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More ground was yielded, but at the same immense price, and the corps, sullen, indomitable, maintained its order, always presenting a front to the foe, blazing with death. Thomas stood all day, while the Southern masses, flushed by victory everywhere else, pressed harder. Terrible reports of defeat and destruction came to him continually, but he did not flinch.
She did not attempt to shirk its significance, and her first thought was to frame some excuse to abandon work for the day; since, no matter what the cost to herself, this friendship must go no farther. The decision caused a twinge; but she did not flinch, for Joan would always visit the dentist rather than endure toothache.
The leading and indisputable facts are, that the Spaniards fought well on land, but were ineffectual afloat, in their attempts to inflict injuries, though they put to sea in dashing style, and did not flinch in efforts to evade a superior force, until the fire of the Americans crushed them.
Our undivided profits minus the amount, of course, that our General Manager has squandered on his defense will be shared among us, pro rata. This will be in cash, and in consideration of the payment, I shall expect you to turn in your stock." "What? For nothing?" cried Mary; but Rimrock did not flinch though his face became set with rage.
Our eyes met at once with a long, searching gaze, but he did not flinch. If he were a spy, he was no poor actor, and he stood his ground without the movement of a muscle. "Well?" I said. "Is Mr. Stewart awake yet, sir?" he said, asking for Roderick. "I don't know, but you may wake him if he isn't."
She locked her fingers across her knee and would not look at me. "But by your own showing you should be ashamed, sir," she insisted. "What of the dear friend to whom you would give up even the love of your mistress?" "You may flay me as you will; I shall neither flinch nor go back from my word. You are mine, and I shall give you up to no man. I know I have not your love shall never have it.
To show you that you have not been mistaken in me, I do propose to carry out this licence. I'll marry you, dear Nicholas, to-morrow morning. 'Ah, Christine! I am afraid I have stung you on to this, so that I cannot 'No, no, no! she hastily rejoined; and there was something in her tone which suggested that she had been put upon her mettle and would not flinch.
She led him far, in and out of the oak stems, doubling like a hare; but he rode her down by cutting off the corners: flushed, panting and wild, defiant she stood, ready to flinch at the blow. Prosper's horse was properly breathed; as for him he burst into a laugh. "My child, you bolted like a rabbit. But own that I gave you a good run." "You beat me," said Mellifont.
It was a gorgeous conglomeration of colors, of fairies and children, of birds and flowers, and of awkward, but telling, hand-illustrations of the joys of being nursed and, prophetically, of the greater joys of being well. They played "Authors," "Flinch," and even "Old Maid." Splendid half-hours were spent in reading gloriously happy lives.
He threw his head up preparatory to starting off, and he was just upon the move as I touched the trigger. He fell like a stone to the shot, but almost immediately he regained his feet, and bounded off, receiving a bullet from the second barrel without a flinch; in full speed he rushed away across the party of aggageers about three hundred yards distant.
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