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The far-off roar of the rapids, softened by distance, and the long, mournful cry of the night-owl, alone broke the silence of the night. Amid these lonely wilds the soul draws nearer to God, and is filled to overflowing by the overwhelming sense of His presence. It was two o'clock in the morning when we fastened the canoe to the landing, and Moodie carried up the children to the house.
"Impossible, sir!" he exclaimed. "Would to heaven it were true; for I know no other woman to whom I would so gladly devote my life." The grim old face softened and relaxed. He had not expected such an overwhelming victory. "Why do you say it is impossible?" he asked. Adrien did not answer for a moment, then he slip hoarsely: "She is already engaged to Lord Standon."
It was therefore probable that he was still at home that she should find him if she hastened there at once. An overwhelming desire to cry out her wrath and wretchedness brought her to her feet and sent her down to hail a passing cab. As it whirled her through the bright streets powdered with amber sunlight her brain throbbed with confused intentions.
He walked slowly across the room and sat down in his father's chair and touched the big bunch of keys laid there on the table before him. An overwhelming desire for some direct message from the dead man, some defined recognition of his right to be there at all, pressed on him.
It was his invincible spirit that had led the advance, held back defeat against overwhelming numbers, sustained the rally, impressed his subordinate officers with his own undeviating purpose, and even infused them with an almost superstitious belief in his destiny of success.
Gaskell?" "No, it was not he; but that dead man whom I saw rising from my wicker chair the night you went away from Oxford." You will perhaps smile at my weakness, my dear Edward, and indeed I had at that time no justification for it; but I assure you that I have not yet forgotten, and never shall forget, the impression of overwhelming horror which his words produced upon me.
Something struck his head dazzingly. In another second Uncle Jim was on his feet and the tablecloth enshrouded the head of the man in checks. Uncle Jim manifestly considered he had done all that honour required of him, and against overwhelming numbers and the possibility of reiterated duckings, flight is no disgrace. Uncle Jim fled. Mr.
O God! what have I done to merit this awful, this overwhelming disaster?" With deep pain and solicitude Mrs. Arnot watched the young man's face as the light from the grated window fell upon it.
But the autumn brought reverses; and the Austrian general, Daun, at the head of an overwhelming force, gained over him a partial victory, which his masterly strategy robbed of its fruits. It was but a momentary respite. His kingdom was exhausted by its own triumphs.
The former have the overwhelming advantage, owing to the fact that they create their own public opinion and hold the balance of power, prestige, and influence. This was precisely the balance which had been destroyed in Jordantown. The women now had all the advantage. It was monstrous and called for the exercise of all the furnace language of which men are naturally capable.
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