The hermit's expression of language was always impressive, especially so in the presence of those whom he looked upon as having superior intelligence, entitling them to consideration.
Three Tepanec soldiers, not more than a dozen steps away, showing a menacing disposition, was a sight to strike terror to the stoutest woman's heart.
Yes, Laughing-eyes, I am; but is it well to talk of pledges now?
A moment later, to his great relief, it was repeated.
Fancy stools and comfortable divans were placed about the room in a kind of orderly disorder, relieving it from any appearance of disuse or exclusiveness.
But to answer you: The prince is fine looking, yet does not impress me as being admirable.
They indicated that his meditations sometimes disturbed him.
The Hospitals and other Charitable Institutions are equally extensive in their sphere of usefulness, and together with the establishments before mentioned, worthy of the wealth, intelligence, and liberality of this great and important town.
The most important feature in the history of this place, is the extraordinary rapidity with which it has risen into a degree of splendour and importance, without example in the history of any commercial country.
Spirited wood and steel engravings {v} of the most important spots on the line have been introduced, and much new and interesting matter supplied.
That such a paper, or a copy of it, might have been transmitted without interrupting other important occupations, if any could be more important than that of giving a clear and satisfactory answer to the requisition of the Directors.
It forms animportant barrier to our own possessions.
In the second scene Kalashnikov plays an important part and his doubts and fears after the return of Alena are depicted with power.
Already in this work we find Moussorgsky treating the people, "the human crowd," as one of the most important elements of opera.
But Lodyjensky, like Goussakovsky, was a typical dilettante; almost inspired, but unable to concentrate on the completion of any important work.
But still more important to his appreciation of vocal music was his acquaintance in Naples with Nozzari and Fodor-Mainville.
The brothers Alexis and Sergius Titov were types of the distinguished amateurs who played such an important part in the musical life of Russia during the first half of the last century.
His early marriage to a woman of considerable talent as a musician was an important factor in his artistic development.
Very unwillingly, yielding only to the entreaties of his friends, the composer consented to make some important changes in his work.
Music evidently played an important part in the performance; the orchestra consisting of Germans, and of servants from Matveiev's household who played on "organs, viols and other instruments.
Rimsky-Korsakov came back to St. Petersburg in the autumn of 1865 to find that some important changes had taken place in Balakirev's circle during his absence.
Nevertheless the Oukaz itself is an important landmark in the cultural evolution of Russia, marking, according to Tikhonraviev, the end of her long term of secular isolation as regards the drama.
Other important events which Rimsky-Korsakov missed during his three years' cruise were the first production of Serov's opera Judith, and Wagner's visit to the Russian capital when he conducted the orchestra of the Philharmonic Society.
In consequence of the latter's serious illness in 1869, Napravnik was appointed his successor and has held this important post for over fifty years.
Thus it has come about that those animals that have soft, furry coats and those birds that have bright plumage are hunted more eagerly now than they were long ago when food was the most important thing.
Next, we think, came the discovery of iron, which has become so important that we could not get along without it.
The most important uses of trees in our country are for lumber, for fuel, and for the edible fruits and nuts which they bear.
The more crowded people become upon the earth, and the greater the number that engage in manufacturing and trade, the more important becomes the care and cultivation of the soil.
The third important thing which has been bringing about the decrease of the birds is hunting them for their plumes.
For many years the trapping of these little animals was an important industry, until at last they were practically exterminated in every stream throughout the western half of the country.
The most importantof these trees are oaks of many kinds, soft maple, alder, cottonwood, sycamore, and laurel.
The interesting discovery has been made that the waters around the islands of Santa Catalina and San Clemente formimportant spawning grounds for many food fish, including the great tuna.
The spruce, which is one of the most important lumber trees of this region, does not at once spring up again.
One of the mostimportant of these is nitrogen, an invisible gas.
The Migratory Bird Law recently passed by Congress is one of the most important things which we have ever done for the birds.
Even the sawdust is made use of in the manufacture of wood alcohol, which has an important use as fuel.
By far the most importantis the first group, situated at the foot of a lofty mountain range.
He built roads between important towns and cities and detailed soldiers as guards where the roads passed through sections infested with robbers.
Another important feature of the last day in the procession, is a richly decorated hearse containing a coffin, in which lies a man representing the corpse of Hassan.
One important rule governing the choice is that the applicant must be a regular member of the church.
Grant crept between his blankets and snuggled down, as if his mind held nothing more important than sleep.
Before, the breakfast had continued to seem an important incident temporarily suspended.
So for a time he managed to avoid facing squarely this new and very important factor which must henceforth have its place in the problem of his life.
I don't doubt but what it's more important to you than anything else on earth, but I'm thinking some of the home I'm likely to lose.
