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We, who he crushed by this mountain nature piled above us, must arise again, unite to storm the heavens and sit on the seats of the mighty.
Two of the crew were at the pumps the deck load, which consisted of boards, scantlings and oars, piled on each side as high as their heads the other two people were probably on the quarter deck. It was a careless watch for a dark night, even at our supposed distance from the Keys; but we were now in no situation to complain. A part of our stern and the yawl at the davits, had gone together.
The crash of the falling man woke my people into life, and they ran to their spears, which were piled along the walls, and the earl's men faltered on the threshold, for they liked not the look of sword Foe's Bane, maybe. Then my man Thrand ran at the great door, which opened inward, and swung it to in the faces of Edric's men, and barred it.
It is not "Can any of us imagine better?" but "Can we all do better?" Object whatsoever is possible, still the question recurs, "Can we do better?" The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.
Susan's appearance was a study in simple neatness this morning, a black gown, severe white collar and cuffs, severely braided hair. Her table was already piled with bills, and she was working busily. Presently she got up, and came down to Miss Thornton's desk. "Mad at me, Thorny?" she asked penitently. She had to ask it twice. "Why should I be?" asked Miss Thornton lightly then.
Lumber is piled this way to let the rain run off better. Freddie went up the back part of a pile, some distance away from the bundles of shingles where he had been talking to James. "This is an easy place to climb," Freddie said to himself. "I hope I shall find what I want on top." Step by step he went up the pile of lumber, until he was at the top.
The snow piled up around the cabin, and so blocked up the little windows that the men sitting at the table were compelled to light several dip-candles in order to see the cards. Only the two men who attended the oxen in the near-by stable ventured outside, and their report of the storm made their comrades glad that they could remain indoors on such a day.
The sun had not yet set when the advanced guard arrived within striking distance of Bristoe Station. Munford's squadrons, still leading the way, dashed upon the village. Ewell followed in hot haste, and a large portion of the guard, consisting of two companies, one of cavalry and one of infantry, was immediately captured. They had piled ties on the track, but the engine threw them off.
That portent dawned upon their Majesties as they breakfasted late the next morning with correspondence and telegrams piled up beside them. "What can have become of Charlotte?" cried the Queen. "She must know!" "If she knew, she would be here," said the King, confident in his daughter's affection. They stared at each other in a surmise which turned gradually to dismay.
But it has a guilty look, and the sooner it puts off its borrowed garments the better. Certainly the demand for it is immense. So long as we are a commercial people, vast warehouses, piled from cellar to roof with heavy merchandise, must abound in all our cities. And yet how utterly incompetent would many such buildings be to stand alone!
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