I came to be selected as a promising change-bowler.
He tossed his hair off his forehead, and, keeping his face averted from our gaze lest we should detect any moisture about the eyes, opened a desk, and selected the books he would require.
We selected the ward where we would have our beds when we came down wounded, and the particular pretty sister who should nurse us; and went out into the dazzling sun.
After all, I had suggested the "whole bally business," and was entitled to know the means selected for its conduct.
It is an interesting circumstance that the site upon which Alexander Gibson's mills at Marysville stand today, was selected by Beamsley Glasier and his associates in 1765 as the most desirable mill site along the St. John river.
When at Louisbourg in 1758 he was selected by Monckton to conduct Wolfe to reconnoitre the fortress previous to an assault.
Now keep cool Harry,” wound up Frank, after the boys had selected the spot on which the Golden Eagle was to be brought near enough to the ground in a low curve for Frank to swing himself off onto terra-firma.
It was a short time later that they reached a spot about half-a-mile from the White Serpents’ Chasm, and here the keg was left after Ben had selected a couple of long brownish sticks from it.
Harry selected two of the largest of these last and cutting them open set them on the hot coals to roast.
He hastened at once to the burrow that he had selected as his dwelling and secured a long rawhide rope for which he had never imagined he would have any use again.
Before they turned in that night the boys had selected the outfit they would take.
As he spoke the lad stooped down and selected a large flat stone and flung it full at the carved figure with the down-pointing beak.
Nor can we do more wisely than to follow the line of thought thus indicated, for which reason we have selected the foregoing text.
And the other, indigent, the poor, selectedby way of a specific example--a widow.
The little creature mentioned is one of the most insignificant that could be thought of; the Lord selected it just for the sake of that utter insignificance to bring out a significant and all-inspiring truth.
It was for this reason largely that Pete had selected Fred and John to accompany him.
In their eyes, Jesus of Nazareth was a mere mortal, the legitimate son of Joseph and Mary: but he was the best and wisest of the human race, selectedas the worthy instrument to restore upon earth the worship of the true and supreme Deity.
Dishonor might be ultimately reflected on the character of Justinian; but much of the guilt, and still more of the profit, was intercepted by the ministers, who were seldom promoted for their virtues, and not always selected for their talents.
They were selected by the Imperial delegates, Tribonian, Theophilus, and Dorotheus; and the freedom and purity of the Antonines was incrusted with the coarser materials of a degenerate age.
To secure the island from such surprises as the landing of 540, the city received a new body of inhabitants selected from Sicilians well disposed towards Rome; the old glorious Akragas was no more.
He ordered the artisans of New Carthage, 2000 in number, to work for the Roman army, promising to them liberty at the close of the war, and he selected the able-bodied men among the remaining multitude to serve as rowers in the fleet.
For this purpose he had selected the broad and mostly flat district of northern Apulia, which furnished grain and grass in abundance, and which could be completely commanded by his excellent cavalry.
They selected two or three score of these coats of precious skins, beautiful long Chinese robes reaching to the feet, and tumbling them into emptied trunks, we went out as soon as possible.
A hundred examples of this might be selected from both; and he has, doubtless, already noticed the biting satire of both.
A thousand passages might be selectedfrom both to show this riding trait of character.
I will now give a few parallels which I have selected from the many examples, and I will begin the list with exclamations so common to both: Paine.
He advanced with sorrow, fearing that his favorite condition had been selected by some more fortunate soul who had gone before him.
The assembled spectators formed a guard around a small alamo, or poplar tree, which had been selected for the gallows.
Hence the common remark of his officers, of the advantage he derived from councils of war, where hearing all suggestions, he selected whatever was best; and certainly no General ever planned his battles more judiciously.
Accordingly, after consulting with his chums, the scout master selected five of whom he wished to accompany him on his errand of mercy.
When Hugh got ready to go over to the works under the belief that Mr. Campertown could be seen, heselected just Billy, Alec and Arthur to accompany him.
Hugh had given it as his opinion that the three abductors must certainly be heading for some place previously selected as a hide-out.
General Simcoe had selectedit for the county town, and the site of a future city.
Two men stepped from the ranks, selected some large chips, and came into the room where we were standing, and took coals from the hearth without speaking a word.
Mr. Harris was at once selected by the various Governments of the day to be the recipient of various Government offices.
The Chesapeake seems to have been selected to make up a cause of war with Great Britain, by the warlike proceedings of the President before communicating with the British Government on the subject.
I doubt if your information will be of any value to me, for I suppose the steamers were selected on account of their great speed, as is the case with all blockade runners.
He had selected the ones for his own boat, and had required Flint to pick his own crew for the other.
She had a crew of sixty men, besides those employed in the engineer's department, selected from the fleet, for the mission of the steamer was regarded as a very important one.
If I could have selected a position for myself, this is the very one I should have chosen.
Luffard is a quartermaster, for I selectedthe best men I had for these positions.
We don't know who they are; but doubtless they have been selected for their shrewdness.
