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And lo! there instantly appeared a palace of incredible magnificence, in which were apartments that would amaze you, columns to astound you, pictures to fill you with wonder; silver glittered around, and gold was trodden underfoot; the jewels dazzled your eyes; the servants swarmed like ants, the horses and carriages were not to be counted in short, there was such a display of riches that the King stared at the sight, and willingly gave him his daughter Natalizia.
Howbeit, after my mishap, I laud the fortune which caused me to fall into the hands of so valiant and discreet a knight as he who has me in holding. 'By your faith, asked Ludovico, 'of how many is the army of the King of France? 'On my soul, my lord, answered Bayard, 'so far as I can hear, there are fourteen or fifteen hundred men-at-arms and sixteen or eighteen thousand foot; but they are all picked men, who are resolved to busy themselves so well this bout that they will assure the state of Milan to the king our master; and meseems, my lord, that you would surely be in as great safety in Germany as you are here, for your folks are not the sort to fight us. With such assurance spoke the good knight that Lord Ludovico took pleasure there-in, though his say was enough to astound him.
Then in a few words he told the Colonel that we had discovered two shafts within the walls, as well as the old furnace-house and the ingot-moulds. "You astound me," said the Colonel. "Here, come along and let me see." He followed Denham, and I went too, as one of the discoverers. The Colonel examined everything with the utmost interest. "Not a doubt about it," he said at last.
Her mother, the Countess of Crossways, has entrusted her to my care. 'You amaze me! 'Perhaps I shall amaze you further. I have also got the Ladies Barbara and Dorothy Fraser, daughters of the Marquis of Killin. 'You astound me! 'Then I have the Honourable Daisy Watson. In addition I have Miss Augusta Fane, Miss Agnes Featherstonhaugh' 'Good name that, muttered Mrs Maclure.
My sufferings during these series of afternoon confinements did not come from remorse, but were the result of a vague sense of injury; and their effect was to generate within me a strange motive power, a desire to do something that would astound my father and eventually wring from him the confession that he had misjudged me.
"You astound me," cried the other capitalist. "And you are really quite sure of this?" "As sure as I can be made by Benson's own offer." In declaring this George Melville believed he was telling the truth.
I believe himself to be inspired. You doubtless remember the celebrated case, six months ago, of the gentleman who was accidentally poisoned in a chemist's shop? That was one of the least rich, one of the least racy, of his notions; but then, how simple! and how safe!" "You astound me," said the Colonel.
Though I write this description coldly, let it not be supposed that I was not violently agitated and astonished almost into the belief that what I beheld was a mere vision, a phenomenon. The sight of the body I examined did not nearly so greatly astound me as the spectacle of this ice-locked schooner. It was easy to account for the presence of a dead man.
I have a wife to introduce to yours, and as she is also a Spaniard it will doubtless be a pleasure to them both." "You astound me, Geoffrey. However, you shall tell me all about it this evening, for be assured that we shall come. Inez has so often talked about you, and lamented the ill fortune that befell you owing to your ardour." "At six o'clock, then," Geoffrey said.
"The voice of the people, my fellow-citizens," cries the people's idol, "is the voice is the voice of God." "God, and Holy Mary, and the sweet angels!" comes a low, keening cry from the kitchen. It is a month after the election. Lockwin has been out of bed for a week. "You astound me!" cries Dr. Tarpion. The doctor is just back from his mine in Mexico.
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