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"Wall, as I say," continued the skipper, "white-whalin' is gittin' fashionable, so in course there ain't no hard work abaout it; and if yaou will go, why, I'm goin' aout now, me and Sam. The only thing, it's dampish like; but perhaps mother here kin rig yaou aout."
All the Bladder Nuts grow freely in good light dampish loam. STAUNTONIA HEXAPHYLLA. China and Japan, 1876. This evergreen twining shrub is not to be generally recommended, it requiring wall protection even in southern England. The leaves are deep green and pinnate, while the greenish-white flowers are fragrant, and produced in the beginning of summer. North America, 1785.
To judge by the time I've been sitting since I got you here it's night long ago." "Since you got me here?" repeated George, with feeble interrogation. "When I came to I was lying with my face in a dampish sort of hollow, and I suppose the afterdamp had lifted a bit, for I could raise my head. I felt you close by. Then I dragged myself on a bit, till I felt some brattice.
She changed her garments and put on a loose green neglige, then re- arranged her hair into plaits, forming them into a coronet which made her head appear very small and graceful. From force of habit she opened a bottle of perfume, moistened the palms of her hands and rubbed them over her neck and bosom. At once she felt giddy, even the cold, dampish sheets on her bed seemed to smell of chipre.
A copy of the previous evening's Signal was lying on an empty deck-chair. It had been out all night, and was dampish. Tellwright picked it up, having finished his tea, and threw a careless eye over it. He was determined to talk about something. "By Jove!" he said. "That Balsamo johnny is coming to Hanbridge!" "Yes, didn't you know?" said Florence, agreeably bent on resuscitating the corpse.
Sakes alive, you're sort of dampish." She was all of that. She had come running in answer to his call and had the shingle boat hugged close to her. The water from it had trickled down the front of her dress. Her shoes and stockings were splashed with wet sand. "Is dinner ready, Uncle Jed?" she asked, eagerly.
"Sorry to incommode you," said their visitor, ironically. "I'm afraid your beds are dampish; perhaps you had better go to your brother's room: I've left the ceiling on, there." They required no second admonition, but rushed into Gluck's room, wet through, and in an agony of terror. "You'll find my card on the kitchen table," the old gentleman called after them. "Remember, the last visit."
I am quite well, and very comfortable sitting on Joseph's knapsack laid on the stone. The fog is about as thick as that of London in November, only white; and I see nothing near me but fields of dampish snow with black stones in it." And then: "MONTANVERT, August 22. "I cannot say that on the whole the aiguilles have treated me well.
She was quite out of breath with running. "Oh," she said, "I thought I'd missed you. My bootlaces would keep coming down and I fell over them twice. Here, take it." She thrust a warm, dampish letter into his hand as the train moved. He leaned back in his corner and opened the letter. This is what he read: "Dear Mr. We do not know your name.
Their perfume was strong and penetrating, while through the dampish air of the place, which was full of the spoiled exhalations of the washstand, came occasional whiffs of a more pungent scent, the scent of some grains or dry patchouli ground to fine powder at the bottom of a cup.
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