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The flesh tints were a dull brick red, and all else a dreary brown." "Come here," said he, rising, "and see an example of this Greek Byzantine art, this Magdalen. Study it well." "Oh, oh, how dreadful!" chorussed the voices of all. "Uncle Rob, do you mean to say there was no painting in the world better than this in the ninth or thereabouts century?" asked Malcom, with wondering eyes.
To this lamentation, which one or two of the assistants chorussed with a deep groan, our hero thought it unnecessary to make any reply. Whereupon Mr. Gilfillan, resolving that he should be a hearer at least, if not a disputant, proceeded in his Jeremiad.
I may look to her to remove any you may entertain from your mind on the subject. I have proposed, seconded, and chorussed it, and it will not be arranged. If you expect me to deplore that fact, I can only answer that my actions are under my control, my feelings are not.
"Tell us what will kill you. We will chop you to pieces with the axe." "Oh, no! that won't hurt me in the least," replied the Tortoise. "You can see the marks on my shell, where my father used to cut my body: but that didn't kill me." "We will put you in the fire, then, and burn you to death," chorussed the monkeys. "Will that do?" "Fire does not hurt me," returned the Tortoise. "Look at my body!
"Yes, and it will give Big Kate time to try to make your breakfast a supper, and your roses pinks or sunflowers," cut in a new voice, dryly. "Cyril!" chorussed the three ladies in horror, adoration, and amusement according to whether the voice belonged to Aunt Hannah, Marie, or Billy. Cyril shrugged his shoulders and smiled.
"Chalk 'em 'e HAS!" returned Buggins, putting quite a strong aspirate where he generally left it out, "And down they're comin' on Wednesday marnin'. Which I sez yeste'day to Adam Frost 'ere: if the Five Sisters is to lay low, what next?" "Ay! ay!" chorussed several other villagers who had been, listening eagerly to the conversation; "You say true, Mr. Buggins you say gospel true.
"That's right," said Barkins; "we don't have a chance every day to spend a dollar upon our dinner. Go it, Ching. Tell the waiter fellow, and order for yourself too. But I say, boys, we must have birds'-nest soup." "Of course," we chorussed, though Smith and I agreed afterwards that we rather shrank from trying the delicacy.
For this reason he would have approached its shores with greater caution; and he was in the act of enforcing this upon his companions, when his intention was entirely frustrated by the joyous huzza uttered by Snowball; echoed by little William; and chorussed by the childish, feminine voice of Lilly Lalee.
Hear, Moloch!” chorussed the crew; and gathering courage from necessity seized boat-hooks, oars, dirks, and all other handy weapons for their attack. But below the released prisoners had not been idle. Never—Glaucon knew it—had his brain been clearer, his invention more fertile than now, and Phormio was not too old to cease to be a valiant helper. The cabin was small.
The sails they set hung limp on the mast. The navarch had them furled. The sea spread out before them, a glassy, leaden-coloured floor; the waves roaring in their wake faded in a wide ripple far behind. To hearten his men the keleustes ceased his beating on the sounding-board, and clapped lips to his pipe. The whole trireme chorussed the familiar song together:—
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