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No; that was not likely, as the bite of these creatures upon the hard shanks of the mule could not have produced such an effect. They might have frightened it, but they could not have thrown it into "fits" for it was evidently in some sort of a fit at that moment. It might have been a puzzle to our party not easily solved, had Guapo not been upon the spot.
They sent for the doctor, who said his spine was injured, and perhaps he would never walk again; and, indeed, he never did." "O, mamma! mamma Parlin!" "Yes, my child; and it is supposed that Harriet must have hurt him in one of her fits of rage." Dotty's face had grown very white. "O, mamma, what did the folks do with Harriet?" "They took her to court, and tried her for abusing the little boy.
Tommy merely clicked his tongue at her every time she emerged from a hiding-place; or, if the rather worried butler or nervous under-footman passed hurriedly through the hall, sent showers of kisses after them, and then went into fits of ventriloquial laughter.
Meantime the young surgeon had carried Elsie into the house; for, as soon as she was rescued from the dog, she had fallen down in one of her fits, which were becoming more and more frequent of themselves, and little needed such a shock as this to increase their violence.
"Let them show what they please about Skaggs," interrupted Bobby Browne, "but, confound you, I can't have any one saying that I'm subject to fits or spells or whatever you choose to call 'em. I don't have 'em, but even if I did, I'd have 'em privately, not for the benefit of the public."
We have stated that each man should specialize in order to produce the greatest value for a given expenditure of energy that specialization of the industries is necessary. That each man has some special knowledge that fits his environment. That the skilled worker has a special knowledge for his duties. We have pointed out the need of a closer relationship between the specialists.
The innovator, on the other hand, knowing that he is not that evil creature which his rival represents him as being, knowing that he too desires only truth first suffers, suffers in rough times at stake and scaffold, suffers in our own later days in good name, in reputation, in worldly fortune; and as the whirligig of time brings round his turn of triumph, takes, in French revolutions and such other fits of madness, his own period of wild revenge.
Alfred Russel Wallace is the one the peculiar turn of whose mind best fits him to write on the subject of natural selection, or the accumulation of fortunate but accidental variations through descent and the struggle for existence. His mind in all its more essential characteristics closely resembles that of the late Mr. Charles Darwin himself, and it is no doubt due to this fact that he and Mr.
Ever since Connor's removal from the country her spirits had gradually become more and more depressed. All her mirth and gayety had abandoned her; she disrelished reading; she avoided company; she hardly ever laughed, but, on the contrary, indulged in long fits of bitter grief while upon her solitary rambles.
I'd been up to Doctor Wilson's office with a message, and was going back to the drooling ward, when I saw Charley and Joe hiding around the corner of the gymnasium and making motions to me. I went over to them. "Hello," Joe said. "How's droolers?" "Fine," I said. "Had any fits lately?" That made them mad, and I was going on, when Joe said, "We're running away. Come on." "What for?" I said.
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