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The sight of habitations as he came nearer to the Lowlands, the sound of the horses' feet upon the road, the gayety of his band of troopers, the children playing before their humble cottages, the exhilarating air, and the hope of the season when winter was gone, told upon his heart and reënforced him.
It is to be observed, that Captain Stokes and Lieutenant Helpman surveyed these districts in the early part of the summer season November and December when they were more likely to appear fertile than on the 5th and 7th April, quite at the end of that season, and just before the commencement of the winter rains.
It is during the winter season in the forest many miles beyond the Post that the old customs have full sway.
He might, perhaps, as he said, with his figure, and fashion, and connexions, have made his fortune in Paris by marriage, had he had time to look about him but a sudden run of ill-fortune at play had obliged him to quit Paris for a season. It was necessary to make his fortune by marriage in England or Ireland, and as expeditiously as possible.
Winter Amusements A Winnipeg Ball Forty Degrees below Zero New Year's Day Saskatchewan Taylor Indian Compliments A Dog train Lost in the Snow Amateur Theatricals Sir Walter Raleigh's Hat A Race with the Freshets The Ice moves The First Steamer of the Season Good-bye to Winnipeg.
I took up athletics again much to the advantage of my health, and found that the practice benefited as well as I. My cricket form for the season has been fair, with an average of about 20 with the bat and 9 with the ball.
We agreed to meet, if possible, at the same spot on the following day; and as it was the fishing season, I should have a good excuse for pulling across the lake. At last I was obliged to urge her to return; and after watching her till she reached the cottage, I hurried down the stream to the spot where I had left my canoe.
"I am not here of my own desire. It appears that both my wife and child find sanctuary with you." "Tut," said Philip, good-naturedly, "it is the Christmas season, man, and a Sunday. We will not quarrel as to the why of your coming." "Where is she?" "Your wife or Clotilde?" Now all through the early morning Charles had longed for one as for the other. But there was nothing of that in his voice.
Accordingly, in the depth of winter in the year 1548, at a time which was, as we have pointed out, a close season for piratical enterprises, and during which attack from the sea was not expected, he collected all the corsairs whom he could gather, and fell upon the Spaniards on the coast of Tunis, at Susa, at Sfax, and at Monastir.
But it is pleasant, after a season spent with princes who lived for war and revenge, and who even made war to obtain baptism, to rest awhile under the green boughs and beside the pleasant waters of a reign that became famous for the triumphs of peace. Under Yaroslaf Russia united itself by ties of blood to Western Europe.
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