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The great hungry multitudes haunt his mind. Here was a man of birth and education, whose face and whose speech told of a good heart and conscience a man of charm, of the impulsive type that appealed to Jesus. Jesus "looked on him," we read.
'Well, some replied, 'our parents or husbands say it is a sin, 'I don't think it is a sin, but only a custom, said I. 'But it is a sin, insisted one little wife of fifteen 'to touch one another's hands. I tried to explain to her, but she would not listen to me and we were on the verge of quarreling but as usual, when there was a difference of opinion between any of us, we always appealed to our old lady and she agreed with me that there was no sin in shaking hands.
Finn had never before been appealed to by the scent of any of the wild people, but there was a subtle atmosphere about Warrigal's thick red-brown coat which drew him to her strongly. Finn knew the life of his own range pretty well, and was more familiar with the life of the wild generally than any other hound of his race has been for very many generations.
Before Migwan took to typewriting at night Betty had been in the habit of staying out of the house until supper was ready, and then getting up from the table and going out again immediately, leaving Migwan to get supper and wash the dishes. It was easier to do the work herself than to argue with Betty about it, and if she appealed to her mother Mrs.
The Englishman, in accordance with the English custom, began by arresting his debtor; but Guerra was released on bail, and brought the matter before the courts, which condemned him to pay the twenty-five guineas. He appealed, lost again, and was in the end obliged to pay.
Had Lady Mason gone to her and told her all her fears and all her troubles, sought counsel and aid from her, and appealed to her motherly feelings, Mrs. Furnival would have been urgent night and day in persuading her husband to take up the widow's case. She would have bade him work his very best without fee or reward, and would herself have shown Lady Mason the way to Old Square, Lincoln's Inn.
When the Athenians demanded their destruction and hostages as a guarantee, the town revolted and appealed to the mother-city Corinth.
I love the warm heart that prompted it, but you shall not be led into difficulty by your friendship for me." Lucullus sighed, and walked on in silence. "All this will I give thee if thou wilt fall down and worship me." That night Lucullus remained in the cell with his friend. He sought by every possible argument to shake his resolution. He appealed to every motive that commonly influences men.
It was not for the sake of the colored man, he said in conclusion, that he appealed to them to pause and think. It was because the honor, the nobility, the intelligence of the white man was being degraded by the course which passion and resentment, and not reason or patriotism, had dictated.
'Are you telling me, Mrs Halloran, that this boy of yours is the thief who stole my pigeons? Mr Pinsent, looking at the boy with a magisterial frown, began to wish he had not been quite so hasty in sending round the town sergeant. 'You did, didn't you, Mike? appealed Mrs Halloran. And Mike, looking straight before him, grunted something which might pass for an admission.
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