Our provision waxeth short and poor, and be it once spent our good friend Jones will give us none of his we may be sure.
The governor in a short address set forth the danger which evidently menaced the little colony, and invited the opinion of the freemen assembled as to the means of meeting it.
But why art thou so tart when I meant naught," began Alden, bewildered; but again the girl cut him short with a stinging little laugh.
Yes truly," responded the captain with a short laugh.
A short time later when the engine and friction transmission were bolted in place on the running gear, Frank saw that the rigidity of the framework had an undesirable effect.
Although the short distance between the two bearings caused the shifter carriage to bind occasionally, the device was thought to be sufficient and was installed just in front of the frame.
In desperation, he grasped the rear axle with both hands and was dragged a short distance, attempting to stop the machine, before it struck the wall.
Because the piston no longer struck the exhaust valve, a short rod had to be screwed into the pistonhead; this pushed the valve shut at the completion of the exhaust stroke.
This short trial demonstrated some of the weaknesses in the friction transmission.
It is quite probable that within a short time one may be able to see an ordinary carriage in almost every respect, running along the streets or climbing country hills without visible means of propulsion.
The short rear portion of the shaft is a tube which slides over the main shaft.
But before I could get there they had left the stable, and after a short run over the snow the wolf again turned at bay, and the dog, our neighbor's collie, circled about watching his chance to snap.
Suddenly he paused as though listening, then raising his little black nose he poured out a short quavering cry.
At the first streak of dawn he was up, and within a short half-mile, thanks to the snowy mare, he found the band.
Away it went with Bingo in full chase, but the wolf did not greatly exert itself to escape, and within a short distance Bingo was close up, yet strange to tell, there was no grappling, no fight!
After making a short double, a loop and a baulk in case the dog should come back, Molly returned to find that Rag in his eagerness was standing bolt upright and craning his neck to see the sport.
Horses and wild animals usually kept to these trails, though the horned cattle had no hesitation in taking a shortcut through the sedge.
Then she led them by short stages, keeping the cover, to the far side of the beaver-meadow, where was a great grassy dome.
The scratching sound was soon followed by the lifting of the sash, and in a short time Wully was back in the kitchen with the window closed behind him.
He flew to the mouth of the Rosedale Brook, then took a shortflight to the Beaver Elm.
He slowly raised his rolypoly body on his short fluffy legs, lifted his little round head above the covering of his nest and peeped out into the woods.
In a short time he would return driving her at full gallop before him, and gave her no peace until, puffing and blowing, she was safely driven into the farthest corner of her stable.
His mane and tail were not just quite so high, and his short half mile of start was down by more than half, but still he stayed ahead and paced and paced and paced.
They came together by short runs side-wise, each one trying to get the wind of the other and watching for a chance advantage.
I was here such a short time on my last visit that, although I met Mrs. Warner, I did not see her good spouse.
The girl soon turned out of the canon on to a foothill road and after a short climb came suddenly upon a low built white house that had a wonderful view of the ocean and islands.
Jenny did not follow the highway, but took a short cut trail to Miss Dearborn's hillside home.
Throngs of bright-eyed girls, many of them in short sport skirts and prettily colored sweater coats, trooped past the two who were strange.
Beulah, who had skipped to the front window, hurried back to don her cloak and tie a becoming cherry colored scarf over her short light brown curls.
The cracks were caulked and again the pretty craft floated, seeming to dance for joy, over the smoothly rolling waves, when it was tied to the buoy a short distance from shore.
In another column the short but potent line met his eye: "An overflowing and exceedingly fashionable house greeted the Negro Minstrels last night.
I don't wonder so many of 'em does things what get 'em into the Station, and after that treated to a short luxury on the Island.
The time prints of sixty summers have furrowed the old hostess' brow, and yet she seems not more than forty--is short of figure, and weighs two hundred.
And with this short record I close my history, leaving the rest for those to search out who find this paper, at my death, which cannot be long hence.
A short pause and his face brightens with a smile, the grave-digger shoulders his pick, and with the thumb of his right hand to his nasal organ, throws himself into a comical attitude.
Pon my honor, now, there is a chance for you to bring that thing about in a very short time.
And he being obliged to practice it in opposition to the law, quietly submits to the penalty, which is a residence in the old prison for a short time.
A short conversation carried on in whispers, and they sally out, and soon disappear down Broad street.
He recrosses the millpond over another bridge, and in his confusion turns a short angle into a lane leading to the city.
It came to be Mr. Craig's habit to drop into the League-room, and toward the close of the evening to have a short Scripture lesson from the Gospels.
We'll have to make a dash for it, I fancy,' he replied cheerfully, though his face was covered with blood and his breath was coming in short gasps.
