They had only returned in March from active service, with the Regiment very much the worse for wear; heartily sorry to be out of the biggest show on record; yet heartily glad to be back in India, a sadly changing India though it was.
I had a hazy notion he was your show candidate for the Indian Civil!
For the same reason, she could not show Nevil her full appreciation of his tact and delicacy.
For Nevil had detested writing that letter of rebuke; had not dared show it to his wife; and Roy had taken it like a man.
I 'spec it's just to show off they are Princesses and to keep the Knights from bothering round.
For the moment he had forgotten his treasure; and now he was wondering if he couldshow it--even to her.
But somehow he could not make himself talk about these things simply for "show off," because a strange boy, with bad manners, was putting on airs.
There was not a tree, nor a bush, nor any sign of animal or vegetable life, to show that we were not travelling on a frozen ocean.
Two of us then had to alight from our sleighs, go into the post-station, show our podorozhnayas to the station-master, and superintend the harnessing of two fresh teams.
With the first streak of dawn the camp began to showsigns of animation.
He wanted nothing in particular except to show himself, and after examining his sword, which was really a magnificent weapon, we gave him a few bunches of tobacco and dismissed him.
The Major replied simply that he would show them what we could do, and went on with his preparations.
If you treat them well, your slightest wish will be their law; and they will do their best in their rude way to show their appreciation of kindness, by anticipating and meeting even your unexpressed wants.
Our dogs were beginning already to show unmistakable signs of exhaustion, and their feet, lacerated by ice which had formed between the toes, were now spotting the snow with blood at every step.
With this impression they had received us when we arrived, and had, poor fellows, done their very best to show us proper honour and respect.
This young woman, too, began toshow symptoms of shock, which, in her case, took the form of amazement.
The netting over our windows had got torn from the tacks, so that the mosquitoes had come in by shoals just to show how they appreciated the attention of having things made easy for them.
This is a glorious region, and we send you the enclosed sketch to show our picture of comfort and perfection.
A young man regards show in his dress, an old man, health.
He cannot but with measure fit the honours] That is, no honour will be too great far him; he will show a mind equal to any elevation.
General Iturbide enjoys the full confidence of the present Administration, but only the future can show whether he will succeed in establishing a stable Government in Mexico, without the intervention of the United States.
If weshow ourselves ready to help him out of his present difficulties, I am sure he for his part will energetically prosecute against England his design of vindicating the validity of international law.
They show that on the one hand the prevailing conditions of American public opinion were extraordinarily unfavorable to our propaganda, and that the support it received from home, with a few exceptions, was misguided.
All evidence goes to show that New York will then be the center of world-finance, and we should, therefore, take all steps to act on this assumption as soon as possible.
I mention this incident to show that our propaganda was not by any means made easier by Germany, although our Press Bureau repeatedly brought up this very question in Berlin.
The Signora made an evident attempt to show a little of her habitual cordiality at parting, and she even kissed Aurora coldly on the forehead, and embraced Maddalena with something like her usual affection.
So I said, going from one to another, and weeping to show that it was a very urgent matter.
So when I had seen, I made a show of being joyful, and gave the porter five sous instead of four.
Worse than that, there would be a long inquiry to show that Corbario had murdered his mother.
She knew that she had only to show herself and that every one would stand and look at her, only to beckon and she would be followed.
You shall reach the bottom safely and go home alone, or I will show you the way, as you please.
In still earlier days he had been in deep water and had been boatswain of a square-rigger, yet there was nothing about his appearance now to show that he had been a sailor man.
You see that was Peter's chance to show what he was made of, and he didn't miss his chance.
Pooh," said Seppi, and just to show that he didn't care at all about such idle tales he began to whistle; but Leneli noticed that he too looked behind him now and then.
He saw that Frank was smiling, and his common sense told him the boy would not be likely to show such freedom from anxiety if things were as bad as he had at first feared.
He was as good as his word, for he had taken the papers to show the Major in case any proof were desired after his story had been told.
This time I think he'll just pretend to throw, so as to make us show our hand," was what he said.
Yes," said Billy Barnes earnestly, "it would be a tough joke on the company to have some clever thieves get away with it, just when we are ready to show the French Government that it is away above ordinary seaplanes.
Then a sudden gleam of gathering intelligence began to show itself in his eyes; he emphatically brought down his fist in the open palm of his other hand.
He has papers to show that he is by birth a Swede, but an American citizen by adoption.
Will youshow them something, Frank, now that we have the chance?
And, as they anticipated, the reliable Sea Eagle was doing her prettiest when called upon to show her fine points.
Pudge demanded, evidently trying hard to control himself, andshow that he could face danger with an undaunted front.
Shall we get out at once and be ready to join them when they show up?
