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Pisander then seized the bronze battle-axe, with its long and polished handle of olive wood that hung by his side under his shield, and the two made at one another.
She gave a little start at seeing me, and stood with her hand still upon the handle of the dressing-room door, looking at me with the strangest expression I ever saw in any human countenance. Alarm, defiance, hatred what was it? 'I thought you were asleep, she said. 'I have not been able to sleep this afternoon. 'You are a bad person for a nurse, Miss Crofton, if you cannot sleep at will.
He had been born and had grown up in the days when a steam-locomotive was good enough and fast enough for any sensible traveller, and he greatly preferred a good pair of horses to any vehicle which one steered with a handle and regulated the speed thereof with a knob.
Mangouit for three hours, was about five feet in length by three in width, very dirty, without a chair, and in every respect resembling a cobler's stall in one of the most obscure streets of London. Mons. Commissary's inkstand was a coffee-cup without an handle, and his book of entries a quire of dirty writing-paper. This did not give us much idea either of the personal consequence of Mons.
There came a fumbling at the handle, and a moment later the door opened, and revealed, as she had at once known and feared it would do, the lodger. Mr. Sleuth looked even odder than usual. He was clad in a plaid dressing-gown, which she had never seen him wear before, though she knew that he had purchased it not long after his arrival. In his hand was a lighted candle.
The Queen was moved at this, and the poor Cardinal owned he had been too easy and pliant. I had myself given a very natural handle to my adversaries to expose me so egregiously. I have been guilty of many blunders, but I think this is the grossest that I ever was guilty of in all my life.
Our lads know how to handle their guns and small-arms thanks to the practice some of the grumblers complained of and if we don't give a good account of that ship out there, my name is not Peter Poplar."
"I want you," he went on, "to assist me. We shall be ready on Thursday. I shall not appear in the matter at all; I have strong colleagues at my back. Starvation and misery, properly handled, are strong incentives." "And how do you propose to handle them?" asked Etta in the same quiet voice. "The peasants will make a demonstration. The rest we must leave to well, to the course of fortune.
So Tackleton went to Tilly Slowboy's relief; and he too kicked and knocked; and he too failed to get the least reply. But he thought of trying the handle of the door; and as it opened easily, he peeped in, looked in, went in, and soon came running out again. 'John Peerybingle, said Tackleton, in his ear. 'I hope there has been nothing nothing rash in the night?
Hogan is at the island for a few days, looking for customers." Disappointment struck heavily at Hiram Hill's heart and was reflected in his face. "You say his name is Hogan?" he asked. "Yes." "What's time whole of his handle?" "Uriah Hogan. Strange you do not know, since you have his picture." "There's a whole lot o' things I don't know," answered Hiram, "and am just beginnin' to find out.
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