Our presence may yet be unknown to our enemies, and Thompson makes such a noise, sleeping or waking, that for his safety, as well as ours, he had better remain quiet while he is so.
But aware my presence or absence could do neither harm nor good, I had really come hoping thereby to gain still further Metilulu's friendship, so that perhaps he might the more readily grant my request to be passed on to a white settlement.
I asked permission to accompany them, for I naturally thought it possible that I might sight a passing ship and perhaps make my presence known.
A spirit-blast, A presence known by power, at last Took them up mutely: they had passed.
Think how erst your Eden, Day on day succeeding, With our presence glowed.
Reverence her estate, And pass out from her presence with no words!
In addition to the aforementioned types the restaurant was patronized by a fair sprinkling of the absolutely nonmusical; their presence in the dining-hall could only be explained on the supposition that they had come there to dine.
Its very presence in the tool-shed was a secret and fearful joy, to be kept scrupulously from the knowledge of the Woman, as he privately dubbed his cousin.
The Gräfin had the presence of mind to laugh in the right key.
The old man was equally positive that he had laid the amount on the money-lender's desk in the presence of this same man, and that Massie had then offered to buy the wood-lot.
Neither of the moonlighters had recovered from their first bewilderment, and, as if this show of helplessness on the part of his companions nerved him up, Ralph still preserved his presence of mind.
But if his presence was necessary to Harnett, we could postpone it easily enough.
So far as coolness and presence of mind was concerned, George was no better off than his companions.
Ascending a flight of steps, I found myself in the hall of justice, in the presence of the magistrates, and amidst a great many people, amongst whom I observed my friend the attorney and his client.
That is, she kept a stricter guard over her senses, thwarted more frequently her natural inclinations, and endeavored by every means in her power to keep herself always in the presence of God.
On the 1st of July following, the Sisters, in the presence of the Right Reverend Bishop, made their solemn vows for life, with as much more solemnity as the latter vows exceeded the former.
I mixed with the world, and ye faded; No longer your pure rural worshipper now; In the haunts your continual presence pervaded, Ye shrink from the signet of care on my brow.
But let me often to these solitudes Retire, and in thy presence reassure My feeble virtue.
For I shall feel the sting of ceaseless pain If there I meet thy gentle presence not; Nor hear the voice I love, nor read again In thy serenest eyes the tender thought.
Even Badger, usually so ready to assert himself, remained dumb in the presence of this strong, brave man.
But it is much easier to explain the presence of these people than it is to account for the strange home in which they lived.
Badger had to run to get up in time, for he did not see how business could go on without the presence of the sheriff.
Instinctively he felt that thepresence of these men meant him no good, and he made up his mind not to place himself in their power till assured that they were friendly.
So weary was poor Sam that Ike and Wah Shin might have slept through the night without his knowing it, but it did not require his watchful presence to make them dutiful.
A few moments later he clambered out of the trench, and struck out for the crumbling church that betokened a road and the near presence of his bicycle.
They had failed, true; but there were others who would succeed; and it was their presence that made one feel the unconquerable spirit of France.
There was something grimly pathetic and grimly inspiring in the presence of those old soldiers: the men who had failed through no fault of their own.
In addition to that the Pumpkin desires my presence at the Centre Battalion Head-quarters at 10 ak emma.
Billy had listened in awe, though preserving sufficient presence of mind to agree with the speaker in words of suitable nonchalance.
Once again Ginger spat dispassionately, and then relapsed into a silence from which he refused to be drawn until the presence of two more men beside him indicated that the hour of relief had come.
Egmont, in the presence of Madame de Parma, openly charged Aremberg with having divulged the secret which had been confided to him.
By the manner in which he comported himself in presence of those dangerous and active elements of the coming convulsions, must his character as a historical personage be measured.
He added, that he was ready to undertake the journey, should the King command his presence for any other object.
Philip immediately communicated the intelligence to Alva, together with an expression of Granvelle's fears and of his own, that a popular outbreak would be the consequence of the continued presence of the minister in the Netherlands.
He frequently expressed the opinion that, although his presence in the Netherlands was inadmissible, he should be glad to see him Pope.
Their first intimation of the presence of any enemy nearer than the Rappahannock River came when Mosby and his men sprang to their feet, leveled revolvers and demanded their surrender.
Overjoyed at the presence of regular Confederate troops, even as few as a half-dozen, Underwood offered to guide Mosby to a nearby Union picket post.
Before his wife was admitted to his presence she was warned that nothing but the pleasantest topics must be discussed, and was told that the doctors now desired him to be removed to the country right away.
The house was so empty and desolate without the cheerful presenceof the postman.
I blushed to think that I had been so foolish in the presence of a stranger.
At the Restoration, a new maypole, 134 feet high, was set up, the Cromwellians having destroyed the old one, in the presence of the King and the Duke of York.
There is also a frame in the outer office which bears a number of electric bells, which can summon the head of any department, or demand the presence of any officer instantly.
They are so numerous that their presence is a menace to the Spaniards, and they are corrupting the natives with their own vicious practices.
The presence of Van Noordt's fleet in the Oriental archipelago renders the Spaniards apprehensive that their possessions therein may be attacked, especially that of the rich Spice Islands.
The adults, in the presence of the father, recite the prayers and catechism with great devotion and satisfaction, spending in all about half an hour.
