If now she knew, there might be kindness Clamoring yet where a faith lay stifled.
Once I believed it might have come to pass With a small cost of blood; but I was dreaming -- Dreaming that I believed.
But for the chance of an ingratitude, I might indeed be curious of their mercy, And fearful of their leisure while I wait, A few leagues out of Rome.
I see myself Without the power to swear to this or that That I might be if he had been without it.
I might live on Alone, and for another forty years, Or not quite forty, -- are you happier now?
One mightsay that and then be shot," I told him; and he said: "Why not?
There was a distance in her look That made us look again; And if she smiled, we might believe That we had looked in vain.
If you did so, There might be fewer ditches dug for others In your perspective; and there might be fewer Contemporary motes of prejudice Between you and the man who made the dust.
Could He but follow in and out Some anthropoids I know about, The God to whom you may have prayed Might see a world He never made.
Your words are flowing full," said I; "But yet they give me no reply; Your fountain might as well be dry.
If you should only steal an hour to think, Sometime, there might be less to be forgiven.
I found in them what they revealed That I shall not live to forget, And wondered if they found in mine Compassion that I might regret.
Crux ansata" literally, the ensign of Constantine might be formed by attaching a staff to the Divine Glory represented in the Egyptian paintings and Assyrian sculptures.
The old temple (or whatever it might have been) was cleaned out for our accommodation during the heat of the day, as it then was cooler than the house.
The precision of the expression might have been difficult to ascertain; and, perhaps, like every popular expedient, varied with 'existing circumstances.
It might have exceeded your power to prevent it under other circumstances, Jack.
She might have told him how her young life was embittered by the memory of days that were gone never to return; how she had grown old with thinking, and wore but the semblance of youth over a withered heart.
Rose thought it might be well to leave the man and wife alone--and she managed to get out of the room unobserved.
Possibly if Effie had been thrown into the active domestic sphere which was my mission, her history might have been different.
He had determined to win his wife's love or die; to watch her, that he might warn her; to minister forever to her comforts.
Have you not bartered perhaps my eternal welfare, that I might lay my aching head upon the downy pillows of the rich, that you might see me a wretched slave, writhing under chains not the less heavy because they are of gold?
He saw no particular harm in making the best bargain he could; nor was it easy for him to understand why he might not dispose of any thing he possessed for the highest price that was to be had.
On one side it was agreeable to be the possessor of another person's secret; on the other it was also very agreeable that such authorities as Sasha and Zinotchka might at any moment be convicted by me of ignorance of the social proprieties.
To continue the conversation was unprofitable and unpleasant, but I still sat on and feebly retorted, hoping that I might at last be understood.
She did nothing but dream endlessly, and never thought seriously of the future; she said he might go where he liked, and might abandon her even, so long as he was happy himself; that what had been was enough for her.
When he talked about anything relating to medicine he was not like any one of the doctors in our town, but made a fresh, peculiar impression upon me, and I fancied that if he liked he might have become a real man of science.
I used sometimes to steal corrosive sublimate from my father, sprinkle it on cakes, and carry them up to the attic that the house-spirits, you see, might eat them and be killed.
Fearing that pickets and sharpshooters on either shore might stop them, they had to pull up in the middle of the river against the heavy current, without availing themselves of the inshore eddy.
His rapid movements and the neglect of those in charge to provide tow-boats stopped her from being taken to the Yazoo, where she might yet have been an ugly foe for the fleet.
They had greater speed, were well able to cope with any vessel they were likely to meet, their greater height gave them more command of the levees, and they were not needed to fight batteries, which the heavier boats might be.
From the point of Dauphin Island a line of pile obstructions extended across the sand bank, in the direction of Fort Morgan, blocking the passage of any light vessels thatmight try to pass that way.
The enemy used the advantage of their greatly superior speed to choose the night for attacking, that the Indianola might not fire with the certainty of clear sight.
With this heavy battery she might have been very dangerous, but Farragut's movements had been pushed on with such rapidity that the Confederates had not been able to finish her.
She carried also syphon-pumps capable of raising any vessel that might sink.
Without having informed her son of what she meant to do, lest he might prevent her, through his fear of improper concessions on her part, she went one morning to New York, and boldly waited upon Sir William Howe.
The incident of Jane Elliott's first acquaintance with her husband mightadorn a chapter in the romance of the real.
The names of a hundred others, who shared that memorable flight, might be mentioned; but these are sufficient.