He did not show any particular signs of alarm, though he was plainly excited.
While Frank was calling out after this manner everybody was making haste to show as little of their person as possible.
There was no necessity for doing it, since he had no desire to show off before the Dunkirk people, and it was the part of wisdom to conserve all his resources for the strain that awaited them.
He had several objects in doing this, chief of which was the design to show that he was in a class by himself, and not to be included in those who had come forth to fight.
Muckluck was standing still, looking at the Boy with none of the kindness a woman ought to show to one who had just befriended her sex.
Nicholas of Pymeut said: 'You treat a Siwash like a heathen, and he'll show you what a hell of a heathen he can be.
And the Trio presently retired to the Little Cabin to discuss whether the Colonel didn't show favouritism to the Boy, and, when Mac was asleep, how they could get rid of Kaviak.
It was this same Brother Paul who, after breakfast and despite the Pymeut incident, offered to show the gold-seekers over the school.
He hadn't deliberately meant to make Kaviak be the first to "show his hand" after all that had happened, but something had taken hold of him and made him behave as he hadn't dreamed of behaving.
They had seen no sign of even savage life, no white trader, nothing to show that any human foot had ever passed that way before.
And Keith told a string of stories to show how the Minóok miners admired her astuteness, and helped her unblushingly to get the better of one another.
Winter beginning to showhis teeth," said one man, with an effort at jocosity.
He'll show us how to steer with a pole, and how to make fish-traps and--and everything.
Once there was an old trapper here, and the young men wanted him to show them how to set a fox trap, and he told them he would, so he got them out to show them how, and this is what he told them.
A good spring when set should show a nearly uniform curve throughout.
These figures, of course, are only given for illustration and are not meant to show value.
By this we mean putting a small piece of bait at dens you think are good or show some sign of game, but at which you have no traps.
But, my fellow trappers, it is right here where I step in and show you the way to overcome the difficulty.
The dark streaks show much more than later in the season.
If opossum have been properly skinned and stretched they will, when unprime, show a dark blue spot on the under side at the throat.
Let us take the fellow that digs out the dens aside and give him a little good advice and show him where he is working against his own good.
Trappers in stating the size traps that they use for a certain animal show quite a difference.
To show where a baited trap has the advantage, we will suppose that an animal passes a den where a trap is set but not baited.
A close inspection of dens, will also show long hairs, if the same is used much by animals just before the fur begins to get good, as they then shed many of the long hairs.
A few spring rats may be caught earlier than March, but so long as they show dark spots they are not No.
In the early summer I attended a poultry show at Rooster, Mass.
These hens were all heralded as famous layers; several did lay in the traveling coops on the journey, great pinky-brown beauties, just to show what they could do if they chose, then stopped suddenly.
Occasionally the jokes are good and the answers from the audience show the ready Yankee wit.
To show how a child would revel in a little rational enjoyment on a farm, read this dear little poem of James Whitcomb Riley's: AT AUNTY'S HOUSE.
At all events, these visitors contented themselves with staring at me for a few minutes, and then one by one turned away, as if it were not much of a show after all.
Throughout the excitement the female did not show herself, and I wondered whether she could have submitted to be killed rather than desert her charge.
It is good, once in a while, to take advantage of a disadvantage to show what we can do.
The passers-by all stopped to look at the show (perhaps because they saw me staring upward), till finally a laborer yielded to the school-boy instinct and let fly a stone.
The bird, I declared to myself, would be like the ordinary baby, who, as everybody knows, is never so stupid as when its fond mother would make a show of it before company.
I must show you the map of England and Scotland compiled by Mr. Huish, showing Turner's tours.
I mean to show you that you didn't make a mistake.
They show how some boys came to the city to seek employment and found it, and may serve to show the way to others.
To show you how much wiser we Frenchmen are than you Arabs.
Then I made up my mind I'd stick at the old thing and show Cyn--show some people I'm no coward.
The Exeter eleven this year is not a good one, and yet the figures of the Harvard game would seem to show that it is.
A French paper tells of a discouraging experience an ambitious young tenor once had when trying to show what kind of a voice he had to a manager.
I will quote some of this poem, because it is beautiful, and because the fact of its suppression will serve to show you how very exact and careful Tennyson was to preserve only the very best things that he wrote.
The ancient Scandinavian literature would show this.
The relation of morals to literature is very intimate; and we must expect that any change of ideas in the direction of ethics would show themselves in literature.
But the wise man should not show himself to be wise without occasion.
You say there is no substance here, One great reality above: Back from that void I shrink in fear And child-like hide myself in love; Show me what angels feel.
The reference to "chivalrous blood" signifies just this, that at the moment when she kissed him he would have given his life for her, would have dared anything or done anything to show his devotion to her.
