The count smiled at his pretty visitor and heldout his hand, which she seized and pressed to her bosom.
Cherami unfolded the banknote which he heldin his hand, and was thunderstruck when he saw that it was for a thousand francs.
Cherami filled two glasses; Auguste took one of them with a firm hand, touched it to the one held by the ex-beau, muttered a few unintelligible words, and swallowed the wine at a single gulp.
Adolphine held a book in her hand, but she was not reading it; she was musing, and her face still wore a sad expression.
That is to say, you said it when you shouldn't have, andheld your tongue when you should have answered.
Gustave angrily resumed his seat at the table, and held out his plate, saying to his companion: "Very good!
As he spoke, the player handed Cherami a twenty-franc piece; but in order to take it, he would have had to open the hand which he held tightly closed, and then they would have seen that he had nothing in it.
In that case, you are not the old friend that you held yourself out to be?
Thereupon the young man, whom Cherami held by the arm, could not restrain a paroxysm of rage, crying: "Oh!
Monsieur de Maugrille made a wry face and heldhis peace, and the count returned to the table.
But Adolphine held out her hand, and he pressed it in his with such force that the girl was deeply moved; for Gustave had never manifested so much pleasure at sight of her.
The last paragraph seemed to have soothed Fanny's despair in some measure; however, she covered her eyes with her handkerchief, and held it so for some time.
Cherami's arguments were of no avail; Monsieur Courbichon held his ground.
Fathers held him up to their sons as a dreadful warning, and then made it a point to drop in and tell him what they thought of him with a sly wink that pleased and never offended him.
Then he lifted Harvey bodily from the floor and held him up against the wall, his big hand on his throat.
He winked violently at Annie from the security of the portière, which he held at arm's length as a shield.
A sense of shame, a certain element of pride, held them back.
He held up the dime Harvey had given him and squinted at it as if it were almost too small to be seen with the naked eye.
While Gerardin was held he received pathetic letters from his wife and family begging him to come home.
Here kite number eight, a six-footer, caught in a tree and held the line for a few seconds until its own cord broke, under the strain, and set the other kites free.
This is arranged before sending up the apparatus, the boom being properly placed and held in position by means of guy cords from the main kite-line.
During the special session of the legislature convened in the fall of 1839 (the first one held at Springfield), the House of Representatives occupied this church, the State House being unfinished.
The result was that the runaway kites were finally anchored by the main line, and held fast until their owner, coming in quick pursuit on ferryboat and train, could secure them.
He said to his pupils and several others that if I held to the low guard he would disarm me every time I raised my foil.
We think you will have a certain amount of trouble in that;" and thousands and thousands of the little rivets that held everything together whispered: "You will!
But those who desired the removal of the capital to Springfield were very anxious to effect the proposed combination, and a meeting was held to see if it could be accomplished.
He is arrested and held in the city jail to await the trial of the murderer.
A most dramatic case of this kind occurred at a political meeting held one evening in the Springfield court-room, which at that date was temporarily in a hall under Stuart and Lincoln's law office.
I had expected Pole-Carew to force me off the railway line along which we held some rather strong positions, and I intended to offer a stout resistance.
The only loophole in the enemy's lines seemed to be in the direction of Pietersburg on the portion held by General Plumer, who seemed far too busy capturing cattle and sheep from the "bush-lancers" to surround us closely.
Meanwhile, the enemy's left reached right up to Schoonpoort, where some burghers, who held good positions, were able to fight them.
My personal opinion was stated just before the war at a public meeting, held in Johannesburg, where I said: "If we are driven to war we must not rely for deliverance on foreign powers, but on God and the Mauser.
Frequently we held out for hours notwithstanding severe punishment.
The Boers held their ground with determination, and many charges were repulsed by the burghers with great bravery.
Close by Newcastle we encountered a large number of commandos, and a general council of war was held under the presidency of Commandant General Joubert.
Botha asked if Scholtz held an authoritative letter or document from the English general, to which the Doctor replied in the negative.
