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To all the Danes by that bloody battle the boon had come. From ravage had rescued the roving stranger Hrothgar's hall; the hardy and wise one had purged it anew. His night-work pleased him, his deed and its honor. To Eastern Danes had the valiant Geat his vaunt made good, all their sorrow and ills assuaged, their bale of battle borne so long, and all the dole they erst endured pain a-plenty.
All night-work was strictly forbidden and, if I sat too long over my books by day, my mother reminded me of my promise to the doctor, and I was obliged to stop. During the first years I worked almost exclusively at home, for I was permitted to go out only in very pleasant weather. Dr.
"You will have to pay dear, one way or another: and yet I can't ask you to take one of the boys. It is bad enough for you, a poor rest between two days' labour, to stand flogging the ponds till field time in the morning." "Have you often to do this night-work, neighbour?" asked Jerome. "Only when the family are at the chateau.
And besides this night-work, each prepostor had three or four fags specially allotted to him, of whom he was supposed to be the guide, philosopher, and friend, and who in return for these good offices had to clean out his study every morning by turns, directly after first lesson and before he returned from breakfast.
All night-work was strictly forbidden and, if I sat too long over my books by day, my mother reminded me of my promise to the doctor, and I was obliged to stop. During the first years I worked almost exclusively at home, for I was permitted to go out only in very pleasant weather. Dr.
But it is certain that all the fermentation of the morning and all that occurred afterwards was the outcome of the night-work of the secret Republican Committees. As the guards marched on, loud cries of "Decheance! Decheance!" arose among them, and were at once taken up by the spectators. Perfect unanimity, indeed, appeared to prevail on the question of dethroning the Emperor.
The huge coastguardsman choked at this point, as Wilson had done before him; but, being more ready of resource, he turned it into a cough, and declared, sternly, that night-work must have given him a cold, or "suthin' o' that sort." After which he made a great demonstration of clearing his throat and blowing his nose.
Whatever knowledge I may have of the electric light and power industry I feel I owe it to the tuition of Edison. He was about the most willing tutor, and I must confess that he had to be a patient one." Here again occurs the reference to the incessant night-work at Menlo Park, a note that is struck in every reminiscence and in every record of the time.
If she had not hurried madame so, there would have been no night-work for this poor child, no fagged-out nerves for her the next day. Suddenly Miss Balfour crossed the room and, to her cousin's astonishment, caught Cicely's cold hands in hers. "Look up here, you poor little thing," she said, kindly. "Now don't cry another tear, or grieve another bit about this. It's no matter at all.
Almost anybody used to reading the blind books can read the embossed Morse messages with the finger, and so this message was read at all the midnight way-stations where no night-work is expected, and where the companies do not supply fluid or oil.
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