Toueno whistled more loudly than before, so that the old woman's feet and hands showed signs of life, and she soon was able to life her head.
That I will tell thee,' he replied, and then he showed her how his fields of corn had been wasted, and how he had watched for the mice.
Then he knelt by the side of the fire and blew at it for a long while, till slowly the feeble red glow became a little stronger and the edges of the bark showed signs of curling up.
The snake let her weep for a little while, and then he said-- 'Now we will journey on to my family, and we will all repay you for the kindness you showed to me.
Now, little man, I have answered thy question and showed thee my power," said he.
Peronnik showed him the snare he had prepared, and remarked that no bird could possible escape from it.
From the first he has hated me,' but outwardly she showed nothing.
The sequel showed how much more prudent it was to risk the existence of a roll rather than the life of a prophet.
Not long before, similar utterances had almost cost the master his life, so that the disciple showed high courage and devotion in undertaking such a commission.
The Spirit that opened Jeremiah's eyes to the fatal degradation of his country showed him that ruin must follow as its swift result.
After he had eaten and slept to his entire satisfaction, he appeared to grow more lively, and showed a great deal of curiosity about our hut and furniture, and hunting implements, being highly pleased with every new thing he saw.
It seemed to amuse them very much, but they showed no disposition to take it along.
Looking out among the trees, he saw the leaves and branches standing sharply out against the golden sky, which showed him that the day was ended and the sun was set.
But he was growing warm under his great load of eider-down, and that I was glad to see; and at last he showed some feeble signs of consciousness.
Seeing that the ancient mariner showed signs of breaking off at this stage of the story, Fred spoke up, and wanted to know more about the bear that had set fire to himself.
There was no need to give me such very strong assurance that he was 'glad to hear it,' for his faceshowed as plain as could be that he was glad to hear me say anything that had the least hope in it.
In its windows both curtains and a few potted plants showed that here dwelt the only woman of the camp.
The lights I showed made our private signal, and asked if the coast was clear.
They showedno lights, and their occupants were not allowed to converse in tones louder than a whisper.
It showed steadily for a minute, and was then lost to view, only to reappear a few moments later.
A glance outside showed that, while no snow was falling at that moment, the day was dark and gloomy, and the mountain was enveloped in clouds that were driven in swirling eddies by fierce gusts of wind.
A screen formed of a shingle darkened one side of the lantern, so that, as the floating tub was turned by wind or wave, the light alternately showed and disappeared at irregular intervals.
That showedplainly that animals can scent their game.
The next morning I should have had a mink but instead of that the mink had that piece of rabbit, and a larger hole alongside the log showed that it had been dragged further back under the snow.
He was a big, burly, black-whiskered man, with brown face and dark eyes, and he showed his white teeth as he came slowly to meet us.
The fellow turned on me sharply, but a curiously ugly smile began to make curves like parentheses at the corners of his lips, and heshowed his teeth directly after.
There was no fear of that after the first few minutes, for further examination showed that they were numbered, and those numbers were burned into our memories at once.
He showed the same courtly respect to her again, and was rising to go when the Doctor re-entered, and they parted the best of friends.
Seemed as if you and the horse were one, and you nevershowed the white feather once.
To my utter astonishment, the key was not there, but a second glance showed me that it was in the padlock.
In fact, I felt that I must be in that state; and as I glanced at Mercer, I was surprised to see that he hardly showed a mark.
He showed me what he meant, and I balanced myself on my legs, and imitated him as well as I could, to get the swing forward he wished, and we prepared for the next encounter.
If this showed an excessive pride, at all events I was the only one to suffer, and consequently it concerned no one but myself.
Indeed, throughout this period I saw only the sombre side of his character--the one side that showed itself in domestic life, for which he was not fitted.
Bevallan suggested to me that the contractshowed mistrust.
Sometimes a strange severity glittered in the looks she fixed on him; but it was only a flash, and the next moment her beautiful soft eyes and her unchanged face showed nothing but tender devotion and passionate submission.
Laroque herself showedas much interest and admiration as she seemed capable of feeling for anything in this world.
Very likely I do," she said, with a smile that showed her white teeth, while she gravely nodded, her young face radiant with happiness.
Laroque then turned to me with an air that showed how little she expected her man of business to be acquainted with such matters; but it happened, unfortunately, that these were the only "affairs" with which I was familiar.
Her tightened lips, her quivering nostrils, and the sudden whiteness of her forehead, showed what a struggle was going on within her.
Indeed, I thought she was joking, though she showed no signs of amusement.