He continued to sound, after he had selected the point for landing.
The captain took from his desk a bundle of letters and selected one, which he opened and laid on the table, though not where his copyist could see it.
His youth was against him, and he was aware that he had been selected to take the steamer to the Gulf because there was a scarcity of officers of the proper grade, and his rank gave him the position.
As he was a very intelligent colored man, or rather mulatto, though they were all the same at the South, the young commander had selected him for his present service; and he never had occasion to regret the choice.
The Bradshaws were staying at the pension selected by Mrs. Lessingham.
Within the doorway he stood for a moment surveying the room; with placid eye he selected Mrs. Denyer, and approached her just to shake hands; her three daughters received from him the same attention.
Spence led the way down to the quay, and after much tumult a boat was selected and a bargain struck, the original demand made by the artless sailors being of course five times as much as was ever paid for the transit.
She passed a hook beneath the jaw of the selected one, and, fastening it to a cord, dragged him along over rocks and stones, till she reached a cave, overhung by a projecting ridge.
The volume I selected was one of Macaulay's Essays.
The bedroom my servant had selected for me was the best on the floor--a large one, with two windows fronting the street.
I do not remember whether there were twelve or fourteen battalions; as each one of them selected its own uniform, there was necessarily the greatest possible diversity among them.
The gowns or cloaks of the upper classes at that time were richly ornamented with deep borders of embroidery, but Fulke had carefully selected garments free from any such adornments.
Had he been aware of the stolen interview which had taken place a few hours before by the turret door, he would hardly have selected this day for pressing his suit with Aliva herself.
One day we heard the cackling of a hen, which had apparently laid an egg on the top of the American windmill; and, on looking up, found that Bobby had selected this airy height as his practising-ground.
All we had to do was to point out to him the selected victim.
I have myself seen the master of such a household whose head was bowed down in shame; for it was known in the neighborhood that his daughter had selected one of the meanest slaves on his plantation to be the father of his first grandchild.
I selected a quiet nook, where no intruder was likely to penetrate, and there I taught him his A, B, C.
She selected the most brutalized, over whom her authority could be exercised with less fear of exposure.
With some hesitation we selected an inn on the water-side.
Our Little Ones in Heaven: Thoughts in Prose and Verse, selected from the Writings of favourite Authors; with Frontispiece after Sir Joshua Reynolds.
Selected and Illustrated with Thirty-six Engravings by Harrison Weir.
Having accomplished their loves and selected partners, the sexes now turn their attention to household matters.
In this case the Nuthatches had selected for nesting purposes a knot hole in a large oak, at a height of about twenty-five feet from the ground.
The places selected vary according to latitude and the fancy of the builders.
But where the birds are unmolested, the same localities are probablyselected on each return of the breeding-season.
When one is selected by either bird, the other is summoned to the spot to talk over, in true bird-language, the merits thereof.
When a nest is located on the outskirts of a thicket, some species of oak, or the tulip-tree, is generally selected as the recipient thereof.
Having selected a suitable site, both birds apply themselves to the task of building for a period of four or five days, when a neat and rather cosy structure is the result.
The places selected for this purpose are strange and various.
Having selected a building-spot, the pair proceed with all possible dispatch to construct a home.
In occasional cases a few rotten leaves are scratched into the hollow selected for the deposition of the eggs, the latter being laid without any previous care having been taken for their preservation and shelter.
The site selected is usually a brier, cedar, thorn-apple, or a bush in the midst of a grove or hedge, seldom remote from a settlement.
The tree selected in Southern California appears to be the live oak exclusively, but in other localities, the mezquite sometimes shares with it the honor.
After the defeat the Bluebird selected a partner from his allies, and the unfortunate female gracefully retired.
This is so low, that to appreciate its effect, the auditor must be but a few yards distant from the tree which our modest vocalist has selected to be the scene of his endeavors.
The landlord selected the two bedsteads, the chairs, trunk, and table, for what they were indebted to him, as the porter said who came up with us.
Sunday night a quick sortie was made, it being the hope of the besieged that two selected men might elude Marlanx's watch-dogs during the melee that followed.
Three hundred mounted men were selected to make the dash down Castle Avenue, straight into the camp of the sharpshooters.
There were times when her heart shrank from the unholy deed she had been selected to perform; she even prayed that death might come to her before the hour in which she was to do this execrable thing in behalf of the humanity she served.
All unknown to him, a selected company of cutthroats were in waiting for him on the hills near the castle.
King carefully selected one and tapped its tip on the back of his hand.
The students worked in pairs, a special family of plants being assigned to each couple; and the instructor selected the couples with an eye to combinations of the quick with the slow.
Each paragraph he supplemented first with illustrative Scripture parallels, as set down for him, and then by passages selected for him from Mrs. Eddy's book.
This church was dedicated on January 6, anciently one of the many dates selected and observed in the East as the day of the birth and baptism of our Master Metaphysician, Jesus of Nazareth.
