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And comfortable for sitting out dances, Sally!" "But not so interesting as the five steep steps we are coming to," and Sally led the way down the hall to the side passage, from the end of which rose the little flight which approached the locked door. "Here we are. Now who'll let us in?" It took the combined efforts of Jarvis and Max, working with one tool after another, to effect an entrance.
Bernard in a storm, and " "Where the good dogs live?" inquired Betty, hoping they would come into the story. "Yes; we spent the night up there, and George gave us his room; the house was so full, and he wouldn't let me go down a steep place where I wanted to, and Celia thought he'd saved my life, and was very good to him.
Next day the wind had fallen to a calm, and we rode upon a sea of glass. We had left the pack ice, but before us stretched an island of such extent that the end of it could not be seen. This island rose to the height of twenty feet. It was perfectly flat, with steep, perpendicular sides, which made it inaccessible to man.
He was to leave the happy, sunny silence of the dear White Cross, and to go out into that great world that he had so often looked down upon from the high windy belfry on the steep hillside. VI. How Otto Lived in the Dragon's House. The gates of the Monastery stood wide open, the world lay beyond, and all was ready for departure.
They walked up the bumpy dirt road, one on each side of the grass strip in the middle. As they passed the main house, they got on their bikes and pedaled to the studio along the edge of a small steep hay field rich in clover and wildflowers, surrounded by trees. The studio was made of dark weathered wood.
In he went, floundered through, and managed to ascend the opposite bank, though not without a severe struggle, for besides being high and steep, it was very wet coated, in fact, with soft mud. The Tottie with the led horse followed his master. I followed the Tottie close in his steps, so as to get the benefit of his experience, either by imitating or avoiding his example.
The intense blue of the sea, seen close at hand over a broad field of goldening wheat, formed a dazzling and superb contrast of color. Early in the afternoon we climbed the Ras Nakhura, not so bold and grand, though quite as flowery a steep as the Promontorium Album.
Many of them were killed by our bayonets, the remainder rolled down the steep banks into the river, where a large number were drowned.
Again, with the other arts the result comes only after the learning is done; their fruits alone are agreeable; 'long and steep the road thereto. Sponging is once more an exception, in that profit and learning here go hand in hand; you grasp your end as soon as you begin.
The steep roof of the next house now faced him, and he was soon over this also, and stood on the little terrace of the house where he believed Maria was a prisoner. It in all respects resembled that he had left. The door leading to it appeared strong and firmly fastened. He now retraced his steps.
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