The people of this group have no important cultural features by which to distinguish them from the Nabaloi, and linguistics is the only basis on which they may be classed as a separate unity.
The rituals are the same in general purpose; they are based on a similar belief in spirits; the important elements of both systems are sacrifice and prayer; and the functions of the priests are the same.
The matter of personal pride and desire of power is also an important factor, and it is said that the most expensive canao celebrated by some of the Lepanto Kankanay is given for no other purpose.
A late order of government has led the way to the Indus being constituted, instead of the Ganges, the highway from Europe to the fertile andimportant provinces of North-Western Hindostan.
An important consideration, is the variety of food obtainable in the arctic regions.
The idea of Blaise entering the establishment had already rendered her grave, and now her husband's apparent ignorance of important business matters distressed her.
This important and well-known establishment manufactured chiefly agricultural appliances, from the most powerful machines to those ingenious and delicate implements on which particular care must be bestowed if perfection is to be attained.
He who had been such a great and energetic worker had lost both mental and bodily vigor; he could no longer plan remunerative strokes of business; he no longer had the strength to undertake important contracts.
The office in the Rue Roquepine was the most important and the one with the best reputation in the district.
Indeed, for a week past the two cousins had been tiring themselves out over the delivery of a very important order, which had set the entire works in motion.
Unfortunately, this important fact, if commonly known, is not much heeded by heads of families or builders of houses.
The necessity, therefore, of the discovery of some wood akin to box is even more important now than ever it was.
This is an important item of itself, leaving out the cost of firing with coal and hauling ashes.
It was therefore urgently required that this should be remedied, and from this point of view the new mode of winding the wire is an important improvement introduced into medical galvanometers.
The record of natural gas in this country is not so complete as that of petroleum, but we learn that an important gas spring was known in West Bloomfleld, N.
And, if the cost of producing iron, steel, and glass can be so cheapened by the new fuel, the tariff question may undergo some important modification in politics.
Sodium is an important constituent of the human body, and citric acid, from its carbon, almost a food.
But the date of its discovery as an important factor in the useful arts and as a source of enormous national wealth was about 1854.
I was proud and happy that Ashok felt confident to entrust me with such an important job.
One of the important highlights of my experience at Ashok's was learning to make fish tanks.
After the war broke out, she was sent with indorsements from Governor Andrew and his friends to South Carolina, where in the service of the Nation she rendered most important and efficient aid to our army.
He coaxed it to take an additional walk over his finger, which it did with the greatest dignity and decorum, as if it, Mr. Caterpillar, were the most important individual in existence.
England alone, among theimportant countries of the world, has a currency which is not based upon the decimal system.
Lemons are the most important product of Mentone," he began.
The Casino of Monte Carlo is now the mostimportant part of the principality of Monaco; instead of being subordinate to the palace, the latter has become but an appendage to the modern splendor across the bay.
But one wishes to put upon record the suggestion that architectural beauty as viewed from a ladder, inch by inch, is not the only aspect of that beauty; nor is it, for a large number of us, the most important aspect.
These prayers, with alms-giving, fasting during the month Ramadan, and the pilgrimage to Mecca, are the important religious duties of all Muslims.
This Frenchman made many important discoveries, and he preserved to Egypt her remaining antiquities; before his time her treasures had been stolen and bought by all the world.
I found Belle by this time dressed, and seated near the forge: with a slight nod to her like that which a person gives who happens to see an acquaintance when his mind is occupied with important business, I forthwith set about my work.
The sum which they fetched--for the gang kept very regular accounts--formed an important item on the next day of sharing, of which there were twelve in the year.
Remember that what is importantto you is important to your friends," she said.
The important part consisted in that he renounced his right to own land.
But now, he thought, all that was most important was to see her as quick as possible and bring her the good news of her freedom.
But Nekhludoff, besides the usual irresoluteness before marriage of people of his age, and who are not passionately in love, had an important reason for withholding his offer of marriage for the time being.
The messenger would not admit him, declaring that the prosecutor was busy, but Nekhludoff brushed past him and asked an officer who met him to announce him to the prosecutor, saying that he was on important business.
Everybody then rose, and, with a relieved and pleasant feeling of having fulfilled an important duty, walked around the court-room.
The officer knew Nekhludoff, and told him an important piece of prison news.
Notwithstanding that they were all complaining that the jury duty was burdensome, and was taking them away from their business, they all seemed to be pleased with the consciousness of performing an important civic duty.
Every attention shown him by an important person put him into such an ecstasy as may be observed in a fawning little dog when its master pats it, strokes it, and scratches under its ears.
The meaning of her words was that, besides her love for her husband, her love for her brother was dear and important to her, and that any disagreement with him caused her suffering.
A very strange and importantthing has happened to me.
