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And if he'd just fasten on a sabre, you'd simply never see anything more delightful, you'd just hear rolling thunder instead of the music. Now, what comparison can there be between a soldier and a civilian? A soldier! Why, you can see right off his cleverness and everything. But what does a civilian amount to? There's positively no difficulty in learning how!
The temperature is so much lowered that fishes die in the river Teffe, and are cast in considerable quantities on its shores. The wind is not strong, but it brings cloudy weather, and lasts from three to five or six days in each year. I found, myself, the change of temperature most delightful, and did not require extra clothing.
From a gallery in the upper part of the house we enjoyed a delightful view of three islands of great length, and covered with thick vegetation. The river runs in a straight line from north to south, as if its bed had been dug by the hand of man. The sky being constantly cloudy gives these countries a solemn and gloomy character.
"What can we do to round out the day for you, dear?" It was Miss Newville addressing Berinthia. "I don't know; what can we?" was the reply. "How would you like a sleigh-ride?" Robert asked. "Delightful!" exclaimed Miss Newville. "Jenny and the colt are rested, and if you don't mind riding in a pung, I shall be pleased to take a little spin out of town." "Oh, it will be so charming!
He was a great old man. He was a delightful old man, every inch a statesman, much of a scholar, and something of a hero.
She discussed current events with her cousin Seth on long drives in the country, finding him a delightful companion, well-read, understanding, and interested in people and causes. He took her to her first political meeting, where she was the only woman present and had a seat on the platform.
Ingmar thought so, too, although he felt a little reluctant about accepting anything which had not been approved by his father. "But wasn't it father himself who taught us that we must always walk in the ways of God?" argued Karin. Everything seemed to be so bright and so promising! Ingmar had never dreamed that it would be so delightful to get back among people once more.
Temple Barholm?" said the duke. "Aye. He's got th' way of making folks see things that they can't see even when they're hitting them in th' eyes. I'd that lost heart I could never have done it myself." "But now it is done," smiled his Grace. "Delightful!" "I've got there same as they say in New York I've got there," said Hutchinson. He sat down in response to Miss Alicia's invitation.
I never, really never, saw any one with such a magnificent colour! I suppose that it's that gorgeous sun, and it never rains, does it? Too delightful! If there's one thing that I do adore, it's the sun!" "Well, I don't know about that," said Harry, laughing; "we had rain pretty often in Auckland, and "
He had the feeling of having been pulled up sharply in the midst of a very delightful interlude and the whole thing seemed to him to come as a warning against any deviation whatsoever from the life which he had marked out for himself. So, after a day of indecision and nerveless hesitation, he turned back once more to his work. Here, at any rate, he could find absorption.
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