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But king Agrippa, who had the care of the temple committed to him by Claudius Caesar, considering that it is easy to demolish any building, but hard to build it up again, and that it was particularly hard to do it to these cloisters, which would require a considerable time, and great sums of money, he denied the petitioners their request about that matter; but he did not obstruct them when they desired the city might be paved with white stone.
"I can answer for Ned Burton," I said; "and, I think, two or three more of the men." "Then, whether or not any of the rest stay with us, we shall manage to do very well," he said in a cheerful tone. "Now, after the experience of last night, I am anxious at once to build a cottage for your mother and Edith, in which they will be more comfortable than in a tent.
"Here's the kind of man we want on this job!" he shouted, with red face and bulging jaw. "His name's Neale. I've heard of some of his surveys. You've all seen him face this council. That only, gentlemen, is the spirit which can build the U. P. R. Let's push him up. Let's send him to Washington with those figures.
We all escaped unhurt, but Uncle Kit lost another horse, making in all four horses that day. We moved on again and traveled about five miles and made another camp, but did not build a fire. Our horses were picketed near camp, and that night we stood guard the same as the night before, but I did not see any Indians crawling up on all fours.
He turned to the house filled with his vision of a baby being cuddled close in a mother's arms, and with a new understanding of the comfort of such cuddling. His breath flew before him in a frosty stream when he entered the kitchen, and he hastened to build a fire and set the teakettle on to heat.
The elder Carter had lost a good deal of money before his death, and the son was now trying to build up the property with hardly any reserve capital. At the Cactus there was a great flurry when five such important guests arrived and the young railroad engineers were also most heartily welcomed.
Then Pierre was once more struck by this truth that whosoever possesses Rome is consumed by the building frenzy, the passion for marble, the boastful desire to build and leave his monument of glory to future generations.
While she sweeps, Pipa sings: "I'll build a house round, round, quite round, For us to live at ease, all three; Father and mother there shall dwell, And my true love with me." Poor Pipa!
All the Springvale boys learned how to ride and shoot and to do both at once, although we never had any shooting to do that really counted." "Baronet" there was a tone in Morton's voice that gripped and held me "you have come here in a good time. We need you now. Men of your build and endurance and skill are what this West's got to have." "Well, I'm here," I answered seriously.
God grant that they may recover the childlike heart, and replace with it that childish heart which pulls to pieces at its own irreverent fancy the most ancient and sacred institutions, to build up ever fresh baby-houses out of the fragments, as a child does with its broken toys. Therefore, my friends, be not ashamed to have felt acutely.
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