The Indians watched them closely, that no twigs nor weeds were broken off, as they passed along, which might serve to mark the course they had taken.
I do not know what the famous poets of my day would have given to have written those fifteen lines; I know I would have given any of my plays the fates might have chosen.
This hare was all the better known, I might say all the more popular, because it was nearly the only one in the countryside.
The latter, poor child, at the age of eight or nine, had been forced to learn a craft in which a grown-up woman might have succumbed; but what did that matter?
Bonaparte might well beg Hermione to join him at Saint-Cloud.
Maubreuil to make use of the army, which was to obey all his demands, and commanded the authorities to furnish him with all the troops he might require, as he was charged with a mission of the highest importance.
One felt it would be a sweet and easy thing to love her, although it might not be so easy to be loved by her.
Although, as we shall see in its proper place, the play was rejected, the reading excited some interest, and it was thought that a drama might be made out of it sooner or later.
Now, in the hope that someone more clever than I at guessing riddles might be found, I decided to print what happened to me, three months ago, side by side with what happened to Gautier to-day!
I will tell how it came to cease, and I might as well admit at once that the fault was not M.
Lefèvre was confined to a little provincial town, hemight be styled a lawyer of the old school: he had ceremonious ways with his clients, ceremonious manners with us, lofty domineering airs with the world at large.
When the time came, Ankarström suddenly bethought him that he mightmistake one of the nobles for the king, as several of them were dressed in similar costumes.
That very day, a courier was sent off to command Talma and Saint-Prix to set out for Dresden instantly, no matter in what part of France they might be when the order reached them.
It is also related that He displayed an early impatience at the dreary formalism of His Hebrew teachers, and a disposition to go right to the heart of the text before Him, that He might discern the spirit animating it.
And it is also told that some of the wisest of these, seeing the nature of the child, would overstay their allotted time of sojourn, that they might add here and there to the various parts of general occult lore possessed by the child.
The brokers were buying articles, or loaning money on them, from the poor pilgrims, who were sacrificing their personal belongings for cash with which they might purchase the animals for the sacrifice.
He put aside His previous thoughts of a world-wandering life, and decided to plant the standard of the Truth in Israel, so that from the capital of the Chosen People the Light of the Spirit might shine forth to all the world.
It is likely that it was a combination of curiosity and a desire to entrap his guest into statements and admissions that might be used against him.
Again: "Might I not write to you things more full of mystery?
And the Gospel narrative certainly seems to verify this idea, and was undoubtedly so stated that it might be more readily understood by the popular mind.
But the idea of a redeemed and regenerated Israel was one calculated to fire the blood of any Jew, even though the element of personal ambition might be lacking in him.
He retained the highest vehicle--the Spiritual Mind in its highest shade of expression--in order that as an entity He might labor for the race.
Here might I jeopardize my precious life another ten minutes but for your wisdom.
She thought, as I believe, that by putting off the garb and character of her sex, I might come to regard her less as a woman, and more as a comrade of my own kind.
So with the cunning of a villain I closed my eyes, that the fellow might not see by their glitter I was awake (yet not so close but that I could watch him well), in order that he might get near to me before I sprang at him.
This she did without further ado, whereupon I pushed across the lake till we came to the newly-found cavern, and there cast out our anchor of stone, that we might examine the entrance at our ease.
Whereupon one shoved the victuals toward me that I might help myself, but not a word, good or bad, did any of them speak, which was more noticeable because they had all been laughing and talking till they saw me.
Here he lay as comfortable as might be for one in his burning condition, the sea breeze passing through the shelter and tempering the heat of the sun.
If I had taken these words to heart I might have seen what a fool I was; for here had I settled to take upon myself the most serious responsibility with rather less hesitation than I should have given to swallowing a toadstool.
Mr. Benton did not know what to do, his head was troubling him, and he realized dimly that he might get into difficulties with the police.
The thought of the fun they might have seemed to make the boys forget their present troubles.
So it was decided, and then and there began lessons for the two poor children whom Uncle Toby had brought to Crystal Lake so they might have a good time over the holidays.
Perhaps all these had an effect on the dog, or he might have thought that Uncle Toby would punish him if he did not mind.
But it would not be Christmas for two days, and much might happen in that time.
He wished his mother might have shared in some of his and his sister's enjoyment, and how he wished that he had a father, such as the other boys had, only he himself knew.
