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He pictured Wheeler, very tall, hawk nosed, wearing glasses, bent over an architectural drawing, the top of his head seeming to glow. "Oh, I couldn't survive without him," Brendan said, taking another swallow of Laphroaig. "He was a hard man, our father. Maybe you didn't know, not having lived with him and all." "I suppose so," Joe said. "Did he give you a hard time when you, umm, came out?"
The staple material proved to be blocks and crests of granite, protruding from the younger plutonics, which enfolded and enveloped their bases and backs. The one exception was the dwarf Umm Jedayl, a heap composed only of grey granite. The Jebel Kh'shabriyyah in the Dibbagh block attracted every eye; the head was supported by a neck swathed as with an old-fashioned cravat.
I'm secretary of the Second Ward Suffrage Club." "Umm! Yes, yes!" With which illuminating comment, Mr. Jaffry tapped on Penny Evans' door, opened it and entered. "Spare a minute?" he inquired. "Sure," said Penny; "two, ten! Take a chair." "No," replied Mr. Jaffry, "I won't take a chair. Think better on my feet. I'm in a bit of a quandary.
Apart from the consideration of her pleasure, my wishes need not be consulted. As soon as I have seen Miss Day made comfortable I leave for the far West," said Traverse, with much dignity. "Umm! and leave mama here to guard the golden prize until your return, eh?" sneered the colonel. "Sir, I do not wish to understand you," said Traverse with a flushed brow.
The three heads, projected westwards from the Umm Furut peak and then trending northwards, form a lateral valley, a bay known as Wady el-Kaimah. It is a picturesque feature with its dark sands and red grit, while the profile of No. 3 head, the Kaimat Abu Raki, shows a snub-nosed face in a judicial wig, the trees forming an apology for a beard. I thought of "Buzfuz Bovill."
Parker was grinning on the sideline. "Umm it's over there," Patrick said, waving at the studio. "Of course it is," Mrs. Van Slyke said without changing expression. "What wonderful crews you have, Parker! The place looks marvelous. I hope you will be able to do the studio next year." "It will be first on on my list," Parker promised. "Come, Patrick, let's get the ladder on the rack."
They never did. I'd ha' packed her off with any man that would ha' took her an' God's pity on him! 'Umm! said Jabez, and sucked his pipe.
It is certain, however, that this temple, which is clearly one of the oldest in Egypt, goes back at least to his time. Its site is the mound called Kom es-Sultan, "The Mound of the King," close to the village of el-Kherba, and on the borders of the cultivation northeast of the royal tombs at Umm el-Oa'ab. Of royal palaces we have more definite information.
"Umm, a thirty-thirty," muttered Creede, "now who in " He paused and nodded his head, and a look of infinite cunning came into his face as he glanced over his shoulder at the retreating posse. "Bill Johnson!" he said, and then he laughed but it was not a pleasant laugh. There were signs of impending war on Bronco Mesa.
When I heard this, I said to myself, 'Except this Umm Amri were without equal in the world, the poets had not celebrated her in amorous verse. So I fell in love with her; but, two days after, the same man passed, singing the following verse: The jackass with Umm Amri departed; but, alas, Umm Amri! She returned not again, nor did the ass. Thereupon I knew that she was dead and mourned for her.
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