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Thus, despite virulent curses and feeble kickings, Joe bore him on and up until, as he climbed the last flight, he was arrested by an exclamation from above, and glancing upward, beheld a tall, sharp-featured woman who leaned over the rail. "Oh, land o' my fathers!" exclaimed Mrs. Trapes, "what's the matter what you got there? Who are ye?"
With equal quickness the hunter leaps into the saddle; and, in spite of the contortions and kickings of his captive, keeps his seat, till, having wearied itself out with its vain efforts, it submits to the discipline of its captor, who seldom fails to reduce it to complete obedience." "That is very dexterous indeed, Uncle Thomas; but surely all horses are not originally found in this wild state.
It is something to know that these terrible kickings and strugglings arise from simply an accumulation of blood in the vessels of the spinal cord, irritating it violently, as an electric current might do. Sedatives and narcotics will be useless.
'To think, he said to himself once with a long breath 'that that creature was never at a public school, and will go to his death without any one of the kickings due to him! Then his very next impulse, perhaps, would be an impulse of gratitude toward this same 'creature, toward the man who had released a prize he had had the tardy sense to see was not meant for him.
In one Schloss, where the owners had fled, and no human response was to be had by the wayworn-soldiery, there did occur some breakages and impatient kickings about; which it grieved his Majesty to hear of, next morning; in one, not in more. Official persons, we perceive, study to be absolutely passive.
Proddings of spears, and kickings of tender anatomical portions availing nothing, the last means for the hasty moving of obstreperous camels had been resorted to with success. The following is the recipe: Take two or more camels, fully laden for choice, stretched at length across a narrow street. For removal of same, apply a vigorous drubbing by means of a stick or sticks.
It seemed quite possible for us to get on with the other three pulling, while our demoniacal friend ornamented the occasion by plunges, rearings, and kickings. Still gathering the reins lightly in his large hand, the stable and sure intelligence beside me calmly chirruped, and then as calmly switched his long whip at the distant rebel brute. How the switching and snapping galled his proud neck!
'By the way, said Colonel Halkett, 'there are lots of horrors in the paper to-day; wife kickings, and starvations oh, dear me! and the murder of a woman: two columns to that. 'That, the Tory reaction is responsible for! said Tuckham, rather by way of a joke than a challenge. Beauchamp accepted it as a challenge. Much to the benevolent amusement of Mr.
We sup, and we pack our scanty baggage, and we start tonight. Brook no insult at Courts if you are of material value: if not, it is unreservedly a question whether you like kickings. My father paused, yawned and stretched, to be rid of the remainder of his aches and stiffness.
Anxiously indeed did I watch my brave shipmate's proceeding. Every moment I expected to see the shark make a dash at him, but his splashings and kickings kept the monster at bay. He was almost up to poor McTavish, when the latter threw up his arms and disappeared from our sight. Jack was after him, though; and, diving down, in another instant appeared holding him by the hair.
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