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'Pray, said the gentleman, 'are there any inns hereabouts? At the word 'inns, John plucked up his spirit in a surprising manner; his fears rolled off like smoke; all the landlord stirred within him. 'There are no inns, rejoined Mr Willet, with a strong emphasis on the plural number; 'but there's a Inn one Inn the Maypole Inn. That's a Inn indeed. You won't see the like of that Inn often.
They were all quickly plucked and spitted, and we were soon busily engaged in cooking them. Tim insisted on dressing his frogs, and Sambo the lizard he had caught, both declaring that they would prove more tender than the birds. How they might have appeared had they been put into a pot and boiled, I cannot say; as it was, they certainly presented an unattractive appearance.
But the country eyes which at this moment fell on them were anything but conscious of class differences. It was a desperate need which reached out a gaunt claw and plucked at them when, high on the flank of the mountain, as they swung around the corner of a densely wooded road, they saw a wild-eyed man in overalls leap down from the bushes and yell at them.
First came a wreath of roses and lotos-flowers, looking as if they had been plucked just before sunrise, for among the blossoms and leaves there flashed and sparkled a glittering dew of diamonds, lightly fastened on delicate silver wires.
By a movement so soft that he should not be aware, she plucked him by the coat sleeve on the other side from the fir and held on to him as he strode on in careless joy. Halfway up the hill lights began to flash from the windows of the house: a servant was bringing in the lamps.
'Answer me, as you are honest; are you the ace of spades? "'He is the King of Tuscarora. Look at his war paint! cried an elderly gentleman, putting a streak of mustard across my nose and cheek. "'Then am I deceived, said Isabella. And flying at me, she plucked a handful of hair out of my whiskers.
She repeated their names more and more anxiously, and even plucked at their sleeves to call their attention. She stood as a poor dependent sometimes stands, wistful, civil, trying to say something that will please, while they talked and took no notice; and then the neighbor passed on, and Catherine went into her house.
"It only needs a palm-tree to make the landscape quite complete," said he, thoughtfully. In a minute or so he advanced towards the bushes, and, kneeling down, plucked a tuft of yellow marigold, which are called in this country "the dead man's flower." Afterwards I heard him sobbing. "Oh Chéma! what is the matter?" cried Lucien, running up to his friend.
Ef it uz me I couldn't c'leck 'em in de firs' place, an' ef I could, dey wouldn' be no use to me, 'cause I couldn't rickalect 'em!" "Well, it isn't so hard," said William, "if you kind of get the hang of it." Obviously pleased, he plucked a spear of grass and placed it between his teeth, adding, "I always did have a pretty good memory."
They unfolded the book of the skies, and sought to read the records thereon. They plunged into the unknown and terrible ocean, and decked their own brows with the gems they plucked from hers. And when conquered Nature had laid her hoards at their feet, their restless longings would not be satisfied.
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