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They generally conceal themselves, and rush out upon you unawares, which makes it more difficult to escape from them.
Now in these cases, where the totally unlike state of consciousness suddenly produced is not inferior in mass to the preceding one, the conditions to laughter are not fulfilled. As above shown, laughter naturally results only when consciousness is unawares transferred from great things to small only when there is what we call a descending incongruity.
But while bent upon talking with those who kept on the raised road, she unawares reached a spot, which was actually slippery, and with a sound of "ku tang" she tumbled over. The whole company clapped their hands and laughed boisterously. "You young wenches," shouted out dowager lady Chia, "don't you yet raise her up, but stand by giggling?"
In their case Fate and Fortune came down on them unawares; but I drew down destiny upon my own head and brought sorrow on mine own soul, and shaved my own beard and lost my own eye. Hear then The Third Kalandar's Tale. Know, O my lady, that I also am a King and the son of a King and my name is Ajib son of Kazib.
Raines, and I am going to propose a means to you whereby I shall be taken from here, and your neighbors shall never know that you entertained an enemy unawares, though God knows I don't see why we should be enemies when the battle is over. If your son were in my condition I should think very hard of my mother if she were not to him what you have been to me."
Altogether unawares, immediately after crossing the bridge, we came upon the cathedral; and the grand, time-blackened Gothic front, with its deeply arched entrances, seemed to me as good as anything I ever saw, unexpectedly more impressive than all the ruins of Rome.
I had hoped to come upon him unawares, and get into his confidence before he could realize what I was after. I began to wonder when the telegram would reach Chicago. Perhaps something by good fortune might delay it. Mr. Allen Price walked over to the telegraph office, and following him with my eyes I saw him pay for the message and then stroll away.
Cecilia, unawares, answered for me, and showed that she perfectly understood: he bowed she blushed. "Man is usually quicksighted to woman's blushes. But our general was not vain, only proud; the blush he did not set down to his own account, but very much to hers.
Some of us entertain 'angels unawares, and have bitterly to feel, when too late, that our eyes were holden that we should not know them. These questions bring out strongly what we too often forget in estimating Christ's contemporaries namely, that His presence among them, in the simplicity of His human life, was a positive hindrance to their seeing His true character.
Its respectability with regard to strength has kept pace with its other enlargements and rendered it very secure against any attempt which is not made with considerable force. Great attention is paid to military order and discipline; and monthly signals are established to communicate with their shipping as they arrive near the coast that they may not run unawares into the hands of an enemy.
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