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In spite of all this, to which the pilgrim must at once agree, the Square itself, with the Nelson Pillar and the noble lions at its base, nobler for their very simplicity; its fountains and its outlook on the beautiful portico of St. Martin's, the busy Strand and the great buildings rising all about, is all that is claimed for it, and the traveller welcomes any chance that takes him through it.
Bruce-Errington's town-house was a very noble-looking mansion refined and simple in outer adornment, with a broad entrance, deep portico, and lofty windows windows which fortunately were not spoilt by gaudy hangings of silk or satin in "aesthetic" colors.
'That is just why I wish to offer you another one. A cigar such as yours, my good friend, ought never to be smoked within the precincts of the Grand Babylon, not even by the proprietor of the Grand Babylon, and especially when all the guests are assembled in the portico. The fumes of it would ruin any hotel.
But now now I saw her from a different standpoint; saw her enshrouded in a dark mystery, the clue to which eluded me. Only one belief I clung to with passionate conviction, as a drowning man clings to a straw. She loved me. I could not doubt that, remembering the expression of her wistful face as we parted under the portico so short a time ago, though it seemed like a lifetime.
He talked, and the formidable epopee of the Roman legend was evoked, interpreted by the fervent Christian in that mystical and providential sense, which all, indeed, proclaims in that spot, where the Mamertine prison relates the trial of St. Peter, where the portico of the temple of Faustine serves as a pediment to the Church of St.
The chauffeur made a long drive in reverse, circling, and then put the car ahead with a rush and they escaped into a side-street. "Wallace, get us home as quick as the good Lord will let you!" Mrs. Stanton's command was hysterically shrill. "Wallace, take the first turn to the left," countermanded the mistress. "Then around the State House to the west portico."
And very independent! 'I shot him down, sir, pursued Chollop, 'for asserting in the Spartan Portico, a tri-weekly journal, that the ancient Athenians went a-head of the present Locofoco Ticket. 'And what's that? asked Mark. 'Europian not to know, said Chollop, smoking placidly. 'Europian quite!
To the great astonishment of the person who was in such haste to arrive, the gates were open, a crowd of peasants filled the courtyard, and men and women were kneeling on the portico. Then, his sense of hearing being rendered more acute by astonishment at what he had seen, he fancied he heard the ringing of a bell.
Never to do anything in the matter himself, but to leave it to me. For this he has given me his solemn word of honor. And I know what that means!" Mrs. Portico, on the sofa, fairly bounded. "You do know what you are about And Mr. Benyon strikes me as more fantastic even than yourself. I never heard of a man taking such an imbecile vow. What good can it do him?" "What good?
The hygeen's motions were wonderfully smooth for a camel, and the journey was made easy to him; but still it was trying in his weak state and after so long a confinement. But it did not last long, and then they reached a town of flat-roofed houses, and entered a spacious courtyard with a portico round it, through which were the living-rooms.
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