It rolls back into the mists of oblivion with tens of thousands like it in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and in all the centuries since the world began.
The wonder-wave which rolls over a city or town, at the report of any great mercantile failure, or the discovery of dishonest dealing in a man who has held a responsible position, soon ebbs!
Every post and every day rolls in upon us," John Adams said, "Independence like a torrent.
The door is closed; a moment's whispered consultation, and in faltering tones Mary gives orders to be driven to the Temple, and the carriage rolls off in that direction.
The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold; And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee.
She has caused the hum of busy life to be heard in the wilderness "where rolls the Oregon," and but recently heard no sound, "save its own dashings.
The same heavens are indeed over your heads; the same ocean rolls at your feet; but all else how changed!
The Atlantic rollsbetween us and any formidable foe.
Take a seat, will you, Helen;" and he pointed to a carved tripod stool that was covered with drawings and rolls of paper.
I am driven on by my destiny like a stone which a boy rolls before him.
Sarpedon with the noble Glaucus led Their warriors forth from farthest Lycia, where Xanthus deep-dimpled rolls his oozy tide.
As when fierce flames some ancient forest seize, From side to side in flakes the various wind Rolls them, and to the roots devour'd, the trunks Fall prostrate under fury of the fire, So under Agamemnon fell the heads 190 Of flying Trojans.
Full on the hip he smote him, where the thigh Rolls in its cavity, the socket named.
Then several men appeared bearing enormous Fiji baskets full of large rolls of food wrapped up in leaves, also smaller baskets made of the fresh leaves of the crimson dracæna, also full of food.
Below is a box of rings, some plain, some mounted, ranged along three rolls of parchment.
Within two months from the coming into force of the present treaty the personnel of the air forces on the rolls of the German land and sea forces shall be demobilized.
With his arms bare to the elbow, the performer picks up one handkerchief, rolls it in his hands, and after a moment shows first his right hand empty, then the left.
Down on his knees upon the floor, with shears, rolls of denim, and a pair of small trousers to pattern by, he has wielded the little steel instrument to good purpose, and encouraged and assisted us greatly.
I had ridden in the car first in Paris, outside the salon during the exhibition of 1904, and had been fascinated by its silence and controllability as Mr. Rolls at the wheel threaded the traffic in the Champs Elysees.
A barrister in Paris cannot have his name on the rolls unless he has decent furniture and books and the like.
Those shelves have all been dressed with dummies; those rolls of rich silk are composed of a wooden block, some paper, and half a yard of soiled material; within those huge presses you will find only darkness.
Mr. Mears was strong, a man of comparatively huge girth and massive limbs; he could lift big weights; but Mears in his prime could not have shifted the carpet rolls as they were shifted by this slim-waisted stripling.
Peter Langtoft's French version was edited by Thomas Wright for the "Rolls Series" in 1866.
In some instances, as in the rolls found at Herculaneum, a central core of papyrus instead of a stick was thought sufficient.
The same procedure was employed in all cases of transfer of land, and the transaction was regularly recorded upon the rolls of the court among the records of all the other business transacted there.
The Court of General Gaol Delivery is the Supreme Criminal Court and is presided over by the lieutenant-governor, who is assisted by the clerk of the rolls and the two deemsters.
Chancery Division, in which the clerk of the rolls sits as judge, the Common Law Division, of which the deemsters are the judges, the Staff of Government Division, in which the governor and three judges sit together.
Of course the blank backs of written rolls which had become obsolete might be turned to account for personal or temporary purposes, as we learn not only from references in classical authors but also from actual examples.
It has already been stated above that in the papyrus rolls the text was written in columns.
Mr. Kelly cam home from Prage and Mr. Francys Garland, and Edward Rolls with him from Eglis.
Munday, at 11 of the clok before none, I delivered my two rolls of the Quene’s Majesties title unto herself in the garden at Richemond, who appointed after dynner to heare furder of the matter.
May 8th, the Master of the Rolls his curtesy, thowgh I had never spoken unto him.
See, how they grapple the night as it rolls And trample it under like triumphing souls.
His eyes are as blue as the scarf at his throat; And herolls on the bridge of his broad-beamed whaler, In yellow sou'wester and oil-skin coat.
The experienced African traveller awaking with a chilly skin, swallows a tumbler of cold water, and rollshimself in a blanket till he perspires; there is only one alternative.
Here a bright light suddenly breaks through the mist which forthwith rolls itself together into the form of a staircase, vanishing in perspective, in the middle of the stage.
A dazzling light then appears, the mist rolls itself into a staircase and angels pass down and group themselves about the two sleeping children.
As the place is built on a rather high bank, one can obtain from the veranda an excellent view of the placid, smiling river as it slowly rolls past to join the mighty Amazon on its course to the Atlantic.
A brighter Hellas rears its mountains From waves serener far; A new Peneus rolls his fountains Against the morning star; Where fairer Tempes bloom, there sleep Young Cyclads on a sunnier deep.
Now towards Valhalla’s realm he seems to move; Now towards the earth: he rolls along the sky, And vapours foul, and howlings horrible Conglomerate around his dusky brow.
He travels usually in a golden car, drawn by two white goats, Tanngniostr and Tanngrisner; when that car rolls along the heavens, it causes thunder and lightning.
Now in a line deploys him, nowrolls himself in coils!
Jonathan moans and rolls his head, looking vacantly at Hank now and then.
Jonathan prepares for the quest and Hank rolls over to go to sleep.