The facts only show that the poems are liked by persons of refinement and wealth.
What is called society is a world in which nobody is happy, and in which pure human nature is afraid to show itself.
I quoted this after the Pansie poem to show you how much more deeply Wordsworth could touch the same subject.
Still, even in the "Havamal," one is occasionally startled by teachings whichshow the darker side of Northern life, a life of perpetual vendetta.
The strong character would only become more cautious and more silent under the influence of drink; the weak man would immediately show his weakness.
The object of this little lecture was to show you that the principles of the ancient Norse are really the principles ruling English society to-day; but I think you will be able to take from it a still larger meaning.
These superior classes have found it necessary to showthemselves to the world very cautiously; they live by rule, they conceal their emotions, they move theatrically.
I quote only a few, enough to show that the position of a Finnish wife was by no means an easy one.
We soon found that we had reached a country where the weather could show more remarkable and sudden phases in a given time than any portion of the United States.
One morning my husband ran into the tent and asked me to hurry up with my dressing; he had something strange to show me, and helped me scramble into my clothes.
The farm-houses began to show a little look of comfort, and it occurred to us that we might now vary the monotony of our fare by marketing.
Each little group of tents made quite a show of canvas, as we had abundance of room to spread out, and the quartermaster was not obliged to limit us to any given number of tents.
THE junketing and frolic at St. Louis came to an end in a few days, and our faces were again turned westward to a life about as different from the glitter and show of a gay city in a holiday week as can be imagined.
They went back to his early service as a soldier, determined to show him that he was not "to the manner born.
In case of your inability to do so, I would be pleased to have you accompany me when I visit the country of your tribes, to show that the officers of the Government are acting in harmony.
I was even afraid to show my face at the door when the mail-man was due, for I began to despair about hearing at all.
The soldiers, accustomed to suppression through strict military discipline, now vehemently expressed their feelings; and though it gladdened the General's heart, it was still the hardest sort of work to endure it all without show of emotion.
They show us Jesus accompanied in triumph by the people singing hosannas, the same people who a few days later were to demand his death.
He relates as follows: "When an associate appears before me in court, I refuse to exercise the functions of my office, for I regard him as a near relation, and might involuntarily show partiality in his favor.
Thereupon Agrippa exhorted the assembled multitude to show that they were really peacefully inclined by replacing the broken columns they had thrown down and paying the taxes due to the emperor.
Imprudent expressions, hastily uttered in moments of irritation, may have given some show of reason to these accusations.
They committed to trial, not without some show of justice, and then executed, all persons suspected of having been concerned in the conspiracy.
But in order to show his contempt for a ceremony considered by the Pharisees as a religious one, Alexander poured the water at his feet.
Many of the inhabitants of the neighboring towns had gathered in Sepphoris at the news of the Patriarch's approaching death, in order to show him their sympathy.
At about this period the anger of Pilate was kindled against a Samaritan self-styled Messiah or prophet, who called his believers together in a village, promising to showthem on Mount Gerizim the holy vessels used in the time of Moses.
At what precise period opposition began to show itself among these several parties cannot be determined, as indeed the birth of new spiritual tendencies must ever remain shrouded from view.
He insisted that the unhappy people should show divine honors to the images of the emperor, and when they refused on the ground that such an act was contrary to their Law, he forbade their observance of the Sabbath day.
The city of Pella, making a show of resistance, was destroyed.
He tried to show how false were the accusations hurled against Judaism, and to make known the sublime grandeur and beauty of its tenets.
Christian teachers also addressed petitions to the Emperor and requested him to show mercy on Christendom.
The sacristan began for the first time to show signs of hurry and impatience.
She seemed to remember that downstairs in the dark shop the dealer with the waxen face detained her to show some old silver and jewelry and such like.
A little more conversation ensued of a less serious nature, and tending to show that even the passage from life to death leaves the female anxiety about person and dress somewhat alive.
I wished to show you the room,' he mumbled, and of course I couldn't exactly refuse, having tipped him for the temporary loan of a chair and table.
About three years ago I was sitting one morning in a place I will show you to-morrow.
Not a great while after, the artist went to make an evening visit on Mr. Izzard; that gentleman invited him to his picture gallery, as he wished to show him some remarkable, old family portraits.
Taken aback by such a show of resistance where none had before been offered, the captain promptly replaced the lad upon the seat.
He did not show this in his outward bearing, for nature had formed his person in an impassive mould, and he was never able to dispossess himself of an air of phlegm.
Lying there as if you're half asleep; jump up, and show them how fast your feet can travel!
And more it didn't ought to be, for the amount of money it cost me to put that show together no one wouldn't believe.
