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He commenced his travels with an intention of winning the crown of glory without delay, by murdering the British Resident at Aden : struck, however, with the order and justice of our rule, he changed his intentions and offered El Islam to the officer, who received it so urbanely, that the simple Eastern repenting having intended to cut the Kafir's throat, began to pray fervently for his conversion.
"No," said Austen, with emphasis. "And what name, please?" "No name," said the donor, now heartily repenting of his rashness, and slamming the glass door in a manner that made the panes rattle behind him. As he stood hesitating on the curb of the crossing, he began to wish that he had not left Ripton.
I was computing how many million belles such as I know, and how many ages, would be required to condense them into a woman like yourself." Annie shut the book with a slam, and with an abrupt, half-vexed "good- by," left the room. For a brief time Gregory lay repenting of his disastrous levity, and then slept.
"What a nice apothegm! It makes religion so easy and agreeable." "As easy as gravitation." "Dear me, Mr. Mavick, I thought this was a question of levitation. You are upsetting all my ideas. I shall not have the comfort of repenting of this episode in Lent." "Oh yes; you can be sorry that the dancing was not more alluring." Meantime there was heard the popping of corks.
The Somal will not kill these plundering brutes, like the Western Africans believing them to be enchanted men. Some years ago Adan plundered one of Sharmarkay's caravans; repenting the action, he offered in marriage a daughter, who, however, died before nuptials. Gisti is a "princess" in Harari, equivalent to the Somali Geradah.
Rowdy had denied himself the luxury of riding over to see Jessie, and he was repenting the sacrifice in deep gloom and sincerity, when two men rode into camp and dismounted, as if they had a right. The taller one with brawn and brain a-plenty, by the look of him announced that he was the sheriff, and would like to stop overnight. Rowdy gave him welcome half-heartedly, and questioned him craftily.
He was greatly honored and esteemed, I hear from a friend who spent a few weeks at Des Moines, and everybody was so sorry for him." "Did they talk of me?" Ethie asked, repenting the next minute that she had been at all curious in the matter. Mrs. Van Buren, bent upon annoying her, replied, "Some, yes; and knowing the governor as they did, it is natural they should blame you more than him.
Now I saw plainly the goodness of his observations about the middle station of life, how easy, how comfortably he had lived all his days, and never had been exposed to tempests at sea, or troubles on shore; and I resolved that I would, like a true repenting prodigal, go home to my father.
He was then accused of taking many towns and castles, killing many men, and doing much violence. "It is true I have killed many Englishmen," replied Wallace, "but it was because they came to oppress my native country. Far from repenting of this, I am only sorry not to have put to death many more of them." Wallace's defence was a sound one, but Edward had prejudged him.
Coster, as was then thought, repenting the fulfilment of his promise and casting off all disguise, or, as is more probable, carried away by an over-mastering excitement and strong personal and racial feeling and stimulated by concentration upon one aspect only of the case, claimed the right to address the Court again after the advocate for the defence had spoken. Dr.
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