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They felt themselves swinging through, the air, and the next moment there was such a mixture of boy and bear at the bottom of the tree as has rarely been seen in the British Territories. Both boys landed squarely on the back of one of the animals. Of course, they rolled to the ground instantly and grabbed for their automatics, but their movements were no quicker than those of the astonished bear.
It is John Florio's rendering of the Essays of Michael of Montaigne, and there is no better book in the world, of the books that men have made for men, the books that have no breath of the speech of angels in them. Here may a man learn to be brave, equable, temperate, patient, to look life aye, and the end of life squarely in the face, to make the most and best of his earthly portion.
Magee looked Bland squarely in the eye, strangled the laugh inside him, and began: "Up to a short time ago I was a haberdasher in the city of Reuton. My name, let me state, is Magee William Magee. I fitted the gay shoulder-blades of Reuton with clothing from the back pages of the magazines, and as for neckties " Mr. Bland's sly eyes had opened wide.
The spectre of the day before confronted him in all its torturing baldness, but he faced it now and looked it squarely in the eyes. It was not conquered yet, not by any means.
Or skallyhutin'! I'm strong for the sound of the latter myself " "Oh, rot!" broke in Hapgood. "I was a fool to come out here with a fool like you." He turned his back squarely upon Conniston and stood staring out the little window, biting his thin lips. Conniston stood eying him, and slowly the smile passed from his face, to be followed by a serious frown.
Henderson took the letter with a gesture of extreme annoyance, ran his eye through it, flung it from him on the table, and turned squarely round in his chair. "Well, what of it?" "To ruin poor Mrs. Fletcher and a hundred like her!" cried Margaret, with rising indignation. "What have I to do with it? Did I make their investments? Do you think I have time to attend to every poor duck?
The model threw aside the paper she had been reading, La Petite Republique, and sulkily, throwing off her gown, got on to the stand. She stood, squarely on both feet with her hands clasped behind her head. "It's a stupid pose," said Miss Price. "I can't imagine why they chose it."
For a moment Adams, looking away from him, stared silently into a shop window before which he stood intent apparently upon the varied display of antique silver. Then he turned squarely to Perry Bridewell and broke into a short, hard laugh. "Well, Brady lied," he said. "I promised Mrs. Adams that I would bring her home from the opera."
"Shall we give the outing up?" asked Frank, after he had heard some of the dire prophecies advanced by his comrades, especially Bluff Masters. "Never!" exclaimed Jerry. "Ditto!" cried Will, looking more determined than ever. "Oh! I'm just as anxious to go as any one, only it seemed right to look the old thing squarely in the face before we started to lay plans.
Anthony might have remembered then a certain look Bloeckman had given him in the Biltmore Hotel years before. But he remembered nothing, nothing "I'll say it again, you God " Then Bloeckman struck out, with all the strength in the arm of a well-conditioned man of forty-five, struck out and caught Anthony squarely in the mouth.
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