Everything proceeded smoothly, quickly and not without solemnity, and the regularity, order and solemnity evidently pleased the participants, confirming their sense of rendering important public service.
By the middle of the eighteenth, they were an important ornament of elegant interiors.
The most importantexisting example is the series of paintings of the Triumph of Julius Caesar, now in Hampton Court.
In New York and Albany paper-hanging was an important business by 1750 and the walls of the better houses were papered before the middle of the century.
Several important personages are known to have occupied this room, among them General Lafayette, Judge Sewall, Luigi Monti, Doctor Parsons, General Artemus Ward.
French gentlemen, returning from Milan and Naples, brought back boxes or caskets lined with these papers, which were imitated in France and soon became an important article of trade.
August Bordine had been summoned by telegraph, and was the most important witness in the case.
Frosts play an important part in the ultimate yield.
It is very important that the moth should not be allowed to escape from the cocoon; the mere breaking of the cocoon greatly decreases the value of the thread.
A very important factor in the value of a fabric is the shrinkage.
Another very important development of the machine was when it was built in a number of divisions so as to work a number of articles side by side at one time.
In the United States there are numerous important plants engaged in the production of full-fashioned goods, while large quantities are annually imported from Germany and France.
Like many other industries, the hosiery trade owes its first and most important impetus to the genius of one who was not connected with the business in a practical way.
It is an important part of sorting, and when well done greatly facilitates the making of good, uniform matchings.
Cotton is the most important vegetable fiber used in spinning.
Flax or linen occupies the first position in the group of stem fibers,[18] being not only the oldest, but next to cotton the most important vegetable spinning material known.
This bath is the most important one in the dyeing of "weighted" black silks, as the dyer can regulate the strength of the bath by the addition of tin crystals so as to increase the weight of the silk to an astonishing degree.
An important feature is the highly glazed or polished face of the goods, which is due to the action of the heated roller in the calendering machine upon the sizing.
From the jack and sinker frame the next really important step was taken when William Cotton brought out his famous Cotton's patent frame.
Another important improvement was effected when the fashioning apparatus was supplied to the machine, by means of which the garments could be shaped according to the human form by increasing or decreasing the width as desired.
Still more important for scientific geography was the improvement that had taken place in accurate chronometry.
Where he does not know he imagines, and some of his imaginings have had a most important influence upon the progress of geographical knowledge.
As we shall see, this error had importantand favourable results on geographical discovery.
But there was an important interlude in the south-west of Europe, which must engage our attention as a symptom of a world-historic change in the condition of civilisation.
What was more important and more useful, Toscanelli sent a map showing in hours (or degrees) the probable distance between Spain and Cathay westward.
Alexander founded a large number of cities, all bearing his name, at various points of his itinerary; but of these the most important was that at the mouth of the Nile, known to this day as Alexandria.
Brazza, a Portuguese in the service of France, who had been despatched on a secret mission to anticipate the King of the Belgians in seizing the importantriver mouth.
Ptolemy has thus the rare distinction of being the greatest authority on two important departments of human knowledge--astronomy and geography--for over fifteen hundred years.
Marco Polo held several important posts; for three years he was Governor of the great city of Yanchau, and it seemed likely that he would die in the service of Kublai Khan.
Carthage was the most important of the colonies founded by the Phoenicians (probably in the ninth century B.
The following is a list of the more important verse translations of the Aeneid which have appeared.
The achievement was the all-important thing; the position, whether titularly high or low, was of consequence only in so far as it widened the chance for achievement.
They would not have expected a man to leave a battle, for instance, because of being wounded in such fashion; and they saw no reason why he should abandon a less important and less risky duty.
When in the spring of 1904 he lay in his house mortally sick, he sent me word that he had something important to say to me, and would have himself carried round to see me.
Unfortunately, after I left office, a most mistaken and ill-advised policy was pursued towards Japan, combining irritation and inefficiency, which culminated in a treaty under which we surrendered this important and necessary right.
Probably the most importantwere the cases prosecuted in Oregon by Francis J.
He ends by stating that the most important single thing to be done for the betterment of country life is "good roads"; but in his answers he shows very clearly that most important of all is the individual equation of the man or woman.
Big business" was back of him; yet at the time this, the most importantelement in his strength, was only imperfectly understood.
The important thing is what he does, and how the results of what he does square with the promises and prophecies he made when all he had to do was to speak, not to act.
On the whole, the most important part I played was in the third Legislature in which I served, when I acted as chairman of a committee which investigated various phases of New York City official life.
My action in regard to the canals, and the management of his office, the most important office under me, by Colonel Partridge, established my relations with Mr. Platt from the outset on pretty nearly the right basis.
One of the most important was the passage of the meat inspection law because of scandalous abuses shown to exist in the great packing-houses in Chicago and elsewhere.
