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Mrs Wallace looked almost like a girl herself in her becoming hat and veil, while the golden-haired child wore a white coat and cap edged with fluffy swan's-down. Sylvia retreated to the dining-room. Pixie ran to meet the visitors at the door, and the voice that exclaimed, "Bon jour, Mamzelle Paddy!" was in itself an augury of friendship.
The vigour which the troops displayed did not seem of good augury for the adversaries of the Empire. Without a doubt Revolution was already in the air, but everything indicated that the authorities were quite prepared to contend with it, and in all probability successfully.
Steve counted it a good augury that a saddle horse was waiting for him to ride. Last night he had limped across the plaza on his wounded leg. He and his little procession of guards cut straight across to headquarters. Culvera sat on the porch smoking a cigarette. He was dressed immaculately in a suit of white linen with a blue sash. His gold-trimmed sombrero was a work of art.
We find him at once munificent and careful about money; calmly asleep amid a crowd of trembling sailors, yet never going to ride without a nervous caution; defying augury, yet seriously disturbed by a gipsy's prattle.
But it may be that she thought thus to impress me and to enmesh me in memories which would tie my hands, or even from the character of my answers to draw some augury of her doom. The women came at length. Heliodore entered first, and to her Irene bowed. "Greeting, Lady of Egypt," she said.
The crowd saluted her with a festal roll, long and loud, of vivas; and this word viva of good augury but stop; let me not anticipate. From this sketch of Catalina's character, the reader is prepared to understand the decision of her present proceeding. She had no time to lose: the twilight favored her; but she must get under hiding before pursuit commenced.
'Do pray make a picture of my boat on a nice smooth sea of light; I don't like rocks and breakers, such as you have done there. 'There always must be a last long wave, said Cherry. 'Oh, but don't let us think about horrid things. I like the summer sea. Aren't there some verses "Youth at the prow, and pleasure at the helm?" 'That would not be a pleasant augury, said Cherry.
Certainly, if Fra Domenico walked through the fire unhurt, that would be a miracle, and the faith and ardour of that good brother were felt to be a cheering augury; but Savonarola was acutely conscious that the secret longing of his followers to see him accept the challenge had not been dissipated by any reasons he had given for his refusal.
Then he looked up at the firmament, and as he did so a star shot across the twinkling field. Presently another, and then another. The phenomenon suggested to Mr. Hamlin a fresh augury. If in another fifteen minutes another star should fall He sat there, watch in hand, for twice that time, but the phenomenon was not repeated. The clock struck two, and Brown still slept. Mr.
For as they were twins, and the respect due to seniority could not determine the point, they agreed to leave to the tutelary gods of the place to choose, by augury, which should give a name to the new city, which govern it when built. Romulus chose the Palatine and Remus the Aventine hill as their stands to make their observations.
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