Uncle Toby, when the time came to "turn in," as a soldier or a sailor might say.
She was more worried over what mighthappen to Trouble than herself, her other brother or her playmates, for they were all older.
They passed through a small town, and Jan suggested they might stop and get some milk for the kitten, which had awakened, and was mewing a little.
And, in turn, Harry and Mary began to fear that the message might be bad news about their mother in the hospital.
Tom, Ted and Harry at once began to think they had better take some sticks, too, in case there might be a fight.
Though Skyrocket mighthave remained of his own accord, for he had made friends with the wounded soldier.
He had to stay in the car lest the brakes might slip and let it back down the hill.
She might have been the former, as far as appearance went; for the sails and deck were white as snow, and every portion of brass and copper above her water-line shone in the hot sun with dazzling brilliancy.
Besides, I know that men-of-war are apt to take a fancy to the crews of merchantmen sometimes, and I thought my presence might be necessary here to-night.
With a sword that might have matched that of Goliath of Gath, he swept the way before him wherever he went, and more than once by a furious onset turned the tide of war in favor of his party when it seemed about to overwhelm them.
The cry of wild delight with which Alice sprang into her father's arms might have been destructive of all Gascoyne's plans had not the wind carried it away from the side of the island where the pirate schooner lay.
These being quickly tossed ashore, one of the natives was asked to show the way to the nearest store, where they might be placed in safekeeping.
Poopy, without waiting for orders, seized hold of the hair of his head, and all three began to haul with might and main.
And yet, methinks, one who has spent so many years of his life on salt water might know the difference between a frigate and a sloop-of-war.
There was a peculiarly attractive power about her which drew other creatures around her, wherever she might chance to be.
His schooner has been fired into by a war-vessel; he has returned the fire: any passionate man might be tempted to do that.
He will ask father to waken him, and father in turn will ask me to take note of the time for fear that he might doze.
It mightcost thee thy life," the girl reminded him.
I promised to attend to any letter you might wish to send to the British commander after we had found an officer who might be exchanged for your brother.
That roquelaure became mine by what youmight call impressment, and 'thereby hangs a tale' which you shall hear anon.
He is somewhere in these revolted colonies, and it's cruel to be so glad when he might be among those who are killed, or wounded.
I persuaded him that he ought not to lose his rest--that while with the army he never knew when he might be called upon for service which would not admit of repose.
There have been men who have been willing to bear infamy that good might come of it.
I would that thee might hear from her for my own sake as well as thine.
She wished you to inform her of your destination that shemight exert herself to secure your release.
Perchance there are other war news that might be of interest," went on Drayton provokingly, evidently enjoying the other's rage.
He had thought that Harriet might wish to go, and, not knowing of her departure, made arrangements whereby she might go with one of the nurses who hath been here on a furlough.
Fearful of whatmight result from the encounter Peggy hid her face in her hands as the two youths crossed swords.
Then, he said, he would see that whatever she might wish to communicate to the British commander should reach him.
She loved Terry with all her heart, and he loved her in return; yet an observer of their mutual relations might well have thought otherwise.
When given a sailor's suit that fitted him fairly enough, he at first refused to put it on; but Captain Afleck insisted, and so he yielded, on condition that he might resume his own garments as soon as they were dried.
As it happened, the first one he encountered on entering the office was Morley, who of course knew nothing of his return, and who had been cherishing in his envious heart the hope that he might never see him again.
For some inexplicable reason, when Terry learned this the thought flashed into his mind that Morley mightknow something about the black bag.
By prompt action a good part of the stolen money might perhaps be recovered before it was squandered, therefore the sooner he informed the better.
Following their example, he saw below an extraordinary-looking craft, which might not inaptly have been compared to a huge tin can set on a gigantic shingle.
At Fortress Monroe, which crowned the Point, she would receive her orders; and the thought of what these might be sent a thrill to the heart of every man and boy on board, from the captain down to the youngest powder-monkey.
So Terry had perforce to be patient, awaiting the time when his father's mind might change, or some other way out of the difficulty be found.
But who that man might be, or why the hound should attack him, Rube could not even conjecture.
They loosened the bonds about his legs, but did so only that he might walk as they led him out into a lane broken through a dense crowd of excited braves and squaws and curious children, waiting to witness his torture.
Sheila might have seized on any other part of his anatomy.
If you'd thought a bit longer, you might have hit upon the true an' very commonplace explanation.
