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With their bottoms braced and their forefeet digging into the soft earth, they pulled on the rope in opposite directions until their necks stretched and their eyes began to pop. Neewa's pull was steady and unexcited, while Miki, dog-like, yanked and convulsed himself in sudden backward jerks that made Neewa give way an inch at a time.
Yet he fixed his eyes on her in dog-like faith. "Mademoiselle will admit that this is true, I presume," said Charley. Rosalie looked at him intently, as though to read his very heart. It was clear that he wished her to say yes; and what he wished was law. "It is quite true," answered Rosalie calmly, and all fear passed from her.
Think of Antisthenes and his disciples, the dog-like Cynics think of the fools shut up in the temple of Serapis! Nothing is beautiful but what is free, and he only is not free who is forever striving to check his inclinations for the most part in vain in order to live, as feeble cowards deem virtuously, justly and truthfully.
The eyes were light green, with the space which should have been white suffused with yellow and red. It was one of those gifted countenances which could change in a moment from a dog-like fawning to a snaky venomousness. The man wore a black hat of soft felt; his clothes were black and glistening with use and grease.
There were mysterious groanings and rustlings in the hedge, and the long branches of the trees moaned as they swayed. It was so dark they were almost groping their way, and could barely see the banks on either side. Suddenly, through a rift in the trees came a faint gleam of starlight, and oh! horror of horrors! What was that black dog-like object running rapidly towards them up the lane?
Perkins had spoken kindly to him, when he was smarting under the particular form of abuse which he could least bear, Philip had conceived for his headmaster a dog-like adoration. He racked his brains vainly for some way to please him. He treasured the smallest word of commendation which by chance fell from his lips.
Marcel asked himself " He stopped suddenly and looked towards Jo. Charley saw the look, and said quickly: "Speak plainly. Portugais is my friend." Jo turned slowly towards him, and a light seemed to come to his eyes a shining something that resolved itself into a dog-like fondness, an utter obedience, a strange intense gratitude.
"Ye mauna jist tear my hert oot," he rejoined with a sad half smile, and another of his dog-like looks. "That's what you would do to your mother!" said Florimel severely. "Say nae ill o' my mither!" cried Malcolm, suddenly changing almost to fierceness. "Why, Malcolm!" said Florimel, bewildered, "what ill was I saying of her?"
There was a home ready made in Rachel's faithful, dog-like eyes, which at once appealed to the desire of expansion of empire in the heart of the free-born Briton. Hugh had, until lately, considered woman as connected with the downward slope of life.
Had the pursuer been an Indian, the well-known sagacity of the race in following a trail, however slight, might have enabled him to trace the route of the party; but the Esquimaux are unpractised in this stealthy, dog-like quality.
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