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She glanced at each book when she shelved it, lamenting that she had too little time that day there could be no stolen moments of reading, even briefly. She stood on her toes to reach an upper shelf and stopped humming for a moment. The sound of a footfall reached her at that instant, and she gave the book a quick shove. "Good day, Miss Haviland."
"For heaven's sake, Caruthers, get in and shove, if you can't do anything better. You haven't done a thing the whole game." The game was a nightmare. Mansell looked at him curiously that evening at tea. Gordon muttered something about a kick on the head, and being unable to see anything. On Sunday evening a list of those in training for the Three Cock was put up. There were ten forwards down.
I wonder what his Excellency proposes that the landlords shall do with their money when they get it? Buy new estates, and build new houses, of which to be dispossessed when a new set of tenants may choose to cry out against aristocracy, and demonstrate their own love for democracy by wishing to pull others down in order to shove themselves into their places?"
He stopped and the other continued: "Don't much like the looks of this yer' place no how, an' a feller w'at jes' come by, he said as how thar war heaps o' work in Jonesville, forty miles below. Reckon I'll shove erlong. Aint got the price of er drink hev' ye? Can't ye set 'em up jest fer old times' sake ye know?" and a cunning gleam crept into the bloodshot eyes of the vagabond.
Stunned, limp as a rag, the marquis lay at the Emperor's feet, his clenched hands slowly relaxing. The Emperor had not moved. Scarcely knowing what he did, Jack stooped, drew the revolver from the extended fingers, and laid it on the table. Then, with a fearful glance at the Emperor, he dragged the marquis to the door, opened it with a shove of his foot, and half closed it again.
See, they are standing into the very thickest of the breakers. Sure enough, there was the cutter approaching the most dangerous part of the Race. The spring-tide was making down, and the wind, meeting it, threw the foaming breakers higher up than usual. Still it was possible, if everything was battened down, that the cutter might shove through them. We all held our breath.
Jerry stepped into the boat and took up the oars. Dave gave the boat a mighty shove that almost put the stern under the water. "Hey! What you kids doing?" bellowed a gruff voice that the boys hardly recognized as being that of Mr. Aikens. "Just duck and say nothing," called Jerry guardedly to Dave. "He might try to stop us."
I accordingly shove you over to Ned Nightcap, the officer for the night." "Ah!" exclaimed Gray, "I see, most potent, you have operated before. Kow-de-dow-de-dow, my boy. There was a professional touch in that jerk that couldn't be mistaken: that quiver at the wrist was beautiful, and the position of the arm a perfect triangle.
"That's your game, is it? I wouldn't ha' thought it of a set who calls theirselves men. Shove me into that hot pot, and boil me, would you? Not if I knows it, you don't. Hi! Mas' Don! Look out! Run, my lad. They're trying to cook me alive, the brutes. Oh, if I only had a cutlash, or an iron bar." Don tried to speak again, but the words were suffocated by the gurgle of laughter.
Oh! blessed power of the college man to lead the half-tamed boy into the stronger places of life; nor shove him to the dangerous ground where his feet must sink in the quicksand or the mire! Vic sat looking thoughtfully at the man before him. "Your confession here is all right. Your claim to a place on the team in Thursday's game was just."
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