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To these few trifles he would be contented to confine himself only to these; he was past sixty, he was weary of the world, and his health was breaking, and he would limit his hopes to the execution of a work for which centuries imperfectly sufficed. It seemed as if he measured his stature by the lengthening shadow, as his sun made haste to its setting.
Fourteen days sufficed to bring the siege to an end. The Christians had done what they could to destroy the military engines of their enemies; the golden ornaments of the churches had been melted down and turned into money; but no solid advantage was gained by all their efforts.
Ignatius, who was the divine instrument in establishing and perfecting God's authority in the external order, yet left on record that so clearly had the Holy Spirit shown him by secret teaching the truths of religion, that, if all the Scriptures had been destroyed, his private revelations at Manresa would have sufficed him in their stead.
Carley recollected that stars, and sunrises and sunsets, and untainted air, and silence were not for city dwellers. She checked any continuation of the thought. A few days sufficed to swing her into the old life. Many of Carley's friends had neither the leisure nor the means to go away from the city during the summer.
Yet the Ambroise Couttet of to-day is never so happy as when he is on the mountain. His eyes sparkle if he hears the thunder of an avalanche, and he smiles as he watches its tossing white crest ploughing swiftly across some snowy incline which he has just traversed. One porter sufficed, for my only traps consisted of a hand camera, a field-glass, and a few extra woollen shirts and stockings.
A very few hours sufficed to show the sea-captain to be a most capital electioneerer for a popular but not enlightened constituency.
The snow here was dashed with blood, and the footsteps of the two had fallen closer together. Some hoarse sound of exultation came from him that might have been a laugh had breath sufficed. "O White Fell, my poor, brave love! Well struck!" he groaned, torn by his pity and great admiration, as he guessed surely how she had turned and dealt a blow.
Even then Amy could only get within shouting distance, but shouting distance sufficed. "Penny!" called Amy. "Hi, Penny!" Penny smiled and waved. "Had any news?" asked Amy in a confidential shout. Penny looked blank for an instant. Then a slow smile lighted his face and he nodded vehemently. "Yes," he called. "This morning, Byrd! It's all right about you know!" "Awfully glad," replied Amy. "Mr.
One glance at our cabins, at the crowded decks and dining-room, at the little writing-room above, where the ink had congealed in the ink-wells, sufficed to bring home to us that the days of luxurious sea travel, of a la carte restaurants, and Louis Seize bedrooms were gone at least for a period. The prospect of a voyage of nearly two weeks was not enticing.
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