She pointed the key at Bertie, to show the allusion was to him.
Bertie was careful not to show the slightest symptom of a desire to turn that way.
If he doesn't show up by to-morrow morning I plan to start out and try to find his cabin, so we can let them know we have the boy safe and sound.
Show me how to cut one of those same crotches the first thing in the morning, will you, Phil?
And the rest of us would rather have it that way, I'm sure," admitted Ethan, which was enough in itself to show how the balance of the Mountain Boys had come to depend on Phil as their leader.
The free show would beat the old one you hear about, when "'There once were two cats in Kilkenny, And each thought there was one cat too many.
Our heroes showthe stuff they are made of and surprise their most ardent admirers.
Ze first zing I notice was zat both the brave guides zey haf zere hands held up in ze air, as eef to show zat it was none of zere affair.
Fast Nine; or, a Challenge from Fairfield They show the same team-work here as when in camp.
Then you'll have something to show when you tell this story later on.
There's a dash of color beginning to showin his cheeks, I do believe!
Making a shift," said Dora: "I will show you dozens of them as we go over this house.
He saw that he must give up the offenders, and show decidedly that he desired to have them punished.
They said a great deal about the unfortunate event, and their own sorrow and distress; but Ormond saw that theirs were only the long faces, dismal tones, and outward show of grief.
On every fair occasion, he liked to show how well he could ride; how well he could dance; how gallant and agreeable he could be: his whole attention was now turned to the cultivation of his personal accomplishments.
And, I am sorry to say, show more charity to them than their own people, the rich Catholics, sometimes do.
I settled that she was pleased, but afraid to show this too distinctly.
He neither affects to show himself, nor lies sullen in his den.
I no sooner show myself in a place than they say, "There goes Ivan Aleksandrovich!
The more debris there is the more it will show the governor's activity.
The hundreds of pictures of the royal family and court people of England left by Van Dyck show us how rapidly he could paint, for the artist died when he was only forty-two years old.
He would insist when he was helping in the fields that there was beautiful color over the plowed ground, and when the other fellows laughed at him, he would say: "Wait, some day I will paint a picture and show you the color.
To show Sir Joshua that he was wrong Gainsborough painted pictures in blue and green.
Finally she learned about the Savior, and to show her faith in Christianity she had some workmen who were making repairs on her tower put in three windows.
By the way, when do you think those friends of his are likely to show up?
Then perhaps someday you'll accord me the honor of letting Christin and me show you my new presidential hideaway in the Berkshires.
Please, for starters I would like to tag along and have you show me around.
See if I can't be a decoy long enough to make them show their hand.
He switched his MP5 to semiauto and carefully took aim between the terminals, waiting for the creep to show himself.
For years now Israel has been the world's biggest secret nuclear power, but nobody ever had the balls to show our stuff.
I won't bother giving you our coordinates," came his voice, "since we show a radar lock already.
A "nonpolitical" event in the middle of the campaign allowed everybody to show up for a photo, regardless of party.
But take a man and show him a miracle with his own eyes.
Any good thing, therefore, that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any human being, let me do it now.
If there were time I might next run over all the Christian experiences in turn, and show the same wide law applies to each; but I think it may serve the better purpose if I leave this further exercise to yourselves.
Does it not show how entirely new Christ's teaching still is to the world, that so old and threadbare an aphorism should still be so little known?
And when intercourse is very close and very frequent, so complete is this exchange that recognizable bits of the one soul begin to show in the other's nature, and the second is conscious of a similar and growing debt to the first.
And if the men that have never seen the real thing--if you could show them that, they would receive it as eagerly as you do.
I have been trying to show you what a splendid thing it is; what a reasonable thing it is; what a happy thing it is; but beyond all these reasons, it is a thing that must be done, because we are commanded to do it by our Captain.
But you must never forget to show them how brotherly love was stronger than death when the old hall was burnt.
Well, only let him show his face in England again, and the devil may pinch my nose with his tongs if I leave him a head on his shoulders: he shall be a sacrifice to your outraged dignity, my Elgiva.
It was indeed the ruin of a basilica wherein they stood, but no trace survived to show whether Dunstan's conjecture was correct.
At length danger seemed to show itself plainly: just as the sun set, a dark shadow moved from a distant angle of the forest on the plain beneath, and the words "The enemy!
Always loving, he was more so than usual that night, as if he felt time was short in which to show a son's love.
Still, translations were multiplied of the sacred writings, and the rubrics show that they were read, as described in the text, upon the Sundays and festivals.
One favour, my lord and king; show mercy to Ragnar, to Redwald, you know not how sad his story has been.
There was comparatively little show of merriment during the rest of the feast, and the noble company separated earlier than was usual on such occasions.
