About half a mile from the house a modest river ran; on each side of it were grass-covered fields and hills, and in some places there were extensive tracks of woodlands.
In about half an hour more, just as I was beginning to be a little sleepy, she said: "Where is that gun?
At first she did not answer him, but then she called back: "In about half an hour.
About half-past two or three o'clock, General Sherman, with another and myself, crept in as close as possible and reconnoitred the position.
In about half an hour I heard the clear ring of the navy-guns; the fire gradually increasing in rapidity and advancing toward the fort.
About half an hour afterward General Buell himself rode up to where I was, accompanied by Colonels Fry, Michler, and others of his staff.
About half a mile from the forks was a clear field, through which the road passed, and, immediately beyond, a space of some two hundred yards of fallen timber, and beyond that an extensive rebel camp.
Found ourselves at sunrise at the end of our boat journey, bathed in the river, and started for Islamabad, about half a kos off.
About half-way we came upon the merry ring of axes among the trees, and found a party of natives constructing a log-house for the benefit of travellers towards Ladak.
About half way we stopped for about an hour for the bearers to partake of a light entertainment of "ghee and chupatties" -- otherwise, rancid butter and cakes of flour and water.
Moving on, I put my head down toward the pommel of my saddle and listened intently, trying to locate and interpret the sound, continuing in this position till we had crossed Mill Creek, about half a mile from Winchester.
It was an old weather-beaten house, of one story, about half a mile distant from 'Squire Newcome's residence.
About half a mile from the village in the bleakest and most desolate part of the town, stood the Poor House.
About half-past ten Paul started on his way to Mr. Danforth's counting-room.
A learned folklorist of my acquaintance hereby identifies Alan's air.
His car came in about half an hour ago; he and Joe Butler went down to the courts without coming into the club at all," Rachael said.
He complained of a headache after dinner, and they went home at about half-past ten.
The wind was strong from the north, and we travelled at about five miles per hour, the lake expanding as we rounded a promontory until it attained a width of about half a mile.
There is a solitary dry spot near this, the heart of desolation--a tumulus of about half an acre, like the back of a huge tortoise, is raised about five feet above the highest water level.
We had fallen asleep; but in about half an hour we were awoke by another tremendous splash, and once more this mad beast came charging directly at us as though unhurt.
About half-an-hour before sunset I observed the head of a hippopotamus emerge from the bank of high grass that fringed the lake.
Forest and bush clothed the banks of the river, but this formed a mere fringe for a depth of about half a mile, beyond which all was open prairie.
All occurred in a level area of shifting sand, sixty yards by twenty, situated among some high sand-hillocks, and at the distance of about half a mile from a chain of hills four or five hundred feet in height.
At an estancia near Las Vacas large numbers of mares are weekly slaughtered for the sake of their hides, although worth only five paper dollars, or about half a crown apiece.
He removed the placenta, and in about half an hour the woman was delivered of a full-term white female child.
The Dyak uses a sumpitan, or blow-tube, which is about seven feet long, and having a bore of about half an inch.
At one point, about half-way between the two places, the road goes over a low pass in the mountains in which there is a very quaint old town, the inhabitants of which at that day were nearly all full-blooded Indians.
About half my school-days in Georgetown were spent at the school of John D.
About half-past one the fleet withdrew, seeing their efforts were entirely unavailing.
Between these two headlands there was about half a mile of yellow sandy beach on which the waves rolled with a dull roar, fringing the wet sands with many coloured wreaths of sea-weed and delicate shells.
The jury returned in about half an hour, and there was a dead silence as the foreman stood up to deliver the verdict.
Vandeloup came up about half-past eight o'clock, having met Pierre as arranged.
About half a mile above the boathouse the stream forked, one of its branches coming from the west, the other from the east.
Hazel let drop the sail, for they were now fairly in the smooth water of the bay, and close to the sandy spit; the gigantic stem of the palm-tree was on their quarter, about half a mile off.
The problem was to weight the birds just so much that they might be able to fly three or four hundred miles, or about half as far as their unencumbered companions.
He knew that to the right must be the sea on the north, about half a mile or so.
After passing through the locks, we had poled ourselves through the canal here, about half a mile in length, to the boatable part of the river.
There was another similar sandy tract about half a mile above this.
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