His groping hand encountered stone and, by feeling it all over, he discovered that it was a sort of stone slab, or couch, raised a foot or eighteen inches from the ground.
Then, to his astonishment, he discovered that it was not a window at all but a lens.
I was on the campus, walking toward the main building, when I saw a big copper penny lying on the ground, and, on picking it up, I discovered that it bore the year of my birth.
After the election, when we analyzed the vote county by county, we discovered that in every county whose residents were principally Americans the amendment was carried, whereas in all counties populated largely by foreigners it was lost.
When he discovered that he was in the clutches of a suit of second-hand clothes filled with wax, he seemed to be greatly annoyed and strode rapidly away.
He put it in his vest pocket, and after he had unloaded the hay he discovered that he had lost it, and no doubt had pitched the whole load into the mow on top of it.
When I came out I discovered that it was too late to see the collection, even if I could find it, for at 6 o'clock they take the relics in and put them into a refrigerator till morning.
Another hour passed, and he discovered that, if his presence had not been marked by the members of the Torres household, it was at least exciting comment elsewhere in the neighborhood.
When I discovered that he cared for that girl--well, if you overheard you must know.
Once, indeed, he heard the name that had been ringing so steadily in his ears, and it gave him a wild thrill until he discovered that it was only a negress calling to her child.
And having thrashed the postmaster's son until not a clean spot was left on him, he discovered that he now had a crow to pluck with the sons of all the fine folks, or else they would hold him up to ridicule.
The hardest blow of all was when he discovered that he was of no importance to the girls, had no place at all in their thoughts of men.
One of the people who investigate writings has discovered that it is said to lie behind the ice," declared the master solemnly.
They were grateful for it, and he discovered that it gave him much pleasure.
For a time he stood stupidly gaping by the doorpost; then he discovered that he was not tied up, and began to rush up and down.
Leaving the taper burning, I groped along in the dark, following the cord through windings innumerable, in some of which I discovered that, after toiling a long distance, I was brought back within a foot or two of a former position.
I had not been long connected with him before I discovered that he was wonderfully fond of interfering with other people's business--at least with the business of those who were under his control.
At last he discovered that he could make nothing of me, and departed with the scowl of Caiaphas, whilst I cried after him, 'The roots of Ararat are deeper than those of Rome.
At last he discovered that he could make nothing of me, and departed with the scowl of Caiaphas, whilst I cried after him: 'The roots of Ararat are deeper than those of Rome'.
I write this with sorrow and I should be pleased if I discovered that I was in error and that my present attitude was a reaction.
On the contrary I discovered that I had no rights as a man because I was an Indian.
There was a moment of gorgeous abandon, a flash of melodrama such as he found in traffic-driving, when he laid out a clean collar, discovered thatit was frayed in front, and tore it up with a magnificent yeeeeeing sound.
He discovered thathe actually did not consider the Traction group quite honest.
Before long, he discovered that he could climb up on the hopper, and then he helped me up.
Those who rode onward, however, discovered that we had reached only an oasis in the desert, and that six miles ahead of us lay another pitiless barren stretch.
Our dislike of the man became intense; and later, when we discovered that he was to be bartender at grandpa's bar, and board at our house, we held an indignation meeting in the back yard.
When he came out to greet the visitor, he discovered that it was the senior officer of the Chung Shun mansion.
I fancied that some one must have come to steal it, so I crept up to a hole in the window; but, lo, I discovered that it was no one from our own village.
He discovered that it was the girl, whom he had, some time ago beheld under the cinnamon roses, drawing the character "Ch'iang.
One may then imagine the paroxysm of rage with which he was seized when he discovered that, during the whole of the legal process, his son Wilfrid had been making love to Elizabeth Woodruffe, the only child of his enemy.
As we stood, I discovered that I had been a little mistaken about the position of the Hall.
But I did not yet know how much additional force his insinuation with regard to the motive of my labours in the library would gain if it should be discovered thatsuch a volume was in my possession.
Leglosse had already engaged a cab, and when I joined him I discovered thathe had also brought a Sicilian police official with him.
It was only on chancing to look out of the window that that I discovered that we were no longer in the gaily-lighted thoroughfares, but were entering another and dingier part of the town.
I discovered that he had already engaged a table, arranged the menu, and bespoken the wines.
What was more, I discovered that he had been seen in London within the previous twenty-four hours.
It was with relief that we discovered that no person answering at all to his description was located there.
But when I came to the end of the matter I discovered that my conscience, which had urged me along, was gone also.
Then it will be discovered that we all agree on this question and the main barrier to Christian union will be removed.
But when I came to the end of the business I discovered that my conscience, that had urged me along, was gone also.
I discovered thatthousands of people had died as martyrs for all kinds of religions and sects, and that each claimed to have the truth and to teach the right way to heaven.
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