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One of the clerks of the Directory, however, contrived to get upon the scaffolding, but had scarcely placed his foot on the first plank when it tilted up, and the imprudent man fell the whole height into the court. This accident created a general stupor. Ladies fainted, and the windows were nearly deserted.
There must have been something in the letter Bob took up to him this morning." "Oh, of course," said her father; "fine young fellow very!" "Awfully handsome, I call him," said Winifred; "such a sparkle in his eyes!" "Beauty wasn't smitten," said Gwen. "On the contrary, she was so smitten she fainted," said Winnie; "you are still rather pale, dear.
Oh, Henry, I didn't intend " He stopped at the word, and hid his face in the coverlet. The boy lay as if trying to make out what had happened, and the doctor told him that he had fainted. After a time, he put out his hand and laid it on Bartley's head. "Yes; but I don't understand what makes him cry."
During this dispute, my cousin Nora did the only thing that a lady, under such circumstances, could do, and fainted in due form. Quin did not offer to help her, you may be sure, for, in the midst of the diversion, caused by her screaming, the faithless bully stole away.
No other word was uttered, for even with the girl's assistance it was with the utmost difficulty that the man reached the breastwork of the hut, and when he had succeeded in clambering over it, he lay down and fainted. After Softswan had glanced anxiously in the direction of the forest, and placed one of the guns in a handy position, she proceeded to examine the wounded stranger.
I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and ye took me not but the scriptures must be fulfilled. And they all forsook him, and fled. Mark xiv, 41-50 The incident depicted in this illustration seems to be as apocryphal as that embodied in the artist's picture of Mary Magdalene. There is absolutely no warrant in scripture for the notion that Christ fainted under the burden of the cross.
"With this doubtful prospect, therefore, I determined to attempt a return to my native air, and actually departed from Lisle, in such a melancholy, enfeebled condition, that I had almost fainted when I was put into the coach.
She had reached the road, when, to her joy and relief, she beheld half a dozen men approaching. Stumbling blindly toward them, she panted out: "The crazy man I locked him in the Omnibus House. Here is the key." She gave a long, shuddering sigh, and for the first time in her life sturdy Grace Harlowe fainted. The men picked her up tenderly.
He thought I had already missed the one he had taken, though I had not, and that he had better disarm any possible suspicion by speaking of the poison carelessly. Then his face turned almost yellow, and he nearly fainted. He said it was the heat, and I helped him to his carriage.
Madeleine had forced herself to eat a light dinner, and a few minutes before eleven she drank a cup of strong coffee; but when she entered upon the sights and sounds and stenches of Worth Street she nearly fainted. The night was hot.
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