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If the light, for instance, is thrown strongly on one side of a face, and the other is cast into deep shade, let the individual and various parts of the surface be finished with the most scrupulous exactness both in the drawing and in the colours, provided nature is not exceeded, this will not nor cannot destroy the force and harmony of the composition.
"Girls, girls," she cried when they had finished, "I was half wild about you as it was. But if I had known the truth I think I should have gone crazy. Just the same," she added and her eyes shone with pride in them, "it was a glorious thing for you to do an unselfish, wonderfully courageous thing. I'm proud of you!"
And the evening and the morning were the first day." When we had finished I asked Chrissie what it means when we read that "God created the heaven and the earth." Why is the word "created" used? Would any other word have done instead of that one? Chrissie said no other word would do, because to create means to make out of nothing. He was right, was he not?
For some few moments nothing was heard but the click of the instrument, as the operator worked the key, with the usual appearance of imparting confidence to a somewhat reluctant hearer who preferred to talk himself. The two men stood by, watching his motions with the usual awe of the unprofessional. When he had finished, they laid before him two gold-pieces.
And when the castle was finished he marched in at the head of the army of workers; singing they passed through the long corridors, to fill the shining halls. But the halls were not there the castle had turned into a prison! And they went on and on, but could not find their way out again.
I had often written before, and perhaps never so ill. I now arranged my thoughts, omitted my quotations, discarded many of my metaphors, shortened my periods, simplified my style, reduced the letter to one fourth of its former length, and finished the whole by one o'clock. His lordship was not so fastidious a critic as I thought Turl had been; he was delighted with my performance.
So vanished from human eyes the bodily presence of Ralph Waldo Emerson, and his finished record belongs henceforth to memory. Personality and Habits of Life. His Commission and Errand. As a Lecturer. His Use of Authorities. Resemblance to Other Writers. As influenced by Others. His Place as a Thinker. Idealism and Intuition. Mysticism. His Attitude respecting Science. As an American.
After the service was over and the family had taken the bishop to their home, they asked him why he did not get up and prove that we were not preaching the truth so as to get the Bible. The good man answered, "After those two men were finished speaking there was nothing to say. They preached the Bible."
At the noise made by the little soldier, she looked up and blushed. 'So it is you! she said. 'How did you get here? And then she added in a low voice, 'And have you married your Princess? Then John told her all his adventures, and when he had finished, he restored to her the purse and the mantle. 'What can I do with them? said she.
The servant showed me thence into a low-studded dining-room, where soon Mrs. made her appearance, and, after some talk, brought me into the billiard-room, opening from the hall, where Mr. and a young gentleman were playing billiards, and two ladies looking on. After the game was finished, Mr. took me round to see the house and grounds.
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