I set off by a short cut leading to her home, hoping the men would be there before us; but, passing me, she walked swiftly through the trees, and I followed in fear.
Those who wanted anything else might pass through a short passage into the bar just behind.
The men were for making a night of it; but fearing the effect upon Graeme, I spoke to Nelson, who passed the word, and in a short time the camp was quiet.
His face was red and eager, his eyes were strained, his teeth set, his breath came short and thick, and the hand he laid upon her arm shook like a leaf.
It was yet night when she awoke, nor did she know for how long or how short a time she had slept.
When they had travelled slowly forward for some short distance, Nell looked timidly round the caravan.
At length, clapping her hands with pleasure and running on before her new friend for a short distance, the little girl stopped at a door, and remaining on the step till the Old Gentleman came up, knocked at it when he joined her.
Then he pointed to some trees at a very short distance before them, said that the town lay in that direction, and that they had better take the path through the churchyard.
Passing along it for a short distance they came to a lane, completely shaded by the trees on either hand which met together overhead.
They often stopped to rest, but only for a short space at a time, and then went on, having had but little food since the morning.
In a short time each had its cheerful fire glowing and crackling on the hearth.
She now walked on as before, talking cheerfully by the way; but she said no more about her home, beyond remarking that they were going quite a new road, and asking if it were a short one.
To return to our own case: About the middle of the afternoon we were herded by our guards into a shallow depression a short distance in the rear of the trench and there told to lie down.
So we determined to volunteer for work, figuring that they were so short of men that they would not lightly refuse us.
And very dejected they looked too--in rags, very wet and evidently short of food, sleep and a shave.
I think Sergeant Whitehead went with them, too; at least he was near there a short time before, and I never saw him or any of the gun crew again.
The Germans themselves were short of necessities here.
The confinement and short rations on top of our arduous journey, during which we had had nothing but the two biscuits a day, caused us to grow weaker daily.
Nor did we greatly mind the short rations we were on.
I was still in the swamp to my knees, and under those conditions even the short start we had might prove sufficient, since our pursuers would also bog down.
Following the beating off of their infantry attack the Germans gave us a short breathing spell until their machine guns had been trained on our parapet and a school of light field guns dragged up into place.
There were six of them, from mother's long one to father's short one.
At another set of windows--now that the days are growing short and there is need of lights--I see in shadowgraph against the curtains an occasional domestic drama.
But once children's feet played there and romped through the shortwinter afternoons.
You will observe in Ophelia's short and general answer to the long speech of Laertes the natural carelessness of innocence, which cannot think such a code of cautions and prudences necessary to its own preservation.
The precipitancy, which is the character of the play, is well marked in thisshort scene of waiting for Juliet's arrival.
But as in casting account, three or four men together comeshort in account of one man placed by himself below them, &c.
In short the form of this species of drama was poetry; the stuff or matter was prose.
No part was ever played in perfection, but nature justified herself in the hearts of all her children, in what state soever they were, short of absolute moral exhaustion, or downright stupidity.
Yet, as to Penny herself, it must have been evident from the first that the dark eyes often strayed in her direction, and that with unmistakable interest, even on so short an acquaintance.
That conversation, short as it was, proved to be the last in which the dying man was to take part with my brother.
He passed away a short time after, having never recovered consciousness.
The short ceremony was soon over, and after some prayers for the sick man we took our leave.
Consequently he took all the short cuts he knew, and one of them led him by the old mill.
The maister wes short enuch in the temper," remarked Willy on this point.
The grounds are well kept," remarked McConnachie as they proceeded up the short avenue.
If any others were given him, he would use them for a time, out of compliment to the donor, but the ancient attire would always reappear after a short interval.
And how is it that one arm of the national defences of a Republic comes to be ruled by a Turkish code, whose every section almost, like each of the tubes of a revolving pistol, fires nothing short of death into the heart of an offender?
The carronade is a gun comparatively short and light for its calibre.
Three of them drank a good deal too much; and when they came on board, the Captain ordered them to be sewed up in their hammocks, to cut short their obstreperous capers till sober.
It further differs from a long-gun, in working with a joint and bolt underneath, instead of the short arms or trunnions at the sides.
He wore a short cue, which the wags of the mizzen-top called his "plug of pig-tail.
His cook's mess-chest being brought on deck, four canvas bags of silver were found in it, amounting to a sum something short of as many hundred dollars.
To make a short story of it, this functionary, being called upon in secret, was readily prevailed upon to part with a dozen bottles, with whose contents the intoxicated party had regaled themselves.
After a short historical introduction I have translated in full a very curious and little-known ancient text, which may be said to constitute something like an authoritative Pagan creed.
