Did his Grace, in short, look forward to a grand National Railway from the Atlantic to the Pacific?
Did his Grace, let it be asked, when pointing to our North-Western boundary line, look forward at that time to the shores of the Pacific as being "the end of the West and the beginning of the East?
He did his best, but that was not good enough for the squatter, who took him to a magistrate, and had him flogged by the official scourger.
He did not curse and swear more than was considered decent and proper on board ship, did his duty, and avoided quarrels.
While in his cabin, he had been spending what he believed to be the last minutes of his life in preparing for death; he did his best to make peace with heaven, and tried to pray.
Jack, who knew the hound's pedigree better than hedid his own.
Oh, I dare say we shall,' replied Sir Harry, who kept his hounds as he did his carriages, to be used when wanted.
No one canvassed for the young Under-Secretary with more persistent zeal than did his father, who, when Phineas first spoke of going into Parliament, had produced so many good arguments against that perilous step.
Seeing these things Mr. Low could not maintain his old opinion as stoutly as did his wife.
At this period he did his best to keep out of Mr. Kennedy's way, and would be very cunning in his manoeuvres that they should not be alone together.
As a matter of record, Churchill's soldiering never seemed to interfere with his writing, nor, in a fight, did his duty to his paper ever prevent him from mixing in as a belligerent.
He believed as honestly, as fanatically in the right to hold slaves as did his father in the faith of the Covenanters.
It was a coincidence that he entered Parliament at the same age as did his father.
He did his best, however, to make the boy's situation attractive; allowed him frequent opportunities for play, and praised his habit of reading in the evening and at all other times possible.
If he had remained in Boston, attacking the officials of the English Government with his pen, the governor might have put him in prison, as he did his brother.
Cotton Mather examined its claims, and so did his father, Increase Mather; and both endorsed it.
Nevertheless, he did his best to pull himself together and look unconcerned, willing, obedient, considerate of those above him.
And as he stepped out into the overseer's room again he experienced a peculiar sense of depression, a gone feeling which before this had not assailed him and which now he did his best to conceal.
He felt, for him, an astonishingly strange feeling, a desire to cry, which he did his best to overcome; it shocked him so.
He could do everything, and have (if not a word) a cheerful grin for every man who did his duty.
During this speech, which had much to recommend it, Richard, as I have told you, did his thinking by himself.
With one furious cry of rage he did his best to turn, displaying a flexibility of body and limb which was quite astonishing in so clumsy an animal.
His friends persuaded him to go away, and, feeling that he could not bear to see his old pet actually die, he consented and went into the house, where he did his best to forget the sad episode.
He did his best to call to her, to cry out, but he was going deeper and deeper into the dream, and in a very few seconds knew nothing more.
He did hisbest to follow the herd, but, as the days went on, he grew weaker and weaker.
At the same time the very able French ambassador at the Hague, D'Avaux, did his utmost to foment the divisions and factions in the Provinces.
Vendôme did his best to cut off Eugene's supplies of munitions and stores, and at one time the besiegers were reduced to straits.
He complained bitterly, as did his vice-admirals De Ruyter and De With, to the Board of Admiralty of the inferiority of the vessels of his fleet, as compared with those of the adversary.
Joe did not find it exactly easy to fill the rôle of two performers, but he did his best, and cheerfully, for he felt he owed a debt of gratitude to Jim Tracy for giving him a chance in the circus.
He might dive into the tank and pull Benny out, for Joe had more than once on a hot day cooled off in the water in which the "human fish" did his act.
Then he did his "sleep act" and came up to receive merited applause.
So did his hair, just grizzled with an iron-grey which was all brushed off his forehead, and stood bolt upright, or slightly drooped in kindred action with his heavy eyelids.
Old Martin regarded him in amazement; sodid his companions.
Pandering to the worst of human passions was the office of his nature; and faithfully he did his work!
So did his person, which was sleek though free from corpulency.
The doctor knew, however, that it was his duty to struggle to the last, and he did his utmost to encourage poor Dan.
Though he could not keep these thoughts from entering his own mind, he did his best to cheer up the little girl by assuming a confidence which he himself did not feel.
And though he did his utmost to keep up strict discipline, he was obliged to humour them more than he would have been justified in doing under other circumstances.
Foxhall knew he could not stop the car, and to his credit let it be said that he did his best to avoid striking and smashing the wagon--and succeeded.
With a faint smile, the batter shrugged his shoulders, and then he did his best to meet the next pitched ball, which seemed to be the kind he especially relished.
His hot temper was governed, and a torrent of angry words was often checked; while he did his best to trample out the dislike it was impossible not to feel for his uncle.
Ah, well, he thought he sang sweetly, and so did his mother; so it came to the same thing.
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