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"Don't eat any dinner to-night, and follow my lead in everything." "Don't eat any dinner!" I cried, in a whisper. "I am starv " "Hush," he whispered. "You said you weren't hungry." Although we were only ten feet away from her and in plain view, Mary struck the Roman chime of bells, by which she always announces dinner. As we took our seats the clock struck eight.
"Two of these requisites we already have; but the escapement announces that arms of the latest improvements cannot be furnished, because the government has not got them." "Well, the old ones will answer." "They would if we had enough flints; but they are not to be had, because the insurrectionary Poles have captured the flint depot in Lemberg." "Each man certainly could get a flint for himself."
"We are like to have more news from the East Indies. The Norwich Journal announces that a Company's ship has entered the Thames, bringing news of a great victory over the Moors of Bengal." My mother looked round sharply, and cried out "Tell me at once, Mr. Walpole, if you have heard anything of our boy?" The good old man shook his head. "No, no, ma'am, there is no news of that sort.
A slave announces it, and with as little ceremony as may be we take our places. And here we must confess that our friend the banker had rendered us an important service.
"No; but we expect his return before the departure of the people, that is in a few hours." "Has he the power to decide important matters in Moses' absence?" "No, he merely announces to the people in eloquent language what his illustrious brother commands."
Struggle and anguish have their place in every genuine life, but they are the stages through which it advances to a strength which is full of repose. The bursting of the calyx announces the flower; but the beauty of the perfect blossoming obliterated the very memory of its earlier growth.
The morning was mild, yet somewhat overcast by the mist which announces coming winter in London, and Helen walked musingly beneath the trees that surrounded the garden of Lord Lansmere's house. Many leaves were yet left on the boughs; but they were sere and withered. And the birds chirped at times; but their note was mournful and complaining.
A purple twilight hangs over the deep, and a golden mist on the Laguna announces the sun's approach. The heavens and the sea are wrapped in expectant silence. In two seconds the orb of day appears, casting a flood of fiery light on the waves. It is an enchanting sight.
And there is a strange attraction in the leader who announces that he is not concerned with the doctrines of Scripture, because the helping of humanity is his one passion and care: yet all his passion is lost and his care is to no real end unless coupled with a very positive message of a particular way of Salvation, the true understanding of which demands a series of most careful distinctions.
The King suddenly arrives upon the scene and announces Euryanthe's death, whereupon Eglantine declares her love for Adolar. The furious Lysiart turns upon her and stabs her. Euryanthe is not dead. She has only fainted, and is soon restored to her lover, while Lysiart is led off to the scaffold.
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