I received a reply some days later, requesting me to leave my commando at Kroomdraai and proceed to see him, as an important Council of War was to be held between the various generals and the Government.
Here a meeting was held by the Executive Council, and attended by the Commandant-General, General Jan Smuts, General C.
In accordance with this letter, President Steyn and Generals De Wet and De la Rey joined our Government, and a meeting washeld later on.
King of Hanover,[709] the Master of the Rolls held that the King of Hanover was liable to be sued in the Courts of England in respect of any acts done by him as an English subject.
This opinion is generally held by those who assert that there is a fundamental right of intercourse between States.
The first Pan-American Conference held at Washington in 1889 created the International Union of the American Republics for prompt collection and distribution of commercial information.
The Court held that in absence of any recognition of the Columbian insurgents as a belligerent Power the Ambrose Light had been lawfully seized as a pirate.
The year 1721 is epoch-making because with the Peace of Nystaedt Russia enters as a member into the Family of Nations, in which she at once held the position of a Great Power.
Each time a sentry challenged I struck the matches on the box and held them in front of the red seal.
When the representatives of other countries fled our people not only stayed on the job but held down the jobs of those who were forced to move away.
In the other hand I held ready a couple of matches.
It is chiefly known for its haricot beans, and since the Romans held it under Caesar it has been besieged many times.
As yet no one who had held me up had suggested I should turn back, and as long as I was willing to be arrested it seemed as though I might accompany the German army even to the gates of Paris.
With the sandwich still in my hand, I held up my arms high and asked who spoke English.
The directors' meetings should not be heldin secret.
The hills they occupied had been held that morning by the Germans, and the trenches and fields were strewn with their accoutrement.
After several hours a friend in another trench held up a bag of tobacco and some cigarette-papers and in pantomime "dared" him to come for them.
For Liege was still held by the Belgians, and they believed that all along the line they were holding back the German army.
Chapter IX "Under Fire" One cold day on the Aisne, when the Germans had just withdrawn to the east bank and the Allies held the west, the French soldiers built huge bonfires and huddled around them.
For generations over that part of the public garden the children have held sway.
When you held a piece of it between your eye and the sun it glowed with a light that never was on land or sea.
So I tried to explain some of the views that have been held about them.
At first she held her breath and bit the pillow during the pain, but then she began screaming on an unseemly piercing note.
He gasped, he did not know what to say; with one hand he held her hand and with the other the blue material.
There are a great many opinions in the world, and a good half of them are held by people who have never been in trouble!
In the red circle of light cast by the lamp in the road, a fresh pair or trio of impatient horses, and the silhouette of a coachman with his handsheld out stiffly before him, would come into view.
Before that period it had only held the first rank, there being four others as well, the wolf, the minotaur, the horse and the wild boar, each of which preceded a single division.
The abolition of all four-flag hoists for general signals will very greatly increase the Rapidity with which communication can be held by means of the International Code of Signals.
From the ends of this cross-piece, whether it held a vexillum or not, hung ribbons with silver ivy leaves at the ends.
In refusing to give up the spoils taken on this occasion, the allies explained to Edward I that when the "baucan" had been raised in an engagement of this kind no one could be held responsible for life or property taken[374].
During the Civil War the Lord High Admiral's standard held a very anomalous position.
I speak the sentiments held by my father and every right-minded man in our city--ay!
But yet another fort, that of Lammen, the strongest of all, remained, held by the main body of the enemy.
Their parents were greatly pleased at this, in token of which they held a feast that same day, with dancing and other festivities.
Father Alonso Rodriguez held another mission in a little village called Ugyao, where he baptized twenty-eight persons, among whom was the wife of the chief of the village; she was afterward an instrument for the conversion of many.
This office he held until 1606, when he was made viceroy of Peru.
A third mission was held in this village during Lent of the year one thousand six hundred, by Father Melchior Hurtado, who had gone to these islands in the previous year with the father-visitor.
Another mission was held at Catubig; this village is farthest from the residence, for it is at the extremity of the island of Ibabao, which is very large.
