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She shook back her head as she pronounced the vow, and her hair, loosened from its confinement, cloaked her slight figure with a robe of darkness. "Acknowledge your marriage with me before this holy man," she continued: "although he is a Christian, I have heard that he is honest and I will leave you for a time." "Peace, Zillah!" interrupted Burrell; "there was no marriage.
The routing out of a band of lawless smugglers, although commanded by so daring a skipper as Hugh Dalton, was to him a matter of little consideration, compared to the restoration of Zillah Ben Israel, and the positive saving of Constantia Cecil from worse than death: these two motives weighed deeply upon Cromwell's mind, and he would have made any sacrifice to have been assured that his purpose, with regard to both, might be effected before the morning's dawn.
The moment my back's turned thee's into mischief, and the young people are just as bad. Reuben, I might better have left Zillah here." "Do let her come," I exclaimed; "she'll do more good than medicine." "Well, she shall bring thee up thy chicken broth; that will please her wonderfully. Go away, Reuben, and tell Zillah to bring the broth not another word. Does thee feel better, Richard?"
Jonas Fleetword can fight for the truth by strength of hand as well as of voice; the documents shall be heard of at the seat of judgment in our New Jerusalem." Sir Willmott, thus run down on all sides, had now recourse to stratagem. After a brief pause, during which both Zillah and the preacher, as if having come to the same determination, kept silence, he said, "Well; perhaps it is best.
Daily, nay almost hourly, reports come in from all parts of the zillah: now you hear of 'Lahee, blight on some field; now it is 'Ihirka, scorching, or 'Pilooa, caterpillars. In some places the seed may have been bad or covered with too much earth, and the plant comes up straggling and thin. If there is abundant moisture, this must be re-sown.
"Ah, Zillah, and who on earth of our world can you know, or if that were possible what would your word be against the life of a woman so universally admired and beloved, as my wife has been?" "But, I will prove what I say by that book." "Which is just now in my possession, where it is likely to remain. Be content, beautiful Zillah. The fate of Mabel Harrington rests with me.
One held something in her hand, which she looked down upon, now and then, as she talked. After a moment, I became sure that one of these persons was Zillah, and went toward her. The turf on which I walked gave forth no sound, and I moved close to the girl before she could be aware of my presence.
"And Zillah, she also bare Tubal-Cain, an instructor of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubal-Cain was Naamah." Tubal-Cain, a worldly possession; and Naamah, one that by her name should be beautiful. Ver. 23.
Here! there's a telephone box right there you go in now, and call those fellows up and tell 'em to come right along, quick!" He and Lauriston waited while Zillah went into the telephone box: she felt sure that Melky and Purdie would have returned to Praed Street by that time, and she rang up Mrs. Goldmark at the Pawnshop to enquire.
It was Zillah; donned in her scarlet shawl, with a black silk bonnet on her head, and a willow-basket swung to her arm. 'Eh, dear! Mrs. Dean! she exclaimed. 'Well! there is a talk about you at Gimmerton. I never thought but you were sunk in the Blackhorse marsh, and missy with you, till master told me you'd been found, and he'd lodged you here! What! and you must have got on an island, sure?
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