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He was a great, tall fellow: and it was really a fine sight to see him standing very upright, and immovable save as to his arms, looking fixedly into distance, and his bosom swelling with the lofty belief, that, out of four or five thousand persons who were present, there was not one who, to save his life, could have done what he was doing so easily. So much of physical dexterity.
The third is named Ringot, and is situate towards the west part of the island. The fourth and last is called the Mountain, in which place were made the first plantations upon this island. As to the wood that grows here, we have already said that the trees are exceeding tall, and pleasing to the sight; whence no man will doubt, but they may be applied to several uses.
I have dwelt, perhaps too long upon this painful subject; but let my reader now accompany me a little farther, and the scene shall be changed. Does he see that long, low, white house, with a tall, steep roof, perforated with innumerable narrow windows.
And from far away there came the sound of a schooner's mainsail being brought down as her head came to the wind, the plunge of an anchor, and then, through a gap in the gloom, the tall, bare mast of a ship in the direction of the new house of Abbey Burnfoot. "The Good Intent!" he muttered. "She must be very sure of herself to come to anchor like that. Still that is Captain Penman's business.
But when he arrived upon its bank he was again at fault the trail was lost; and, while he was running up and down the bank, searching for it, he happened to cast his eye toward the opposite side of the creek, and there was his 'coon, slowly ascending a tall stump that stood at the water's edge.
She should conceal it as much as possible. The coat back of No. 52 apparently lengthens the waist. The same effect is produced by the arrangement of ribbons in No. 53, and by the long-pointed basque. V-shaped effects and long-pointed basques are as becoming to those burdened with flesh as they are unbecoming to tall, thin women.
The rolling and pitching of a ship of this size, with such tall masts, is quite unlike the little niggling sort of work on a steamer it is the difference between grinding along a bad road in a four-wheeler, and riding well to hounds in a close country on a good hunter.
Lady Sellingworth turned away for a moment. She stood with her back to Miss Van Tuyn and her face towards the fire, holding the mantelpiece with her right hand. Miss Van Tuyn, motionless, stared at her tall figure. She felt this was a real battle between herself and her friend, or enemy. She was determined to win it somehow.
"Is your husband a tall bulky man?" said I. "Just so," said the woman. "The largest of the two men we saw the other night at the public- house at Llansanfraid," said I to John Jones. "I don't know him," said Jones, "though I have heard of him, but I have no doubt that was he."
I just love the all but naked girls carrying the water up to the village in the evening, tall and straight, like Greek statues; and the men, in a string of beads and a spear. I wanted to go naked myself there at least, I did till one day I tried it, and the sun skinned me in no time. But at least one needn't wear much cool loose things, and it doesn't matter what one does or says." Peter laughed.
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