Overjoyed that they had assigned this field to Father Gabriel Sanchez, whom he held in great esteem, the said Don Diego went in person to Bohol with a ship, expressly to convey Father Sanchez, and carried him to their Tanai.
Afterward, Father Juan de Torres held another mission in the same town, and our Lord made him joyful by granting him another rich haul, when he cast from the pulpit the net of the word of God, in order to fish for souls.
The Swede held a huge fist in front of Johnnie's face, while the latter looked steadily over it into the blazing orbs of his accuser.
He plunged past her and disappeared, taking the long-familiar routes among these upper chambers, where he had once held office as a sort of second assistant house-maid.
He was alone, fronting all the traditions of boyhood held before him by inexorable representatives.
His mother held him by the arm, and began to search his pockets.
It raised and swelled to a sinister note, and then it sang on the night wind one long call that held the crowd in the park immovable, speechless.
She straightened with the coldness of the exterior mother-judgment, although the hand that held the lamp trembled slightly.
If he heldout properly, he was sure of a welcome of love, even though he should drip with crimes.
She held an iron spoon, and it seemed as if she was going to attack them.
Horace had turned towards home several times, but, as a matter of fact, this scene held him in a spell.
Whereupon each boy held his left forefinger as if it were a pencil and began to sharpen it derisively with his right forefinger.
A straw hat with a bright silk band was heldhalf crumpled in his hand.
This principle still held out, and it was the only thing between him and submission.
The doctor turned and heldboth arms to the dark figure.
The match took place probably at Alston sports, then held annually on Easter Monday and Tuesday--on the same days that a two-days main of cocks was fought.
His forefathers had heldthe fell farm--a very extensive one, carrying between two and three thousand sheep--for generations.
William Dennison, uncle to the bone-setter, by trade a nailer, figured conspicuously for several years at the Easter fights held at Alston.
Soon after arriving, the king held a meeting for athletic contests.
It occurred at a Bridewain held in the Vale of Lorton.
At the Langwathby annual Rounds, held on New Year's day, in 1818, Richardson carried off the head prize of two guineas, finally throwing John Dobson of Cliburn.
Wrestling and other sports were being held there the same day.
Accordingly, he put in an appearance at the races held at Penrith early in October, where a large muster of first-rate men had assembled.
The weather at the Carlisle meeting held in September, 1816, turned out to be extremely wet and uncomfortable, on both first and second days.
At the Carlisle races, heldin September, worse luck followed Weightman in contending for the head prize than had done on the previous year--being thrown in the first round by John Fearon of Gilcrux.
It drove me mad to think that I and all that I held most dear should be in the power of such a man as this.
He unwound the handkerchief and held out his hand.
One of them held the horse’s head while the other led us in.
He held out his snuffbox of old gold, with a great amethyst in the centre of the lid.
She held up one shaking finger to warn me to be silent, and she shot a few whispered words of broken English at me, her eyes glancing back, like those of a frightened horse, into the gloom behind her.
He advanced slowly into the room, turning his head from left to right, and swinging in his right hand the cord which held his golden eye-glasses.
But that my girl should be entangled in the same meshes which held me was more than I could suffer.
I was recalled to myself by a frantic plucking at my wrist, and I found myself lying upon the stone floor of a narrow corridor, while a woman bent over me and tugged at me with her left hand, while she held a candle in her right.
The lady had taken a quick step forward and had held out her hand to him, but he still refused to raise his eyes.
You are not very vulnerable from above,” Holmes remarked, as he held up the lantern and gazed about him.
The steaming umbrella which he held in his hand, and his long shining waterproof told of the fierce weather through which he had come.
I dropped my gun, and held him in my arms, but he almost instantly expired.
He held in his hand a sheet of blue paper, scrawled over with notes and figures.
Kazu dropped to his knees and held our box up so that we might also see.
He made a quick motion to the guards, and then held them back.
We fared better than some of these innocent bystanders, for Kazu carefully held our steel box above the sea, and presently lurched through shallow water to the dry land.