He does not seem to have tried deliberately to reveal himself, yet he has revealed himself in that short personal note-book almost as much as the great inspired egotists, Rousseau and St. Augustine.
He was about fifty years of age, short of stature, thin and active, still looking young without a grey hair in his black beard.
Some wore short jackets and others blouses; some were in velveteen trousers, others in linen overalls.
When the executioner's assistants drew near to support him he once more refused their help, and again set himself in motion, advancing with short steps, but as quickly and as straightly as the rope hampering his legs permitted.
He had suddenly remembered that Victor's mother had been sitting in a dark corner behind them a short time previously.
Short and thick-set, with his face thrust forward, hiding his shrewdness beneath an expression of indignant frankness, he was for a moment really superb.
Was it that the dim presentiment which comes to loving hearts when mourning threatens them, swept by during the short intervals of silence that followed the joyous outbursts?
Camille, at three and twenty, was a very dark young woman, short of stature and somewhat deformed, with her left shoulder higher than the right.
If they think that they look the prettier in short skirts like schoolgirls they are vastly mistaken!
However, on the very threshold of the little salon, Madame Theodore stopped short in wonderment herself, for her sister Hortense was sobbing and crouching on one of the armchairs, upholstered in blue repp, of which she was so proud.
Madame Theodore knew that her sister was generally short of money towards the month's end, and therefore felt rather ill at ease in thus venturing to apply for a loan.
Short and lean, with a thin face and long and carefully tended beard, he had the bearing of one who is both vain and quarrelsome.
And on his death, his son Eugene, who already had a wife and child of his own, had found himself for a short time with his stepmother and sisters on his hands.
This and the absence of casualties from short shooting, and the fact that the garrison was discovered prostrate on the floor of the trench, I think speaks for itself.
Divisional Headquarters were then at the Triangle Copse near Gomiecourt, and the Division was enjoying a short rest some distance in rear of the front line, which ran roughly along the Canal du Nord.
The enemy had retired about six miles east of Maubeuge, and a shortdelay was necessary to get up ammunition and supplies for a further forward movement.
The former was in the Ribecourt Valley, and the brigades were still in the neighbourhood of Marcoing, where they were enjoying a short rest before being pushed forward again.
At first it was completely successful; the enemy broke through as far as Noreuil and Lagnicourt, and for a short time was actually in possession of two brigades of the Australian artillery.
After a short time the three Germans returned, seeing that no British were yet in sight, and deliberately murdered the wounded man with their bayonets.
Colonel Eden, who had gone home on a course a short time previously.
The number of prisoners taken by the division is not far short of 2000.
I take from a note written at the time a short account of one of my routine trips.
I therefore started an experiment which was a great success for the short time in which it was possible for it to remain in operation.
Here the three Colonels have their precarious shelters; sometimes things may be quiet for a short breathing space--more often they are just the reverse.
The 7th Division now passed through us, and for a short time the 62nd Division ceased to take an active part in the fighting, though still continuing to advance.
The disgrace, such as it is, to his friends, is no greater in a long term than in a short one.
Nothing short of patrolling the roads in parties of three or four between sunset and sunrise would put a stop to them, and the funds at our disposal would not support such an expenditure.
The inquest occupied a very short time, the only point on which many questions were asked being as to the firing through the window.
A ship, the Surinam, is lying a shortdistance from us, and will take our letters to England.
As to your going out into the world at the age of sixty, it would be little short of madness.
Three other similarly laden spits were soon placed beside it, and in a short time the meat was ready for eating.
A month later the Reigate coach was stopped when a short distance out of the town by two highwaymen, and a considerable prize obtained by the robbers.
They had been there but a short time before the depredations committed roused the settlers to band themselves together.
However, they must have spoken to the landlord, who in a short time made signs that the carriage was at the door.
I fear that when they get him into one of their dens they will make short work of him, therefore it is clear that there is not a moment to be lost.
Come, we will make a short cut through the grove to the house.
Illustration] Now, it happened that there was a very skilful surgeon staying at the hotel, who had come down to the island for a short vacation.
Short summaries, and suggestions for collateral reading, are provided.
However, I insisted that no member of the company should stray ever so short a distance from the train, and I took good care that the cows were herded in close order between two of the wagons.
The system and speed with which the trained tent riggers went about their task was nothing short of marvelous to Bruce.
Jerry tossed the short pike pole down onto the shelf and the trainer climbed out to get it.
The reins had parted and oneshort length dangled over the horse's side and slapped him continually on the ribs while the longer section dragged under the cutter.
There were several acres of broad green lawn in front of the grandstand, and the only obstructions in the whole area were the tall and short poles the scouts had erected.
Dozens of young cedars and fir trees were felled for the lean-tos and in short order the lads were busy with hammers and nails putting up the frame-work of six of these shelters.
