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But important as his work at Khartoum was, he was on May 19 compelled to leave, a revolt having broken out at Darfour, where his immediate presence was required. So off he went on his camel into the very heart of the slave-hunting district. Writing from Fogia, on the frontier of Darfour, he says: "I have a splendid camel none like it; it flies along, and quite astonishes the Arabs.
"Not to leave you puzzled," said Merton, "and really it must have been rather bewildering, I beg that Greville tell you the whole story." "With pleasure," I said. "Colonel Merton and I were the burglars"; and thereupon I related our adventure. "No one suspected you," said the count; "but what astonishes me the most is the concealment under a blazing fire of things as easily burned as papers.
If what I write astonish thee, I reply that it astonishes me no less, but I write pure truth. Farewell." VINICUS received no answer to this letter. Petronius did not write, thinking evidently that Cæsar might command a return to Rome any day.
Hartley did you say?" interrupted Clarence, eagerly turning his eyes upon the stranger, who was a middle-aged gentleman, exactly answering the description of the person who had been at the Asylum in search of his daughter. "Mr. Hartley! yes. What astonishes you so much?" said X , calmly. "He is a West Indian. I met him in Cambridgeshire last summer, at his friend Mr.
To this hour the quickness with which I got upon friendly terms with her astonishes me. "Justine is better?" she said, and her hand made a slight motion of disgust. "Yes. She was not dangerously hurt, of course." "Let us change the subject, please. They are going to have a fancy-dress ball on board, I believe, before we get to Aden. How tiresome!
I am at Richeport, at Madame de Meilhan's house!... This astonishes you, ... so it does me; you don't understand it, ... neither do I. The fact is, that when you can't control events, the best thing to be done is to let events control you.
"He's our display window. The way in which he manages to keep a little lion always roaring on the bargain-table astonishes us all every day. And when he runs short of foreign lions he roars a bit himself. Privately, I think he's more entertaining than the imported article. St. Etienne would be merely a western city without him. "Now," she went on, "I'm going to introduce you to some other girls.
What is a necessary connection between the given end, happiness, and the normal life naturally possessing it, appears to them as a miraculous connection between obedience to God's commands and enjoyment of his favour. The evidence of this miracle astonishes them and fills them with zeal.
Compare with these shortcomings of the adult the expert machinations of the primary larva, which knows where its victuals are and as its first action introduces itself into the dwelling of the host that is to feed it. How can time and experience be factors of instinct? The newborn animalcule amazes us with its foresight; the adult insect astonishes us with its stupidity.
"Your ignorance astonishes me, Philip, but I suppose that there are some people who can live for years in a place and yet imbibe nothing of its traditions.
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