Precious seconds were wasted while he held the box up to his face for more explicit directions.
The first pale glow of dawn appeared soon after five, and we were preparing to awaken Kazu when Martin held up a warning hand.
He simply stood facing the oncoming aircraft, our box held in his left hand at head level, and his right arm hanging at his side, half submerged.
Before Kazu could continue, Chamberlin held up his hand for silence.
She heldmy father as under enchantment; and he was readier to wrong all his old friends, readier to wrong his own son, than in anywise to offend her.
Edward, in spite of the disgust this gossiping excited in him, was almost unconsciously held fast within the circle.
I held fast; the cart with the stolen goods is standing in the wood.
Have you ever held conversations with goblins, with the little creatures that go into and come out of the mountain-lord's great house there?
She mounted upon the bed, laid herself gently down; her hands searcht for the crucifix, which she kist with her eyes closed; then she held out her hand to her lover, and beckoned him away as she stretcht herself out to sleep.
Poor Crescentia could hardly in her last hours find her way back to holy church: so bound and held fast was her soul by the false doctrines the wicked hypocrite had flung like poisonous nets around her young spirit.
When I found myself thus rich, I heldit to be my duty to keep this wealth in controul, so far as man can, and to tame the wild beast.
All seemed to have become calmer; the father speechlessly held forth his hand to him with an expression of cordial friendship and of a comforted heart.
Even the great mighty Pietro himself seemed changed into a corpse; from his distorted features one might have held him to be dead, but that his life betrayed itself in his violent trembling.
A fragrant liquid was floating in the crystal vessel; he held it out to her trembling; she set it to her mouth and sipt the drink by slow draughts.
But she heldit fast by the hair, and in the other hand a silver basin.
In this last position Sherman was frequently attacked before night, but held the point until he voluntarily abandoned it to advance in order to make room for Lew.
The balance of the causeway held by the enemy, up to the very gates of the city, fell in like manner.
The ground, or works, occupied by our left could be held by a thin picket line, owing to the stream and swamp in front.
The last point held by him was near the road leading from the landing to Corinth, on the left of Sherman and right of McClernand.
With a large river behind us, held above and below by the enemy, rapid movements were essential to success.
Pemberton's force in my front was the main part of the garrison of Vicksburg, as the force with me was the defence of the territory held by us in West Tennessee and Kentucky.
The railroad from Columbus to Corinth was at once put in good condition and held by us.
He was too weak in numbers to assault, but he held the bridge and compelled the enemy to resume his retreat by another bridge higher up the stream.
Four millions of human beings held as chattels have been liberated; the ballot has been given to them; the free schools of the country have been opened to their children.
During the night they evacuated these; so that on the morning of the 23d we held undisputed possession of the east end of Monterey.
The Hudson's Bay Company had held the North-west with their trading posts for many years before the United States was represented on the Pacific coast.
Regular feast weeks were held every year at what was then known as St. Augustin Tlalpam, eleven miles out of town.
I looked upon side movements as long as the enemy held Port Hudson and Vicksburg as a waste of time and material.
Johnston not only listened to the objection of Beauregard to an attack, but held a council of war on the subject on the morning of the 5th.
The guard heldthe position until reinforced, when the enemy were routed leaving about fifty of their number on the field dead or wounded, our loss being only two killed and fifteen wounded.
The king remembered a certain General Moroni, but wisely heldhis counsel.
Slipping off two gold bands that had encircled his left arm, heheld one out to Lamoni, "Give this to Antiomno, to aid your quest.
The hall where the king held his court was richly beautiful with its tiled floor, its ivory-tinted walls and the great gilded chairs of the thirty priests who constituted the king's council.
With parched lips he thirsted to quaff this sweet cup that was held to his lips.
Behold, my Lord," Simon threw back his cloak and held up by the hair the ghastly trophy, but it was not this gruesome spectacle that froze the look of horror on the face of Akish.
The hoary cypresses held the secrets of a thousand years, but never before had they witnessed such a struggle in the soul of a man.
