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It was rather a clean-cut piece of work, the moral effect of which was in no wise weakened by the strong probability that they had ejected the wrong man. It proved the turning-point in the evening's proceedings.
He appealed to my warmest feelings on their behalf. This was just the moment, he said, when there was a turning-point in my fortunes. He could assure me most earnestly that I should do no good by knocking at this prince's doors, and have nothing but bitterness if I did in the end discover my father. 'Surely you understand the advantages of being bred a gentleman? he wound up.
Substantially all the current abolition arguments appeared in the speeches of the slave-owning members of the Virginia Legislature. And what was done about it? Nothing at all. The petition was not granted; no action looking towards emancipation was taken. This was indeed a turning-point.
The perilous turning-point of passion the crisis of strength and endurance was at hand My eyes settled gloomily upon the table. I was silent longer than usual. I felt THAT, and Loked up. The keen glance of Kingsley was upon me. It would not do to suffer him to read my feelings. I replied with some precipitation: "I see, Kingsley, you are not cared of your prejudices against Edgerton."
Was it when the huckleberry bush saved me from a watery grave, or when the log rolled under my feet and started down the river? Was it when the fish rose, or when the net broke, or when the long stick captured it? No, it was none of these. It was when the Kri-karee sat with his legs tucked under him on the brink of the stream. That was the turning-point.
'That way madness lies, so he breaks short off his almost despairing thoughts, and with a swift turning away of his mind from the downward gaze into blackness that was beginning to make him reel, he fixes his eyes on the throne above 'And now, Lord! what wait I for? my hope is in Thee. These words form the turning-point of the psalm.
It is, however, to the rare discernment and boldness of Jay, admirably seconded by the sturdy Adams, that the chief praise is due. The turning-point of the whole affair was the visit of Dr. Vaughan to Lord Shelburne. The foundation of success was the separate negotiation with England, and here there had stood in the way a more formidable obstacle than the mere reluctance of Franklin.
Guy had fallen at last into a heavy sleep. The doctors said it was the turning-point. If he woke quite calm and sane, the immense power of his constitution would probably enable him to rally; if not, the worst that could be feared was certain. He woke after many hours.
Not much stock was taken in this phenomenon until 1908, when Maurice Evans M'Loughlin burst upon the tennis world with a flash of brilliancy that earned him his popular nickname, "The California Comet." M'Loughlin was the turning-point in American tennis. He made a lasting impression on the game that can never be erased.
Visit of Beatrice and her mother to Venice Letters of Lodovico to his wife Reception of the duchesses by the Doge at S. Clemente Their triumphal entry Procession and fêtes in the Grand Canal Letter of Beatrice to her husband The palace of the Dukes of Ferrara in Venice. The spring of 1493, as we have already said, proved a turning-point in Lodovico Sforza's policy.
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