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Will was very happy in Its quiet way. He enjoyed the smooth roll of his great muscles, the sense of power he felt in his hands as he lifted, turned, and swung the heavy sheaves two by two down upon the table, where the band cutter madly slashed away.
And he slashed off a tall green weed with his stick when he thought of Josiah Brown his short, stumpy, plebeian figure and bald, shiny head, his common voice, and his pompousness Josiah Brown, who had now the ordering of her comings and goings, who paid for her clothes and gave her those great pearls who might touch her and kiss her might clasp and caress her might hold her in his arms, his very own, any moment of the day or night!
Some strange whim of the chief of this tribe saved Paulvitch from death only to plunge him into a life of misery and torture. For ten years he had been the butt of the village, beaten and stoned by the women and children, cut and slashed and disfigured by the warriors; a victim of often recurring fevers of the most malignant variety. Yet he did not die.
Some villain slashed his coat its full length. However, I accept your offer." She ministered to me with womanly gentleness, parting the matted hair, and cleansing the wound with water. While in no way serious it was an ugly bruise, and required considerable attention.
A great feeling of pity for the high-strung girl welled up in him, and he wished that it were possible to impart some of his own strength to her. 'Elise, he began hoarsely, his whole being in a cloud of passion through which his brain slashed its lightning shafts of warning 'Elise' The hall gong, growing in a clamant intensity, rang out on the quiet air.
It was war all the time. They had one manager killed. One of the partners had his shoulder slashed nearly off by a cane-knife. The other was speared on two different occasions. Both were bullies, wherefore there was a streak of cowardice in them, and in the end they had to give up. They were chased away literally chased away by their own niggers.
Bensington complete and at home in his second-best jacket and his slashed shoes. Other resolute-mannered persons of various ages and sexes dropped in and told him things about Boomfood it was Punch first called the stuff "Boomfood" and afterwards reproduced what they had said as his own original contribution to the Interview.
There lie poor, sallow, work-worn weavers, and complain no more now; women themselves are slashed and sabred; howling terror fills the air; and ye ride prosperous, very victorious ye unspeakable: give us sabres too, and then come on a little! Such are Peterloos." The parallel, if not exact, is close enough.
Philippe received a sabre-cut which slashed open his forehead and a part of his face, but he cleft Max's head obliquely by the terrible sweep of a "moulinet," made to break the force of the annihilating stroke Max aimed at him. These two savage blows ended the combat, at the ninth minute.
It was a land of broils and feuds, of clan enmities and fierce vendettas. Its nobles were half barbarous, and they fought and slashed at one another with drawn dirks almost in the presence of the queen herself. No matter whom she favored, there rose up a swarm of enemies. Here was a Corsica of the north, more savage and untamed than even the other Corsica.
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