With a mighty thankfulness, Hawai gathered up his family in his arms and carried it to the house, with a heartfelt prayer that he might not drop all that he held dear.
She poured an amber liquid into a goblet and held it to his lips as he sat down weakly.
As they were retracing their steps to the gate, he gave a sudden cry, and stooping, picked something up from among the leaves, and heldit out to Julius.
The next moment she had sprung back a pace, and the revolver pointed straight at Mrs. Vandemeyer's heart, with no unsteadiness in the hand that held it.
The curious thing is that they certainly did not know anything about you when they first held you prisoner.
The hand with which he raised his glass to his lips shook slightly, but his eyes held Sir James's defiantly.
But what held his glance fascinated was a small recess immediately on his right, half concealed by a torn velvet curtain.
TOO LATE IN the street they held an informal council of war.
Number One's voice held suddenly a dangerous quality: "What has gone wrong?
When one thinks of how she's held out all these years, she ought to be made the queen of the feast to-night.
And here in this house, her memory almost miraculously restored, lay the girl who held the future of England in her hands.
I've always heard you Revolutionists held life cheap, but it seems there's a difference when it's your own life in question.
The doctor's eyesheld the deference accorded to a really rich man.
Crossing Holborn there was a block, and the taxi was held up.
None of them had eyes for anything but what Jane held in her hand.
His eyes were fixed on Mr. Carter, and his tone when he spoke held an unusual note of deference.
Tommy heldthe paper in position some minutes longer until he judged the heat had done its work.
A Salterello and Cianghella we Had held as strange a marvel, as ye would A Cincinnatus or Cornelia now.
Breathe now; and let the hunger be appeas'd, That with great craving long hath heldmy soul, Finding no food on earth.
Thus he began: "thou shalt not knowledge gain Of this glad being, if thine eyes are held Still in this depth below.
Me such ecstasy O'ercame, that never till that hour was thing That held me in so sweet imprisonment.
Of the fifth word they held their station, Making the star seem silver streak'd with gold.
And the dame Held on them fix'd her looks: e'en as the spouse Silent and moveless.
Here is Macarius; Romoaldo here: And here my brethren, who their steps refrain'd Within the cloisters, and heldfirm their heart.
A parley of war held in the castle determined on immediate pursuit of Montrose to Lochaber, keeping within easy distance, but without attacking till he was checked in front by troops that had gone up to flank him by way of Stirling.
If they saw us, they seemed to suspect no evil, for they held on their way, still ahead of us, and making for Tynree.
I fumed and sweat, speechless at the injustice of it, while the girl held herself more aloof than ever, busy preparing for our evening meal.
The hair is not unlike your own," said Betty, comparing with quick eyes the curl he held and the curls that escaped from under the edge of his flat blue bonnet.
That we held our ground was no great virtue--we could scarcely do less; but we did more, for soon we had our enemy driven back on the walls.
My grandfather was the grandson of Tormaid Mor, who held the whole east side of Lochow from Ford to Sonachan, and we have at home the four-posted bed that Tormaid slept on when the heads of the house of Argile were lying on white-hay or chaff.
I would sooner force the bridge if ten menheld it," said MacLachlan.
The tide was in close on the breast-wall behind, and the sound of it came up and moaned in the close like the sough of a sea-shell held against the ear.
A cold clammy dawn, that never cleared even as it aged, but held a hint of mist to come that should have warned me of the danger I faced in venturing on the untravelled surface of the moor, even upon its safer verge.
A signal held together by two stones on the glen-side of the Brig indeed confirmed this notion almost as soon as we formed it, and we were annoyed that we had not observed it sooner.
Then he took the box that held his daughter's jewels, and, emptying it upon the table, chose out one necklace and set it aside.
He carried a glass-screened candle, and heldit somewhat above the level of his forehead--which was protuberant and heavily pock-marked.
The Schoolmaster, affecting to be busy and polite at the same time, picked out a book and held it up to view.
But my companion, unwrapping the lantern, held it high and so that the light shone on their faces.