This, indeed, was in any case the safer way, and although it would mean a long and weary tramp back to camp, still he might be expected soon after daybreak.
Rube also looked round in search of a pony that might carry him back to the rear.
You mighthave done what Broken Feather's tryin' to do," said Rube.
Rube had turned his head to look back over his shoulder, and now, just at the moment when the weapon was thrown, he saw Kiddie stretch out his hand and adroitly catch it, as he might have caught a cricket ball.
Trapper mighthave been one of Broken Feather's spies," Kiddie suggested very quietly.
The transit I refer to might have been a different one, or else the locality where I saw it from was not the same.
You might say because she is too free, perhaps,' said the duchess.
If this is so, by the same analogy we might say the "Knight of the Garter" is a domestic servant who looks after his mistress's garter.
In making that rearrangement, the Shogunate took great care to distribute the lands among the lords in such a way that a combination of several lords against the Shogunate might be impossible.
I could mention several more books, but I might weary you.
This also might have had some indirect effects upon foreign trade.
In other words, the application of torture is only to be resorted to in order that a prisoner whose guilt is quite evident might not be allowed to escape unpunished merely because he obstinately refuses to confess.
The professional literary model might be enormously useful in delineating the various phases assumed by one’s hero or heroine.
The story then proceeded to the effect that Sir Cupid and I walked through the narrow alleys side by side, while Miss Jane always flitted some distance in front, and would never stop that I might overtake her.
There was even a miniature synagogue for their spiritual needs, with the women’s compartment religiously railed off from the men’s, as if these grotesque ruins of sex might still distract each other’s devotions.
The wind blew steadily off the shore, so that, close-hauled, one might fetch up or down channel with equal ease.
At rare intervals he might be seen sitting in the large stone porch which gave overweighted dignity to the house, itself not very large.
All the world’s a stage, and a thoroughly good actor might make a good literary model.
I would think some of your whimsical situations and characters might come in this way.
He mightso well keep crab-pots, for all the chance she’ll have.
He might, or might not, be given to seasickness; but somehow he was sincerely glad that he had not to be put to the test for the first time in this girl’s presence.
It might be a good idea for a novel-writer to have a study near the greenroom of a theatre, and then between the acts he might send for this or that performer to give him a living picture of a certain character in a certain situation.
It might be disagreeable; perhaps it would be better to keep the captured vessel continually on the tow-path through unfrequented waters.
When the terror was at its height Hugh Brontë armed himself with a sword and a Bible, and went alone to encounter the ghost or devil, or whatever it might be.
One might conclude, all that is necessary is to fix upon some central idea, no matter how slight, and then the rest will come, drawn by a kind of mysterious attraction toward the centre.
You told her what she might have been, and what she was, and what she would be.
And you think you have some kind of a bargaining tool that is useful but might not be so if it became known to official channels.
I could see his mind was made up in spite of what I might say.
Therefore it had occurred to her that I might be free to consider another proposition.
Perhaps the slender thread that now existed between Ruth and me might be the means of drawing a stouter cord, which in its turn might haul a cable, strong and reliable.
Your answers pleased me, Miss Vars--yes, pleased me very much, I might say.
But I often wish I might have specialized in some line of art.
They acted simply as a screen, through the cracks of which we might surreptitiously gaze.
Not a red cent, Ruth--just some papers that we might as well put into the fireplace and burn up.
When Bob shook hands with me, firmly, shortly, as if scarcely seeing me at all, I wondered if it might have slipped his mind that I was the girl he had once been engaged to marry.
I realized in a flash just what the splendid thing was that I might do.
If it hadn't been for Esther's quiet determination I might have crawled back to Edith any one of those hot stifling nights and begged for admittance to the cool chamber with the spinet desk.
You might have thought I never had seen him cast that newspaper aside and unceremoniously burst out of the hotel.
If an aujence refuse tew be tickled, yu might az well talk tew a grave-yard in the ded ov winter; but if yu git them onst mellow yu kan then stick yure thum into them anywhare.
Finally--I might as well own it--I hav told a few very fair lies myself, but i kant reckollect ov one that I feel proud ov now.
I might not be so ritch, but i could invest the other 5 dogs in bank stock, which would be better than nothing.
He sez thare iz lots ov people out west, who are better judges ov whiskee than they are ov water, and that you might easily phool them with poor water, but you couldn't with poor whiskee.