The chapel of our Lady was placed, as in the church at Rome, on the gospel side; and in it her image was set up with an elegant reredos, in the devout presence of many Spaniards and Indians.
This the good priest attributed to the presenceof a `mocking devil' who possessed them.
It is base and dishonourable," said Gwladys, still struggling in his grasp, "to frighten a friendless girl and force your presence upon her.
With her, too, the impression of Cardo's presence had been so vivid, that she almost expected to see him waiting for her; but no Cardo was to be seen!
Lewis entered with the strained and saddened look which he had worn in my presence latterly; he reached a book from the bookshelf, and sauntered in through the stone passage into the west parlour.
Gwen, who had not been immaculate herself, was her cruellest enemy, never losing an opportunity of inflicting a sting upon her helpless victim, whose presence in the household she had always resented.
Men who claim British birth claim also the quality of loyalty, as a rule, and thus there can be little sympathy with such a one as this Liebknecht, whom Raemaekers shows as a little ascetic in the presence of the sombre War Lord.
But this country, though the process has perhaps been more gradual than elsewhere, is very vividly alive to-day to what would necessarily follow the presence of German soldiery upon English land.
The Belgian, disinherited, can never summon a presence out of the past which will not, in its coming, bring burning and slaughter.
In the presence of the priest and of the Sister, the two peasants signed each man his statement, Leopold firmly, the fevered Frans making his mark with a trembling hand.
Spontoon shall then attend him; and they shall ride post as far as Huntingdon; and the presence of Spontoon, well known on the road as my servant, will check all disposition to inquiry.
An old woman had presence of mind enough to maintain that the man they had seen was the shepherd.
All this he had combined in his imagination the night before; but reasons which may probably occur to the reader prevented him from catechising Janet in the presence of the Baron.
Thus saying, he dragged Waverley by the arm out of the guard chamber, and, ere he knew where he was conducted, Edward found himself in a presence room, fitted up with some attempt at royal state.
Arthur Fitzherbert," said the baron, "that stroke has deferred thy knighthood for one year; never must that squire wear the spurs whose unbridled impetuosity can draw unbidden his sword in the presence of his master.
And I," said Fitzosborne, "have done madly in presenting before her one whosepresence must recall moments the most alarming in her life.
To burden them with my presence would merely add another party, whom they would not give up and could not defend.
The latter seemed to be his present object, for, regardless of the dignified presence of Lord Lacy, he uttered the most incoherent threats against the owner of the house and his guests.
It might have been remarked by a very close observer that in the presence of Waverley she was much more desirous to exhibit her friend's excellences than her own.
I shouted out to the cursed lackey to hold his hand, and forbade him ever in my presence to strike old or young more; but everybody is doing it.
The result was that eventually he reached Number 9 Purr Street, and found himself in the presence of Miss Lillycrop.
You are at this moment in the presence of nearly two millions sterling!
Mr Bright was right about the speedy return of the lifeboat with her gallant crew, who seemed to rejoice in danger as if in the presence of a familiar friend, but he was wrong about the wreck being hard and fast.
Yet if they will lift up their eyes, they will see on the shore of the troubled sea of their little day's life the form of One whose presence will give them strength and confidence, and who will help them to victoriousness.
He is missed in the places where his familiar presence has brought benedictions.
Life would be easier for us all if we could realize thepresence and actual help of Christ in all our experiences.
Then the soul-building which began here and seemed to be interrupted by death, was only hidden from our eyes by a thin veil, behind which it still goes up with unbroken continuity, rising into fairest beauty in the presence of God.
The other day an important committee of fifteen was kept waiting for ten minutes for one tardy member, whose presence was necessary before anything could be done.
I am no maker of fair matches, nor half so politic, as this world goes, to endeavour to marry my friend to the first person that presents himself, solely to rid myself of the presence of her beauty.
On his arrival in the capital, he demanded to be carried instantly to the presence of the Duke of Mayenne; but this application was evaded, it being boldly asserted by those who held him in their hands that the Duke was absent from the city.
Though fantastic, and even effeminate in appearance, D'Epernon was brave even to rashness, and by no means destitute of that calm and dignified presence of mind which approaches near to greatness.
He knew Poona, but the presence of the other native needed explaining.
The entire atmosphere was charged to the utmost with electricity, the presence of which sent a thrill through the whole nervous system of all animated beings.
Next day the presence of water became still more sensibly felt; it seemed to exude from every pore of the ground.
And how could her presence at the bay facilitate our means of getting there?
When he found himself in the presence of Lord Glenarvan he folded his arms and awaited the questions calmly and silently.
The laird of Malcolm Castle felt the presence of loved ones about him in the darkness as he wandered up and down the lonely strand.
Their presence indicated a change of wind which shifted to the north.
It would be impossible to tell the anguish of mind these eight men endured; they felt their own impotence in the presence of these cataclysms of nature so far beyond all human power.
But at all events may He, as He surely will, compass you about with His presence and by His holy angels, and cause you to awake up after His likeness, and to be satisfied with it!
I hear that the Bishop of London refused a man orders last week on three points--Eucharistic sacrifice in any sense, real presence in elements, grace in orders.
But a little anecdote will serve to prove that he took care to place himself in the presence of God in the midst of the busy world in which he moved.
I have implied the presencein him of that sense of religion, or religiousness, which was in fact his intimate and true life.
