We both pulled up immediately; he had to turn round and go back--a feat attended with some difficulty in such a fog.
This was no less a feat than the plundering of that warlike general, Fairfax, by Moll Cutpurse.
That a man might match himself to attempt such a feat of pedestrianism for a limited period and high stakes is conceivable: but this one does it daily for 11s.
The reverend ordinary will have the extraordinary task of disposing of two lunches and two dinners in four-and-twenty hours--an accomplishment that calls to mind the old familiar feat of the leg of mutton and trimmings.
Your account of your ascent of Primrose Hill is very exciting, but the feat has been performed before.
The old lady could not absolutely congratulate him on his feat of arms, but she did the next thing to it.
The feat was well calculated and exactly accomplished, and Red Fox alighted safely among the grapes.
This feat accomplished, he resolutely led her away up to the crest of the ridge, to a sort of rude little cave which he had found in the side of a rocky ravine.
All of his fellow-colonists should be proud that Mr. Forrest has accomplished a feat which the whole civilized world must admire.
Stuart's great feat of crossing the continent from south to north had been followed by other successful efforts in the same direction.
Some one ought to explain our trust to the world at large, for I am inclined to think that the construction thereof is the greatest feat that men of our race have performed in the field of jurisprudence.
I rather fancy that Hobbes's political feat consisted in giving a new twist to some well worn theories of the juristic order and then inventing a psychology which would justify that twist.
The capitalist who, alone or in conjunction with his fellows, performs some great industrial feat by which he wins money is a welldoer, not a wrongdoer, provided only he works in proper and legitimate lines.
This canal will be one of the greatest engineering feats of the twentieth century; a greater engineering feat than has yet been accomplished during the history of mankind.
It was agreed that this boyish feat was to be for a wager of five pounds, and Phillips to be the umpire.
Jacob speaks of the tract which he had taken out of the hand of the Amorite with his sword and his bow, as a feat of which a warrior might be proud.
Such a feat is for the practice of us that are lawyers, who have the rubric, De ventre inspiciendo.
Unless I am doing some heroic feat every foot, I can't sleep one wink o' nights.
I do the feat like a goodly friar or father confessor, without default.
That is written, it is true, and the verity thereof explored by a thousand experiments; you have learned to do this feat before, I see it.
No feat of pure imagination was likely to disclose what the business really was that had caused me to be identified in this open and flagrant manner with the husband of the luckless circus rider from Vienna.
She had just performed this feat with the greatest efficiency, when by no means the least of her admirers put in an oar.
I think to do what he did by a trick is really more of a feat than to be led by real thought-transference.
This feat of arms raised him high in the estimation of the King, who showed him much favour, and the Princess, hearing of his fame, became very desirous of beholding him.
Vivien, delighted, asked of Merlin in what manner he had achieved this feat of faery, and he told her that he would in time instruct her as to the manner of accomplishing it.
Taking a coin from his pocket, he requested Mr. Silby to attempt the feat upon the slight lock upon the office door, which he tried, and though he labored strenuously, he was unable to move it.
This idea seemed to be utterly incredible, and prompted by his doubts, William attempted the same feat upon the lock on his office door.
It read: “Heartiest congratulations to Captain Ned Napier and his associates on accomplishing the greatest feat of the age; an airship journey from London to New York in twelve hours.
Hoxie, who did that eleven thousand elevation feat skyward had no excuse for such a flight.
He had just realized what it meant to cross the Atlantic ocean over night and the thought that the Flyer had just accomplished an undreamed of feat in the delivery of the Telegram matrices almost unnerved him.
Smith’s system, a feat of memory performed by two brothers among the senior boys, Thomas and Alfred Cammack, which the present writer well remembers, as he was present as a small boy when it occurred.
More than one of us accomplished the hazardous feat of climbing to the top of the tower, whence a fine view could be obtained, on a favourable day, across the Wash into Norfolk.
Traps were set: nets were spread: no quarter was given; and to shoot a female with cub was considered as a feat which merited the warmest gratitude of the neighbourhood.
She rewarded this hazardous feat of gallantry with a present of five thousand pounds.
Now, this is a feat which calls for much less courage.
Why, there was Jack crawling over the sill even as Tom was fairly on the way, proving that the feat was an easy one after all.
And when some particularly daring feat of a Yankee air pilot was mentioned I could just picture you or Tom as the hero.
The magician, won over by the maiden's importunity, offered him his liberty on condition of his performing successfully the difficult feat that he should impose on him.
I will go now;" and Laybold stood up, and tried to walk to the door--a feat which he accomplished with no little difficulty.
Charles was at war with the Danes during his brief reign, and achieved the daring militaryfeat of crossing the Great and Little Belts on the ice, which enabled him to dictate his own terms of peace with the Danes.
Of course he was not found, and the conclusion was that he had dropped into the water and swam ashore, though it was difficult to understand how he had accomplished the feat without detection.
Men and officers, all were bent on the one greatfeat of mounting and gaining the summit.
Mr. Kruger has struggled more and more violently to accomplish this feat as the years advance and he advances in years.