I found myself face to face with a shrivelled and decrepit old man, whose eyes showed scarcely a spark of life, and who, as he welcomed me, touched with trembling hand the cap of black silk which covered a skull that shone like ivory.
The most curious thing about it all was the extraordinary preference which the patient showed for Clover above all her other nurses.
Then in court she gave just the wrong evidence, because it showed how poor her father was, and so established a presumption of his great necessity and desperation.
His strong, well-knit figure showed to advantage in the rough climbing-suit which he wore; his eyes sparkled and beamed as he looked at Imogen.
The dogs chased the coyote up the ravine down which he had come, and he showed himself no more; but Clover was so proud of her boy's prowess that she never forgot the exploit, and it passed into the family annals for all time.
They came from the flower-beds just outside, which Clover sedulously tended, watered, and defended from the roving cattle, which showed a provoking preference for heliotropes over penstamens whenever they had a chance to get at them.
The plains between were of tawny yellow, but the belts of mesa above showed the richest green, except where the lines of alfalfa and grain were broken by white patches of mentzelia and poppies.
The inscriptions of Ursus, gloryifying the grandeur of Lords, showed distinctly on the worn-out boards, which were both the wall without and the wainscot within.
Certain indentations in their clothes were visible, andshowed that they belonged to the class called in England the ragged.
The canvas, glued to the bones, showedin reliefs like the robe of a statue.
On this ground of fire the snow-flakes showed black--they might have been compared to dark butterflies flying about in a furnace--then all was extinguished.
This mixing of the aristocratic element with the mob was a good sign, and showed that their popularity was extending to London.
Presently the Caskets showed as a harmless encumbrance on the horizon.
Behind, projecting hinges indicated a door, and in the centre of this door a square opening showed a light inside the caravan.
They signified questions reserved, and showed in the operation of the police a certain amount of raison d'état.
She was tall and amply formed, and showed as much as possible of her magnificent person.
He had not succeeded, since the morning, in extinguishing the terror which still showed on his scared face.
That insolent light on the brink of the abyss showed like a defiance, and inspired shipwrecked men with a spirit of daring.
He showed himself frequently in public on horseback, in a helmet and cuirass, with a huge projecting wig hanging below the helmet and over the cuirass--a sort of equestrian statue of imbecile war.
When Montgomery, escaping from Rouen, threw his galley, with all the force of its oars, against the chain barring the Seine at La Bouille, he showed similar effrontery.
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This paint is applied cold, and preliminary tests showed it to be quite efficient.
The excessive tenderness she showed on parting with me, calmed me for an instant; but after her departure, the real and complete loneliness I was left in for the first time, threw me into despair.
Uncle Henry showed the children that Cassiopeia's W had to be turned upside down, into an M, before she could be made to sit in her chair properly.
Paul did his best to spin and walk at the same time, and Uncle Henry showed Peter and Betty that the side of Paul's head that was toward the lamp was always bright, while the other side was always in shadow.
Their blunt and rude interruption showedlack of feeling; it was vulgar and inexcusable.
The next picture showed the little birds weeping, with their claws in bags, the father and mother enjoying a good repast, and the naughty little birds "had none"!
We did not think when we did it of anything but that we must do it unto Him; and in grace He showed us afterwards that we had indeed anointed Him--we had in our own poor way honoured the Divine sacrifice.
They rowed close into the shore, till they discovered a place where the rock-face was cleft, and showed a pale light within.
Dusk had gone; darkness had come, and now darkness itself would leave soon, for the third quarter of a great saffron moon showedits edge in the eastward.
You ken the book youshowed me about Antrim, and what was seen off the cliffs one time.
And then immediately there showed a ship, with the masts and sails and tackles and men, and it sailed stern foremost and it sank stern foremost, all in the red sky.
Although the family protested stoutly that he must be mistaken, a search of the premisesshowed that their pet was missing.
She showed him a hollow birch-stub, in which a family of raccoons dwelt, and together they set to work to destroy the household of their own smaller brother.
On knocking, we were instantly admitted by a servant-girl, who smiled intelligently when we told our errand, and showed us into a low and very plain parlor, not more than twelve or fifteen feet square.
The old woman of the house led us through an entry, and showed a vaulted hall, of no vast dimensions, to be sure, but marvelously large and splendid as compared with what might be anticipated from the outward aspect of the cottage.
In truth, I never saw a finer countenance, either as to the mould of features or the expression, nor any that showed the play of feeling so perfectly without the slightest theatrical emphasis.
Our guide admitted us into it, and showed us, in the porch, a very pretty little marble figure of a child asleep, with a drapery over the lower part, from beneath which appeared its two baby feet.
