forgetfulness!"
She found the attendant who had given her the letter, and asked if the messenger was waiting, and was only then informed that he had been gone three hours or more. Three hours or more! It might be that Rudyard was gone forever without hearing what she had to say, or knowing whether she desired reconciliation and peace. She at once gave orders for a cape-cart to take her over to Brinkwort's Farm.
I was in full expectation of the straight waistcoat; and his forbearance, I imagine, was occasioned by the strict orders he must have received to the contrary.
Tom stood amidships, gloomy-browed, and with folded arms, and gave his orders in a low, stern whisper: "Luff, and bring her to the wind!" "Aye-aye, sir!" "Steady, steady-y-y-y!" "Steady it is, sir!" "Let her go off a point!" "Point it is, sir!"
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