I suppose the longest lead held by the Nonpareil during the race was a good forty yards.
The sight daunted them for a moment: but she held up a finger, signing them to keep the news to themselves, and leaned her shoulder against the doorpost with her eyes steady on the back of her husband's scrag neck.
He held out his gun--he had promised no birds, but that mattered nothing.
In particular, the disrepair of the old dining-room, where the magistrates now held Session, had become a public scandal.
VII Clamped to couch, his fiery hearing sucked Whispers that at heart made iron-clang: Here fool-women clucked, There men held harangue.
XIII She laughed: since our first harvesting heard none Like thunder of the song of heart: her face, The dreadful darkness, shook to mounted sun, And peal on peal across the hills held chase.
Tis not writ; Not all; yet she by one sure sign can read: Have they but held her laws and nature dear, They mouth no sentence of inverted wit.
II One hand enclosed a paper scroll, Held as a strangled asp.
IX Love eyed his rosy memories: he sang: O bloom of dawn, breathed up from the gold sheaf Held springing beneath Orient!
XXV Old Kraken's look hard Winter wears When sweeps the wild snow-blast: He had the hug of Arctic bears For captives he held fast.
III The South sang like a nightingale To thaw her glittering dream: No vine of Love her bosom gave, She drank no wine of Love, but grave She held them to Love's theme.
II When the South sang like a nightingale Across the flowering night, And lord and dame held gentle sport, There came a young princess to Court, A frost of beauty white.
XIX Austerely she her heart kept down, Her woman's tongue was mute When voice of People, voice of Crown, In cannon held dispute.
Lo, a sea upon land heldcareer Through the plain of the vale half-devoured.
She held the balance evenly between her two friends.
In the dim fading light the tower of the cathedral rose like the arms of Moses held up during the battle.
During the death of Isolde she held out her hand to him: her hand was warm and moist: heheld it in his until the end of the piece: they could feel life coursing through the veins of their clasped hands.
Like most Germans, he thought that music held a subordinate place in France: and he expected that it would be served up in small delicate portions.
And as they were held on and on in suspense, they grew restless and feverish.
And yet there was a great classic art that held its ground among all these modern industries, like the ruins of the splendid ancient temples among all the pretentious buildings of modern Rome.
When he opened them on the picture in front of him--he was quite close to it--and he was held spellbound.
As long as he held himself in check, observing, listening, and trying to understand before expressing any opinion, as long as nothing was known of his work or what he really thought, he was tolerated.
She tried to smile and held out her hand to Christophe: he grasped it warmly.
Hecht coldly held out his hand, muttered some conventional inquiry after his health, and, without waiting for any request from Christophe, he pointed to the door of his office, and stepped aside to let him pass.
They were deformed by the adulation and the opinion that their partisans and they themselves held of their work, and they lost grip of their art and their genius.
She blushed: and then in the darkness of her room, where there was no one to see her, and she could hardly see herself, once more she held out her arms to him.
With his jack-knife he cut a piece from the rope which held the calf and moved the peg nearer to the animal which looked curiously on at this unexpected abridgment of its sphere of freedom.
He just gazed at it, and continued to gaze, as Scoutmaster Ned held it up.
He now brought it forth from under the rear seat and unwound the flannel rag that was around it and polished it a little as he held it up.
Nervously he stooped and picked up the glittering cup and held it as if he were afraid of it.
The hand which held the knife stole below the shiny mud-guard and rested on the smooth, unyielding rubber.
S--T--O His finger held upon the page trembled as he lighted another match and still another and moved his finger to another printed symbol on the page.
He held a match close over page two hundred and eighty-four while he divided his gaze between this and the next lingering visitation of that strange, long, shadowy thing over the graveyard.
They held the old raft, of about the area of a door, slanting ways over the leaves, and Nick showed Peter how to manipulate it so as to control the column of black smoke arising from the damp leaves.
Do you see something shining there, held in a little trembling hand?
Pee-wee rubbed his glistening eyes with that old cap that he held and blinked to make sure he was awake.
