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She gives to every child the benefit of the doubt and respects both herself and her pupils too much to take chances by pitting herself against them and using their time for her own purposes. Moreover, she never permits their interest to flag, but knows how to keep their minds tense.
The very degree of perfection to which we have brought our laws, our social organisation, the mutual relation between the various professions and industries, exposes us more than our predecessors in ruder ages to the grave peril which at present threatens society. . . . We are witnesses at the present moment of the first manifestation of the power of elements which, if we are not heedful, will submerge the whole of society. . . . The attitude of the Government in yielding to the injunction of the miners gives some appearance of reality to the victory of those who are pitting themselves against society.
They have also proved their faith by pitting their unshrinking courage and splendid physical strength against savage Nature, and, among their other achievements, that track blown out of the living rock, flung over roaring rivers, and driven through eternal snow, supplies a significant hint of what they can bear and do.
The most common plan is that of arranging the parts around a central cavity formed by the folding or pitting of an exposed surface. Many such glands are found in the mucous membrane, especially that lining the alimentary canal, and are most numerous in the stomach, where they supply the gastric juice.
"We shall then have freedom from the constant war of opposing factions. If General Castro and Governor Pico are not calling Juntas in which to denounce each other, a Carillo is pitting his ambition against an Alvarado. The Gringos will rule us lightly and bring us peace. They will not disturb our grants, and will give us rich prices for our lands " "Oh, fool!" interrupted Doña Eustaquia.
In the words of an extensive contractor the heap becomes 'a mass of mortar." The report adds: "This description includes the plan of pitting recommended by her Majesty's Commissioners, which we strongly deprecate." Memoirs, part 3, page 123. Lord Heytesbury and Sir Robert Peel The Potatoes of last year! Is there a stock of them? Sir R. Peel and Free Trade Strength of his Cabinet Mr.
To her he was something that must be cherished as a priceless gem entrusted to her care, and his honor was more sacred to her than her own. Therefore all personal considerations must be passed over, and she must give him up. But if his honor was safe in her keeping, his personal safety was another matter. In pitting herself against her father's will she fully realized the danger she was incurring.
When he had reached the door, and was just going out, his master called, "Wait a minute, Pitting." The butler paused. Guildea bit his lips, tugged at his beard uneasily two or three times, and then said, "Have you noticed er the parrot talking lately in a a very peculiar, very disagreeable voice?" "Yes, sir a soft voice like, sir." "Ha! Since when?" "Since you went away, sir. He's always at it."
I had no doubt but that I should come through somehow. And as this idea of fulfilling Wolf Larsen's order persisted in my dazed consciousness, I seemed to see him standing at the wheel in the midst of the wild welter, pitting his will against the will of the storm and defying it. I brought up violently against what I took to be the rail, breathed, and breathed the sweet air again.
In those early hours she got through her orders and her shopping that pursuit which to so many women is the only real "sport" a chase of the ideal; a pitting of one's taste and knowledge against that of the world at large; a secret passion, even in the beautiful, for making oneself and one's house more beautiful. Gyp never went shopping without that faint thrill running up and down her nerves.
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