In this speech I justified all those measures which I had before condemned, and pleaded as earnestly with my fellow-citizens to open their purses, as I had formerly done to prevail with them to keep them shut.
We had beforeus a great bay, so deep that it was impossible to see the end of it from the crow's-nest; but for the moment there was no chance of getting in.
He showed visible signs of surprise when he found out, by reading the name on the ship's side, that it was the Fram he had before him.
In my opinion, on a long journey such as that we had before us, the ski must be perfectly steady.
A sledge journey of the kind we had before us is a serious undertaking, and the work has to be done seriously.
Got away well considering, and arrived at Waka in time for a late breakfast in the little native serai, where we had before halted.
The women here, and those we met on the road during the last two marches, wore a curious head-dress, differing from anything of the kind we had before seen.
For the first time we had now to put on grass shoes or sandals; and though they felt strange at first, we soon found that they were absolutely necessary for the work we had before us.
Eyvind then made these verses:-- "One lord I had before thee, Harald!
There Gudbrand held a Thing with them, and said, "A man is come to Loar who is called Olaf, and will force upon us another faith than what we had before, and will break in pieces all our gods.
Children he had before; married he was at that time, yet, concealing it from her, he insinuated himself into her good graces, and obtained her consent for marriage.
And now, gentlemen of the jury, those observations I had before mentioned, I shall attempt to lay before you in order to assist you in making a true judgment of the matter committed to your charge.
I had before apprized Mr Cranstoun of our intended journey; and he waited upon me the next morning after our arrival at my uncle's.
Securing his little bark, the Onondago led the way up the ravine, and brought us out on the naked cap of the mountain, where we had before slept, after an hour of extreme effort.
Joshua returned to his desk, and hastily added these words to the despatch, which he had before commenced: "Whatever may now happen, it will be impossible for Djalma to leave Batavia at present.
You understand, father, that, if even I had before hesitated to break these bonds, what I have heard yesterday must have rendered my decision irrevocable.
The following day Mr. Park set out for Madiboo, in company with the dooty's brother, who promised to carry his saddle, which he had beforeleft at Kea.
He had before attempted to enter the gate, and on being prevented, informed the people of his danger.
A fine red sand covered the pathway, which they found to be in much better condition than any they had before seen.
The resistance and the terror of Anne had effectually banished from his heart the guilty passion it had before harboured; for emotions like his, and in such a nature, are quick of change.
The distance we had before us, from this spot to the Pole and back, was 683 miles.
I rose from my seat and looked at him steadily; he returned me glance for glance, A strange thrill ran through me, followed by that inexplicable sensation of absolute calm that I had before experienced.
I nerved myself to the task I had before me, and within an hour the fair casket of what had been Zara lay on an open bier in the little chapel, lights burning round it, and flowers strewn above it in mournful profusion.
My guardian Angel pointed to those rays of light I had before noticed, that slanted downwards towards Earth in the form of a Cross.
Upon it I found rude drawings of camels, and of mountain and other goats, resembling those which I had before seen, and those which I saw afterwards in the Wady Mokatteb.
Upon several blocks near it I saw inscriptions in the same character as those which I had before seen, but they were so much effaced as to be no longer legible.
Passing around then to the west front, I had before me a contrast in a brilliant group marshalled by my friend and classmate Colonel Theodore Lyman, in the centre of which rose the stately figure in full uniform of Major-General Meade.
I had before invited Mr. Grey to visit me in St. Louis, for his seeming helplessness appealed to me from the first.
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