We were not allowed to sit in her presence, but had to stand all the time.
She had a great many pillows, all beautifully embroidered, which were placed on the bed during the daytime; but had a particular one stuffed with tea leaves on which she slept.
His voice was not absolutely new, but had I never heard it but once before?
But had I not been told by some one in league with this enemy, that every place but the recess in the bank was exempt from danger?
He had marked it as it lay; had thrown it, as his occasions required, from one spot to another; but had felt no inclination to examine its contents, or even to inquire what was the subject of which it treated.
It was pleasant with coffee, but had a slight rankness when drunk pure; it soon thickens to a glue, which is excessively tenacious, and is often used to cement broken crockery.
We gathered several quite ripe ones; they were pleasant to the taste, of the true pineapple flavour, but had an abundance of fully developed seeds, and only a small quantity of eatable pulp.
It appeared that he had made great exertions to introduce white labour, but had failed, after having brought numbers of men from Portugal and other countries under engagement to work for him.
It resembled beef, but had a richer and sweeter taste.
He was so," said the elderly individual; "but had it not been for Broughton, I question whether Ben would have ever been the fighter he was.
I am sorry Madam I haue hurt your kinsman: But had it beene the brother of my blood, I must haue done no lesse with wit and safety.
Peruse them well: Not one of those, but had a Noble father.
But had he died in the Businesse Madame, how then?
He did bespeake a Chain for me, but hadit not Cur.
During all this time, Little Gavroche, who alone had not quitted his post, but had remained on guard, thought he espied some men stealthily approaching the barricade.
Riderhood had not done the deed, but had resolved in his malice to turn against her father, the appearances that were ready to his hand to distort.
He had never varied his ground an inch, but had in the beginning diffidently taken the corner upon which the side of the house gave.
There were still other friends of their souls who were not entitled to be asked to dinner, but had a claim to be invited to come and take a haunch of mutton vapour-bath at half-past nine.
They expected me home before Christmas; but had no idea of my returning so soon.
My aunt, I may observe, allowed my horse on the forbidden ground, but hadnot at all relented towards the donkeys.
Because I have ceased to believe--" "But had it nothing to do with Lady Sunderbund?
This morning she was dressed in grey that was nevertheless not grey but had an effect of colour, and there was a thread of black along the lines of her body and a gleam of gold.
He did not live with his family while in London, but had lodgings of his own, like a gay young bachelor.
He was rather thinner than when we last saw him, but had gained in majesty and solemnity of demeanour.
He rose TO GO; but had a sudden inspiration; very sudden, of course.
It was probably by their influence that he was induced to deliver to the Sheriffs on the scaffold a declaration which he had transcribed and signed, but had not, it is to be hoped, composed or attentively considered.
That mighty potentate had not only withdrawn his troops from the factories, but had bestowed on the Company privileges such as it had never before enjoyed.
In 1689 a committee of the Commons had been appointed to investigate the subject, but had made no report.
The names of Whig and Tory had been carried across Saint George's Channel, but had in the passage lost all their meaning.
The men of Kerry, reputed the fiercest and most ungovernable part of the aboriginal population, had held out long, but had at length been routed, and chased to their woods and mountains.
He was an amiable country gentleman, but had none of his father's great genius, and was quite unfit for such a post in such a storm of parties.
Goody,' so called, who was positive on the subject, but had a strange horror of referring to an affair of which she was thought to know something .
Thus Tobias had not only his own early poverty to resent, but had a hereditary grudge against fortune, and "the base indifference of mankind.
He had succeeded in raising himself to a position of vast power, but had failed in attaining the great object of his ambition--the crowned sovereignty of the nation he had stirred to its centre, and conquered to its furthest limits.
To her request that this favour might be granted, the king had promised compliance from time to time, but had as frequently postponed the fulfilment of his word.
She had seen much and varied society, had been greatly admired in her youth, but had chosen to remain unmarried.
Then she remembered that Emilia had spoken of going on board the yacht, to superintend some arrangements, but had said no more about it, when she opposed it.
Her complexion had lost by out-door life something of its delicacy, but had gained a freshness and firmness that no sunlight could impair.
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