There was nothing she so much disliked as an awkward carriage.
Even when spread out to their widest extent, it was impossible to make three fossils, a few birds' eggs, and one dried snake's skin look otherwise than meagre even in a small room.
Never in her whole life had she ventured or wished to advise other people, or to see what was best for them.
It is out of friendship for me that he does it, and I think I can trust you to do your best, and at any rate not to give him more trouble than you need.
It is interesting to find a story from Upper Egypt (that of the fox who pretended to be dead) identical with an Amazonian story, and strongly resembling one found by you among the negroes.
For a variety of lists, exhibiting curious and interesting diversities, I refer the reader back to Chapter III, Sec Sec 9-11.
Footnote: Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals, Sec 2.
But I must speak with detail of Chapter XV, for the best of men quarrel when they come upon this ground: Sec 49.
He observed to the king that he had never seen him in better spirits.
We now come to the partition of Poland, the most momentous transaction of modern times; excepting the French Revolution, if even that revolution was not its consequence.
Mr Finlay's style of intellect is appropriate to such a task; for it is subtle and Machiavelian.
Hast thou not caused me to suffer the tortures of the damned?
He has just stalked by with his insect-catcher on his shoulder; the fellow has been with his green net into the innocent fields, to catch butterflies and other poor insects.
Ellen's weak arm grew powerful; her wit was ready with expedients, to aid him in this necessity.
Ellen smiled and shook her head, looking at the boy and girl, who were building a house of pebbles; and both parents listened for a while to what they were saying.
