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It was answer enough for his friend. Vibbard came over and knelt beside him, and tried to rouse him. He stroked his pale brown hair, and called him repeatedly "Dear old boy." "Poor Thorny, I wish I could do something for you," he said, gently. "Are you sure you understood her?" The other suddenly looked up. "Don't blame her, Bill," he said, beseechingly. "Don't let it hurt your love for her.
No man knew better the thorny road that he must now travel. No man loved his party more. No man knew better the hazard to the Union that must follow a rupture in the Democratic party. But if Douglas nursed the hope that Democratic senators would follow his lead, he was sadly disappointed.
There was little sleep for man or beast, and the sentries were doubled that there might be enough on duty both to guard against the sudden charge of an overbold, or overhungry lion, and to keep the fire blazing which was an even more effectual barrier against them than the thorny boma.
But it is a laborious path, it leads through thorny brambles that lacerate the living heart, and on that path the devil always lies in ambush. It is that best of all the devils, with whom the great Goethe has made us acquainted.... My story is about that devil. The devil suffered from ennui. He is too wise to ridicule everything.
We arrived at a high thorny hedge and I shouted, and then there was such a noise you would have thought the world was coming to an end, dogs barking, cocks crowing, people chattering, and at last a man with a lantern crept out from the hedge it must have been his light we had seen and he was followed by heaps of others, all Burmans, and they waved the light about; and when they saw who we were, and that we were alone, they were very kind and took us in through an opening in the hedge, and kicked the dogs away.
I replied, and I hastened from the garden with as much sorrow and bitterness in my heart as the first man could have felt when the angel drove him from Eden. Alas! I was going out alone into a world that had become thorny indeed. As I approached the house Mrs. Yocomb happened to come out on the piazza. I took her hand and drew her toward the garden gate.
This stronghold, from four to five feet long and three feet high, is made of sticks interwoven with pieces of prickly cactus, thorny twigs, and odd bits in general great care being taken to have most of the thorns project outward. His private quarters consist of a shallow hole burrowed under the centre of this thorn-woven pile. Access to the interior is gained by a winding passage.
In all cases every thing has its day; now, towards the end of the eighteenth century, the most delicate, the most thorny points of doctrine were discussed with an entire good faith, with perfect lucidity, and in a style that placed many members of the faculty in the rank Of our best speakers.
Jack started down the edge of the ravine. It crumbled so that he could not make very rapid progress. To turn aside into the jungle meant to fight his way through thick, thorny bushes. To leap down into the dry water-course was even worse. There, as he knew, the spongy, shifting sand bottom would prevent even the progress of a decent walk. Jack glanced back over his shoulder.
Well, they have also got the road now, and cover and blind and choke us with its dust and insolently hoot-hoot at us. Out of the way, miserable crawlers, if you don't want to be smashed! Sometimes the way is cut off by huge thorny hedges and fences of barbed wire man's devilish improvement on the bramble brought down to the water's edge.
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