I pulled any cowboy findsfor him, and he developed a pretty good eye for what I was after and returned the favour.
I'd put my finds from the weekend in the sale: lower minimum bid, and they took a smaller commission than Sotheby's.
Where the flotsam of the deep Finds its wanderings cease, And the shipwrecked sink to sleep On the strand of peace.
In this, Cuchulain finds that the daughter of Ruad is to be given as a tribute to the Fomori, who, according to Prof.
Caroline Finds a Mother The Whitsuntide school treats were being held, and it was Shirley Keeldar who, at the head of the tea-table, kept a place for Robert Moore, and whose temper became clouded when he was late.
How surprised he'll be when he finds out who I am!
And on the left hand was a dangerous quagmire, into which, if even a good man falls, he finds no bottom for his foot to stand on.
It is in songs of an untrammelled lyricism that his art finds its chief opportunity.
However remote may be the expedition on which he is bound, he finds it easy to transport with him the stock from which he derives his subsistence.
The next day he calls on Steele, and finds scores of gentlemen and ladies assembled.
The only opponents to whom the Laureate gives quarter are those in whom he finds something of his own character reflected.
The silly notion that every man has one ruling passion, and that this clue, once known, unravels all the mysteries of his conduct, finds no countenance in the plays of Shakspeare.
He finds that he may blunder without much chance of being detected, that he may reason sophistically, and escape unrefuted.
A nation of barbarians pours down on a rich and unwarlike empire, enslaves the people, portions out the land, and blends the institutions which it finds in the cities with those which it has brought from the woods.
So rolls on the Berline, and the chase after it; till it comes to a dead stop in Varennes, where Drouet finds it--in time to stop departure.
The allies form a huge cordon all round; broken into at points during the spring, but Daun finds at last that Frederick does not mean any invasion; that he, Daun, must be the invader.
Finally, recalcitrant Dumouriez finds safety in flight to the Austrian quarters, and thence to England.
But generally one finds it impossible to trace the like or dislike to its beginning.
So strong was this feeling that it crystallized into a traditionary custom of life, which even poverty finds it hard to overcome.
It had just dawned on his consciousness that he had been blundering frightfully, and his mind stood still for a moment, as a man halts suddenly, when he finds himself in a totally wrong road.
Now I mean to repair it and stucco it anew and paint it handsomely, so that it will be the finest thing in the garth; and when the owner comes and finds the pavilion restored and beautified, he will not fail to question thee concerning it.
Vlaye finds him, he will be as anxious to keep life in him as we are.
He seemed indeed to have no more notion of being parted from her than a dog which finds itself alone with its master among strangers.
It is good educational policy for the teacher to commend at least as often as he findsfault when criticizing a recitation at the blackboard and when discussing the pupils' papers.
In this way the pupil acquires confidence in his own powers, he finds that geometry is not mere memorizing, and he sees that each proposition makes him the master of a large field.
These schools have some strong advocates, it being claimed that every pupil should be introduced to the large branches of knowledge and then allowed to elect the ones in which he findshimself the most interested.
It simplifies the treatment of parallels, however, and the beginner finds it easier to approach the difficulties gradually, through these two cases of perpendiculars.
Satan finds some mischief still For idle hands to do.
Indeed I know, by experience, that if any one in the world has need of patience, and finds it hard to lay in enough for each day's supply, it is a mother.
Had he been willing she would have continued the theme, for the pleasure a poor creature long gnawing her sensations finds in seeing herself from the outside.
Frivolity alone, the habit of romancing to all the pretty women he finds in his way, makes him talk.
Her friendship finds an apt illustration in the case of the Comte de Charleval.
The heartfinds itself in a void which alarms and chills it.
Whenever a lover finds a woman incredulous of the truth of his sentiments, he goes full lengths, every time he has an opportunity, to furnish proofs of his sincerity.
Such a man feels less than any one the need of consolation, but he finds pleasure in showing his tears.
He possesses the art of employing the intelligence he finds in a woman to justify, in the eyes of his reason, the errors into which he draws her.
A man who makes love for the pleasure he findsin it, profits by the smallest advantage; he knows the feeble places and makes himself master of them.
What is dominant in the minds always finds egress when a favorable opportunity is presented, and the very thought of unchastity as something to be avoided, leads to its contemplation, or its creation in the form of temptation.
Whatever preference you have manifested for her; however little precaution you have taken to testify to your passion, she finds nothing in you but cause for scolding.
You only think so, it is true, because your pride finds satisfaction in the thought.
Inasmuch as everybody finds in that the summit of his vanity, nobody has ever thought of reforming the custom, or of examining it to see whether it is a mistake.
In women, he believed, there was an entire absence of that instinctive liking for a square deal and a fair fight which one finds in all men--even the worst.
Today, every Jew finds in the history of his forebears a voluminous record of coolness and perseverance in terrible predicaments--of artful cunning and clever fencing with chance and misfortune.
Both demands, he argued, controverted and combated that upward tendency which finds expression in the law of natural selection.
It is only the man who finds himself utterly helpless in the face of feminine cajolery that must cry, "Get thee behind me, Satan!
Lord Arranmore, returning to England after an absence of twenty misspent years, finds his manly son, Kingston Brooks, unforgiving, and determined to work out his own career.
The engineer of to-day is confronted with a library of acquired results; tables and formulae to the value of folios full have been calculated and recorded; and the student finds everywhere in front of him the footprints of the pioneers.
The speaker buries his meaning; it is for the hearer to dig it up again; and all speech, written or spoken, is in a dead language until it finds a willing and prepared hearer.
This class of man finds a congenial home in artist villages; in the slang of the English colony at Barbizon we used to call them "Snoozers.
They have made so many studies that it has become a habit; they make more, the walls of exhibitions blush with them; and death finds these aged students still busy with their horn-book.
These are the certainties of the engineer; so far hefinds a solid footing and clear views.
There is one man, at least," he said, "who findsthe play interesting.
As Doctor Chicago turns to follow the Sister, he draws in a long breath, for he finds himself face to face with Lady Ruth.
Upon making inquiries of the clerk, he finds that his four fellow-tourists have sauntered out some time since, and as yet failed to return; so John also steps outside.
When John Craig finds himself alone, he does not at once retire to his small room.
In the parlor he finds the mother of the boy whose life he saved.
Hence it is that all of a sudden Sir Lionel finds himself in the midst of half a dozen Arab riders, who bar farther progress.
Doctor Chicago finds a chair, and seats himself, first of all to reflect upon the singular train of events that has marked a red cross in his career since the last sunrise.
Sometimes the way is difficult, indeed, impossible in John's eyes, but the Arab knows the secret, and finds a passage where none appears to exist.
Perhaps his safety is in part due to this; at any rate morning comes andfinds him undisturbed.
There is a gentleman who finds a way to accomplish what he wants.
When John finds himself alone, he sets to work trying to kindle a counter irritant, a congenial flame that will burn in the heart of the actress.
He endeavors to penetrate the darkness--a trace of light finds an entrance under the door and relieves the somber blank.
Below he finds considerable confusion, such as is always seen on board a steamer during a storm.
John tries to study his father in secret, but finds it a hard task.
You'd better let me put it in right off; it's only just to drop it under the eyelid, and it'll work round till it finds the speck.
The eagerness with which the press circulates reports of imposture finds its excuse, not in a manly defence of the truth, but in a morbid disposition to cater to the whims and caprices of the public.
Though often classed as a vulgar superstition, it nevertheless finds expression in the works of some of the best intellects.
What care I how hard it is to rise every morning before six in winter to thaw out the boiler, so long as the night coming finds me seated in the genial glow of the gas log!
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