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For that very evening as the young folks ranged themselves in a semi-circle for the flash-light picture, on which Amy had set her heart, Hobo appeared, looking very interesting in his big collar of bandages, and squeezed himself into the very front of the circle, with a dog's deep-rooted aversion to being left out of anything. Poor Hobo!
The wolves were sitting on their haunches in a semi-circle immediately in front of the tortured beast, and every time that the fear-stricken buffalo would give vent to his hoarsely modulated groan, the wolves howled in concert in most mournful cadence.
With a few rapid steps she went up to the table at which her judges sat in a semi-circle, and leaning on it with her left hand, raised her right high in the air, exclaiming: "You are the victims of a cruel fraud; and I of an unparalleled and wicked trick, intended to bring me to ruin! Look at that man at the stake. Does he look like a robber?
But the laugh of the men soon convinced him his wound was more imaginary than real so he turned over and commenced to burrow again like a mole. Rosecrans having withdrawn his entire force within the fortifications around Chattanooga, our troops were placed in camp, surrounding the enemy in a semi-circle, and began to fortify.
Phil, too, had squared himself prepared to give battle, but his hands fell sharply to his sides. "Wha what " he gasped. "Come on!" bellowed Teddy. They were in a large room, brilliantly lighted, and about them, in a semi-circle, was a line of laughing faces. From them the eyes of the astonished Circus Boys wandered to a long table on which were flowers and plenty of good things to eat.
Here a number of boats were moving up and down the stream, and from the Hoboken shore a big trans-Atlantic steamer was coming out, to start on its trip across the ocean. "That looks like her!" cried Sam, pointing to a craft behind the trans-Atlantic steamer. "So it does!" returned Tom. They made a semi-circle, other boats giving way to the police tug.
The performers were out of sight. Then a fine soprano voice followed, in a favourite opera air. Wych Hazel was seated near one end of the semi-circle, with Primrose just behind her; both of them in shadow. Rollo had been standing in the full light just before them; but during the singing he was beckoned away and the spot was clear.
When, after many breathless pauses, the top was at last reached, the case was laid on the base of the tomb and covered with fine mats, with flowers all about it. Among them were the Japanese imitation cherry-blossoms sent by Yonida and Fuzisaki, the gardeners at Stonehedge. The company then gathered around the tomb in a semi-circle, and Colonel Logan read the Church of England service.
On these they were seated; the warriors sat around them in a semi-circle; then the elders of the tribe; and then the promiscuous crowd of villagers, standing, and staring over the heads of the more dignified members of the assembly. All the men were naked; but, to compensate for the lack of clothing, they wore strings of beads in their noses and ears.
No spot on the earth is his resting-place; And your true love he never can know. Still onward driven by fate's rude wind, He nowhere may leave his peace behind. Still onward driven by fate's rude wind, He nowhere may leave his peace behind. FIRST YAGER. He takes the two next to him by the hand the others do the same and form a large semi-circle. Then rouse ye, my comrades to horse! to horse!
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