Thare wouldn't be enny wit in striking fire with a flint, but thare might be in striking fire with a piece of injia rubber.
The nervous man is a very singular critter--he might more properly be called a plural critter.
If a man has 2 stummuks and 2 outsides, thare might be sum excuse fur adding 10 thousand dollars more each year tew his pile.
He never gits sick at the stummuk in a furrin land, or grows sentermental; the buty ov a river tew him iz its capacity for a steambote; its sloping banks checker into bildin lots, and its poetry waters might do the drudgery ov a cottin mill.
They most alwus live tew a good old age, and often die ritch and even virtuous, but never satisfied; yu might az well undertake tew blow up a shad net with wind, az tew fill a genuine quidnunker with nuze.
He iz piktured out on paper about the size of a four-year old fat boy baby, with a pair of wings about az large as a boss butterfly's, and iz armed with a bow and arrows, that might possibly answer tew kill bumbelbees at four paces.
I hav finally cum tew the conclusion that thare aint truth enuff in the world, just now, to do the bissiness with, and if sum kind ov compromise cant be had, the Devil might as well step in, and run the consarn at onst.
I do think that callers might remain at home on stormy nights, when a girl hasn't taken the pains to dress for company.
When Phil had departed, the two women, to make assurance doubly sure, called Trixy and gave a full hour of cautions against repeating anything whatever that she might chance to overhear in the house.
I'm sure that I say nothing which any onemight not listen to--do I?
They're not as active at it as they might be," replied the man as he arose hastily and took from his coat pocket a small package.
We perceived the Edward Quesnell astern of us, and set several additional sails that she might not reach us.
I imagine, that a mineralogist, who should here prosecute his researches, might reap a rich harvest.
Amongst them were several women, who indeed, but for their complexion, might have been considered handsome.
No application, however, is made to congress for a larger and better building, as it is feared that congress might then propose to remove the whole establishment of the mint to Washington.
They are not, however, liked in the navy, because they are too combustible, and on that account might be extremely dangerous to a vessel during an action; they are therefore used only for the higher sails.
It was attempted to be accounted for, by the critical juncture of commercial affairs, in which the city was placed; the true cause, however, might be traced to the incomprehensible want of attachment among the creoles to the United States.
Still I made the necessary preparations as far as my situation and circumstances allowed, so that the voyage might not be made at a future time without some advantage.
From the tenor of these bills one might have concluded that the city was in great danger.
Mr. Rapp finally conducted us into the factory again, and said that the girls had especially requested this visit, that I might hear them sing.
Here fleets might be completed to command Lake Champlain, and an expedition against Isle Aux Noix and Canada organized.
And in fact, how could the Great Spirit manifest himself more irresistibly than in the destructive might of the tremendous Falls?
I did not remain long there that I might not utterly destroy my standing in New Orleans, but returned to the masked ball and took great care not to disclose to the white ladies where I had been.
But by this experiment I was made master of my business, and knew exactly when the proper season was to sow, and that I might expect two seed-times and two harvests every year.
When I returned might write a book to be called, The Extra Deep-Edged Black Continent.
And then, possibly, I might be qualified to do that which would satisfy the sharpest craving of my loftiest ambition--I might write for Punch!
Why not take a trip to America where I might stand for President?
He advised me to take a ticket at once for Chalk Farm, as I still had some way to go, and said that he thought I might have to change at Battersea.
Supposing the Prince had had only one coat-tail, differences might have arisen between his two right hon.
There were lion and tiger hunts, so little varied in detail that one might serve for all, though doubtless to the narrator each was marked with its own especial interest.
Conyers turned a look--not a very pleased or very flattering look--at the loutish figure before him, and in his changing color might be seen the conflict it cost him to keep down his rising temper.
I think he might have kept all this to himself," said she, with a tone of almost severity.
It is not improbable that, in mere technical details of his art, he mighthave had many equal and some superior to him; it was well known that his personal requisites were above all rivalry.
And even if you were not, I think we might manage it.
Hunter as quickly followed him; and now all were grouped around Stapylton, eagerly questioning and inquiring what his tidings might mean.
To be sure hemight come by the river; there's water enough now for the Cobham barge.
I have discovered--what I long anticipated has come to pass--Conyers and Fifine are on very close terms of intimacy, which might soon become attachment.
You might dine under the spreading sycamore beside the well, and have your dessert for the plucking.
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