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My driver explained afterwards, that persons visiting the field were commonly so much pleased with the captain's eloquence, that they kept the noble old soldier in a brandy and-water rapture throughout the season, thereby greatly refreshing his memory, and making the battle bloodier and bloodier as the season advanced and the number of visitors increased.
"Nowt's far to your kind!" said the man, flicking his whip. "An' ye'll meet a bobby or so on the road!" On he went, and Helmsley without further parley resumed his tramp. Presently, reaching the clump of trees he had seen in the distance, he moved into their refreshing shade.
"'Look not mournfully into the past," quoted Hippy, "but rather turn your attention to the important matter of refreshing the inner man." "You fixed your attention on that matter years ago, Hippopotamus," said Reddy, "and since then you've never turned it in any other direction." "Which proves me to be a person of excellent judgment and unqualified good taste," answered Hippy with a broad grin.
He comes as the 'Oil, gently flowing, lubricating, making every joint supple, nourishing. He comes as the 'Water of Life, refreshing, vitalising, quickening all growth. He comes fluttering down as the Dove of God, the bird of peace that will brood upon our hearts.
As he raised his head from the refreshing water, his alert ears caught a faint stir. Soundless as a shadow he melted into the bushes at his back just as a queer procession came into view.
This Noa Noa is a refreshing contribution to the psychology of a painter who, in broad daylight dreamed fantastic visions, a painter to whom the world was but a painted vision, as the music of Richard Wagner is painted music overheard in another world. "A painter is either a revolutionist or a plagiarist," said Paul Gauguin.
In the village is a very noble porcelain manufactory, which unfortunately we had not time to inspect. Whilst our horses were refreshing themselves with a little water, we were beset by the agents of the different hotels, and restaurateurs of Versailles, who presented us with little cards, announcing in a very pompous manner the superiority of their employers accommodations.
Or is there any movement of the life of God in me, of quickening and refreshing life, of generous activity and transmissive vitality? Then death is swallowed up in victory, and I am partaking even in this present world of the life that does not die." Revelation iii. 8.
Not that I devoured wild oranges by the dozen, or in place of sweet ones; one sour orange goes a good way, as the common saying is; but I ate them, nevertheless, or rather drank them, and found them, in a thirsty hour, decidedly refreshing.
"If they ain't, I'll know the reason why," said she grimly. "Good evening." Lucy's sleep that night was calm and refreshing, and when Dr. Gair came again in the morning he expressed himself pleased with her condition. Miss Goldthwaite brought up a breakfast tray with a cup of weak tea and a piece of toast, of which Lucy was able to eat a little bit.
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