He told me that after his first coming he had not a patient for a month, and that he was so disheartened that he very nearly made a moonlight exodus.
He wanted eight and sixpence on account of something that the last tenant either had or had not done.
But I was conscious of a vague unrest, of a constant want of repose, of an emptiness and hardness which I had not noticed in life before.
I had not been at home more than a few days when my father called me into the study after breakfast one morning and spoke very seriously as to our financial position.
What "Armed Transport" might mean I had not an idea, but I thought it well to include it, as he seemed so particular about it himself.
As to the strength of his case, he had not a doubt about it, but clearly saw his way to the verdict.
The drum's was the only voice in Saint Antoine that blood and hurry had not changed.
I had not thought of both; I should not think either, likely.
It had not lasted a minute, when he nodded and went out.
It had not occurred to anybody in the crowd--that simple trick of inquiring about somebody who wasn't ten thousand miles away.
I had not thought of that, it being but of small consequence.
And so I ventured to ask once more a question which I had asked years before and had gotten such a sharp answer that I had not thought it prudent to meddle in the matter further.
He had not to wait many minutes, however, for he soon heard her dress rustling in the hall, followed by a soft closing of the door.
If Henchard had only waited long enough he might at least have avoided loss though he had not made a profit.
He had not heard of his first wife for many years.
It was more interesting riding thus alone, for I heard the comments of the crowd.
And finally listen to this: 'The state of feeling in the city is not satisfactory.
Ay, sir; but the others rest in a room just above, and are within sound of a cry or a whistle.
The report is rather full of interest this afternoon," he observed, sitting down.
However, the situation had changed some minutes before, and wehad not perceived.
I think that, in the excess of his joy, the Canadian, if he had not talked so much, would have killed them all.
This fact, so grave in itself, might perhaps have been forgotten like many others if, three weeks after, it had not been re-enacted under similar circumstances.
Both eyes and glasses, a little dazzled, it is true, by the prospect of two thousand dollars, had not an instant's repose.
He had not, in all the scuffle, drawn a single drop of blood from me.
But to whatever motive, direct or indirect, the cause may be referred, I had not been in his possession three whole days, before he subjected me to a most brutal chastisement.
I had not a cent of money, and lacked two dollars toward paying our fare from Newport, and our baggage not very costly--was taken by the stage driver, and held until I could raise the money to redeem it.
There was no sorrow nor suffering for which shehad not a tear, and there was no innocent joy for which she did not a smile.
On the contrary, his austere face was even more severe than usual as he commented upon the things that I had done and the things that I had not.
We had not long to wait, for our Norfolk squire came straight from the station as fast as a hansom could bring him.
I say that he would have proposed such a bargain to me, but he did not actually do so, for events moved too quickly for him, and he had not time to put his plans into practice.
I had not been in my study five minutes when the maid entered to say that a person desired to see me.
I confess that I had not up to now taken a very serious view of the case, which had seemed to me rather grotesque and bizarre than dangerous.
To Paris," he said, quite at hazard; for he had not in the least determined where to go.
I had not, it is true, tasted the charms of affection, but I had been familiar with the graces of humanity.
I had not been in the house an hour, when an imposing Embassy arrived from him.
Faithful to his orders, he had not risked a fight with me, but had rushed straight to the door of the King's room, opened it and slammed it behind him.
Yet even he did not understand, for he had not dared to lift his eyes to the Princess Flavia, as I had lifted mine.
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.
I too had woven a kind of basket of a delicate texture, but I had not made it worth any one's while to buy them.
There is a work in several volumes in our Circulating Library entitled "Little Reading," which I thought referred to a town of that name which I had not been to.
Their intimacy, begun at Grand Isle, had not declined, and they had seen each other with some frequency since their return to the city.
Mrs. Pontellier was glad he had not assumed a similar role toward herself.
Father Fochel of the Cathedral had attempted to explain it; but he had not done so to her satisfaction.
Ah, if only he could have foreseen it--but then, he would have foreseen it, if he had not been a fool!
About midnight Marija and Elzbieta came home, exclaiming in alarm when they found that Ona had not come.
They say that the best dog will turn cross if he be kept chained all the time, and it was the same with the man; he had not a thing to do all day but lie and curse his fate, and the time came when he wanted to curse everything.
Dede Antanas had died of the struggle to earn that money--he would have been alive and strong today if he had not had to work in Durham's dark cellars to earn his share.
And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering: 4:5 But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect.
And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed.
And the LORD magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and bestowed upon him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel.
And David girded his sword upon his armour, and he assayed to go; for he had notproved it.
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