The universal cold or catarrh of 1729 fell upon London in October and November, and upon York, Plymouth and Dublin about the same time.
It fell upon a rough bench, standing in foul, slime-covered water.
It fell upon them in the river bottoms in fierce, driving gusts; then in sheets that blotted out the forest and wet their very souls.
And it was according to the appearance of the vision which I saw, even according to the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the city: and the visions were like the vision that I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell upon my face.
And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.
Those who were before them said the same:u but that which they had gained, profited them not: and the evils which they had deserved, fell upon them.
Other apostles have been mocked before thee; but the punishment which they scoffed at fell upon such of them as mocked.
The firelight, as it fell upon her, showed the face and form of an old woman, upward of fifty, poorly clad, and garments half torn off in the scuffle.
It fell upon Minnette, sitting still by the window, with a face as cold and white as the moonlight on which she gazed.
It was on November 18th that De Wet assailed the place, and itfell upon the 24th, after a defence which appears to have been a very creditable one.
Upon December 3rd Bruce Hamilton, who had the valuable assistance of Wools-Sampson to direct his intelligence, struck swiftly out from Ermelo and fell upon a Boer laager in the early morning, capturing ninety-six prisoners.
With an iron sickle he lay in wait for his sire, fell upon him, and drove him, grievously wounded, from the encounter.
Ance it fell upon a day, A cauld day and a snell, When we were frae the hunting come, That from my horse I fell.
And ance it fell upon a day, A cauld day and a snell, When we were frae the hunting come, That frae my horse I fell; The Queen o Fairies she caught me, In yon green hill to dwell.
Roxburgh he was my grandfather, Took me with him to bide, And ance it fell upon a day That wae did me betide.
Roxbrugh he was my grandfather, Took me with him to bide, And ance itfell upon a day That wae did me betide.
He then took the Psalter and opened it at hazard, and the first words his eyes fell upon were: 'Thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands; happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.
This afternoon, when Basil sat with her and Aurelia, she took her cithern, and in a low voice sang songs she had heard her mother sing, in the days before shame and sorrow fell upon Theodenantha.
This sin gave him liberty, but scarce had he come forth when a torment of the soul, far worse than that of his body, fell upon him.
So I fell upon a scheme to get at the inquiry without seeming to make it.
Putting Strato close to him, and pressing the bare sword with both hands on the handle, he fell upon it and died.
For the ships of Brutus[569] fell upon them, and destroyed a large force that was coming to Caesar from Italy, and only a very few of the men escaped, who were compelled by famine to eat the sails and ropes.
I fell upon my knees before the brute, my hunting-knife extended straight before me, and held with all the strength of my arm.
And it fell upon a day, when the daughter was well grown, that one of the hunters, whose labor it was to kill the tigers of the country, brought a dead one to the palace of the king.
It fell upon a day that a stranger passed that way, and the lazy man asked him to please gather some fruit and put it into his mouth, as he hungered.
And it fell upon a day that the children waited and watched for their mother's return until they were hungry, for all day had they had no food.
When I was a young maiden, it fell upon a day that my heart grew hot with anger.
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