On top of the tool box was strapped a short coil of hose with a small nozzle ready to be brought into action when coupled to the nearest street hydrant.
Paul Nez, the big French-Canadian lumber cruiser, as he hacked a blaze into a six-inch poplar and left his short hatchet wedged fast while he felt through his pockets for a handkerchief.
The Boy Scout Engineers reviewed the procession from the curb, and when it had passed they hurried by way of a short cut across the fields to the tournament grounds, reaching there just as the Mayor's car turned in at the big gate.
Vehicles traveling at night are very apt to have serious upsets and the life and limb of the occupants are endangered, in spite of the fact that we have marked the washouts with red lanterns hung on short posts.
There isn't any real danger, but you might have made a ground or a short circuit and upset everything.
Indeed the whack, whack of their hatchets and the heavier cluck, cluck of their axes could be heard on all sides of the clearing and in a surprisingly short time a big space had been made ready for the camp.
It was but a short paper, which attracted but little notice, and which we have not been able to consult, no copy of it being in the Paris library.
On the other hand, Jefferson Davis was not yet prepared to consider any terms short of a recognition of the independence of the Confederacy, and Stephens could act only under the instructions received from Richmond.
More than once, we were short of provisions, and, in one instance, a supply of stationery for which the adjutants of the brigade had been waiting, was carried off to serve the needs of our opponents.
The mortar I may explain to my unmilitary readers is a short carronade of large bore and with a comparatively short range.
Demanding what they do, and for the reason they do, they can voluntarily stop nowhere short of this consummation.
It is the attribute of true genius that it can do great things easily, and can accomplish its feats in an incredibly short time.
His near neighbor was the venerable James Montgomery, whose pupil he had been during the short time that the poet conducted a school.
He quite captivated her with a most pathetic account of his idolized boy "Pickie," who had died a short time before.
I was then preaching, a short article to the "New York Observer," signed by my initials.
Guthrie a short time after attempted to visit our country, but was arrested at Queenstown by a difficulty of the heart, and returned to Scotland, and lived but a short time afterwards.
Palmer was short in stature, but his erect form and habit of brushing his hair high over his forehead gave him a commanding look.
As my church was just off East Broadway, and within a short walk of the Five Points, I took a deep interest in Mr. Pease's Christian undertaking, and aided him by every means in my power.
The number of those who could be called capitalists in a small village like Wrayburn was very small, and it happened very remarkably that all of them were short of funds.
Under the advice of that gentleman he had invested a very considerable sum of money in some mining shares, in the assurance that he would be able in a very short time to sell at a large profit.
But before God it is all in one heap; what is long with us is short with him,--and again, here there is neither measure nor number.
For if he whose duty it is to feed the flock is anxious merely for wealth and gain, he will in a short time become a wolf himself.
This is a shortlesson and quick spoken, but it goes deep and spreads itself wide.
The story in short is this; Murphy sent me rather the outline of an Epilogue than an Epilogue, which was to be sung by Mrs. Catley, and which she approved.
An History of England in a Series of Letters from a Nobleman to his Son', 1764, Goldsmith gives the following short account of the state of poetry in the first quarter of the Eighteenth Century.
The mechanical part, with regard to numbers and language, is not so perfect as so short a work as this requires; but the pathetic it contains, particularly in the last stanza but one, is exquisitely fine.
The adoption of irrigation as a means of utilising sewage, suggests a short consideration of the value of liquid manures.
For an account of the Rothamsted experiments, and a short biography of Sir John Lawes, the reader is referred to a pamphlet by the present writer, entitled 'Sir J.
After a short time the resulting hard mass is, by means of disintegrators, reduced to a uniform powder.
The first point to notice about barley is the fact that its period of growth is a short one.
A crop which grows quickly, and consequently occupies the ground during a comparatively short period, will naturally require a richer soil, and therefore a more liberal treatment with manure, than one whose growth is more gradual.
It has been pursued by competent experimenters for a short time only.
That he may obtain an approximate idea of the composition of a soil, one or two representative analyses will be found in the Appendix,[54] along with a short account of the chief minerals out of which soils are formed.
In 1883 some short articles published in Germany on the subject were the means of first drawing the attention of the public to its importance as a manure.
In these countries there is a late spring, and a short and by no means hot summer, but a very long period of daylight.
A short sketch of the development of our knowledge of the relation of nitrogen to the plant will be given further on.
As the only source of it in the soil is from the disintegration of the different rocks, a short description of its occurrence in the mineral kingdom may first be given.
Now it may be placed not far short of a million tons.
He did not remain long at Bonn, but in a short time left that university for Erlangen, where he studied for some years, taking his Ph.
