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A sigh like the roll of a great wave breaking against a wall of rock came from her for the possibly lost chance of naming him to his face Matey, oh, and seeing his look as she said it! The boldness might be fancied: it could not be done.
That Garibaldi means no delay is proved by his naming next March as the date for the renewal of the mighty crusade in the course of which already such miracles have been wrought. That Italy, as she stands to-day, would be found more than the equal of Austria, no doubt can be felt by any one who is acquainted with the condition of the two powers.
"Couldn't he be ducked?" suggested Squire Pinner. Now all these sentences were ranted out together, and their respective utterers were fain to stop till the noise subsided a little. Barbara could only look from one to the other in astonishment. "Who is this formidable opponent?" asked Mr. Carlyle. There was a pause. Not one of them but had the delicacy to shrink from naming that man to Mr.
Love had been the root of all poor Isella's troubles, and Agnes never should know love, till taught it safely by a husband of Elsie's own choosing. The first step of security was in naming her for the chaste Saint Agnes, and placing her girlhood under her special protection.
The Squire, who was abroad to With his sister at the time of their coming, had sent a civil note to the new rector on his settlement in the parish, naming some common Oxford acquaintances, and desiring him to make what use of the famous Murewell Library he pleased. 'I hear of you as a friend to letters, he wrote; 'do my books a service by using them. The words were graceful enough.
He had no intention of selling it, but preferred to come to the fiddle gradually, that the pawnbroker might not think that was his main object, and so charge an extra price. Eliakim scanned the garment critically. It was nearly new and in excellent condition, and he coveted it. "I will give you a dollar," said he, naming a price low enough to advance upon.
She took the field, revolted, dissevering herself from the class which tolerated them actuated by a reflective moralty, she believed; and loathed herself for having aspired, schemed, to be a member of the class. But it was not the class, it was against her lord as representative of the class, that she was now the rebel, neither naming him nor imaging him. Her enveloping mind was black on him.
I know no more of the secret of life and love, than before I wrote my book. I am only like a scientific investigator who has discovered certain delicate processes, subtle laws at work. They were there all the time; the temptation of the investigator and of the writer alike is to yield to the delusion that he has made them, by discerning and naming them.
Martha saw them. Her naming of the old servant familiarly melted him. 'You will not bear to hear praise or thanks. 'If I deserved them. I should like you to call on Dr. Buxton; he will tell you more than we can. He drove with me the first day, after I had sent you the local doctor's report. I had it from the messenger, his assistant. Weyburn knew Dr. Buxton's address.
The half-dozen lines were cordial, breathing of their walk in the Austrian highlands, and naming a renowned city hotel for dinner that day, the hour seven, the reply yes or no by messenger.
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