It showed a deplorable lack of housewifely neatness, and in it there were three or four children, one of whom, a girl eight or nine years old, held a baby in her arms.
The Christians claimed immunity from war service, and it was therefore not to be wondered at that Thakombau showed indecent glee when appealed to by the missionaries for help against persecution at Mbau.
The microscope showed it to be free from oxalate of lime or other raphides.
The natives showed a great unwillingness to accept it, but the late Roko Tui Lau, an old chief noted for his stately and dignified manners, won the gratitude of his people by including all the copper coins in his own share.
In cutting through the joints he showed some knowledge of anatomy, seeing that he used nothing but a split bamboo, which makes a convenient knife, since it is only necessary to split off a fresh portion to obtain a sharp edge.
His resurrection showed that he was the Son of God (Rom.
Estelle showed what she thought of it by taking cold.
When your answer showed me what I had done, I could have cut my throat, but I could not have come to tell you I was not the monster of ingratitude I appeared to be.
Then she showed me Gerald's ring that she'd been wearing on a chain round her neck where I wouldn't see it, and she talked about Gerald's wonderfulness.
The single candle by which she had been reading showed the shining mirthfulness of the eyes with which the two regarded each other.
The bone showed plainly around his eye-sockets and at the bridge of his nose.
But Gerald was not thinking he showed a horrid want of tact.
Last he showed her into the great square interior room with the glass door on to the terrace over the court, the room which had been his mother's and was now his own, and where hung a portrait of his mother.
That he had been invited showed Antonia's estimate of him still as a person of artistic significance; also, he modestly decided, the difficulty one had to make up an assemblage solely of notabilities.
He showed his eccentric three front teeth in a responding smile that had a touch of the faun, and asked whimsically: "Will I do?
Her permission to bring a friendshowed flattering faith in his taste.
A flash of good sense showed her the previousness of her calculations, and she mentally withdrew her hand from meddling.
When Truth had received the carriage and horses, she showed the people the oak and the lime tree, which they felled by her directions, when water immediately flowed from under the roots in great abundance.
Moreover, he showed his riches and rarities and treasuries wherein were found an hundred boxes full of silk and fine linen, and parcels of pearls and rubies and jacinths and jewels and precious minerals and other wealth in abundance.
The young lady did as she was bidden and showed likest to the Shalabi's wife who lastly served her with what remained of the meat and said to her, "Up with thee and hie thee home.
FN#31] And when it was morning and her mother again visited her, the bride showed her this proof of her pucelage, and she rejoiced thereat and her father rejoiced also.
He then sought news of the Khans and they showed him one whereto he repaired and passed the night; and in the morning--And Shahrazad perceived the dawn of day and fell silent and ceased saying her permitted say.
Now, however, returneth the tale to the Queen his Consort who, when her months had gone by, proved truly to be pregnant and her condition showed itself, so she sent to inform her husband thereof.
Lieutenant of Kufah cried, "Issue by this outlet," and showed him the Gate of Safety.
Then they showedtheir design to the King, who gathering together his army returned with them to the city.
I bought two geese for our supper and now I find them turned into two sparrows;" and so saying he led the Notables of the quarter into his house and showed them the dish.
The consequences of the blockade," writes the German General von Freytag-Loringhoven, "showed themselves at once.
In this war he showed the full stature of his genius as never before, and won his title as the greatest seaman of the 17th century.
An exception, Allemand, showed by his cruise out of Rochefort in 1805 what youth, energy, and daring could accomplish even with inferior means.
We cannot," writes Admiral Mahan, "expect ever again to have an enemy so inept as Spain showed herself to be.
The Monroe Doctrine, for which the United States showed willingness to fight in the Venezuela affair of 1902, balked her schemes in the New World.
But photographs published after the armistice showed that British shells penetrated the 11-inch turret armor of the Seydlitz and the 13-inch of the Derfflinger with frightful effect.
In this campaign de Ruyter showed his powers not only as a tactician but as a strategist.
The history of the past hundred years showed the futility of an unbroken line ahead, with van, center, and rear attempting to engage the corresponding divisions of the enemy.
But both of these actions were one-sided, and showed nothing new in types or tactics.
An Italian in England, describing a visit to the philosopher Roger Bacon in 1258, writes as follows: "Among other things he showedme an ugly black stone called a magnet .
In consequence of these wars between Venice and Genoa both were heavy losers in wealth and lives; Genoa never recovered from her defeat, but her rival showed amazing powers of recuperation.
But she was evidently not that, for she showed only four guns of a side upon her upper-deck, and they were but small, apparently not more than 6-pounders.
She showed no colours; but she was Spanish, beyond a doubt, and most probably, as I had at first surmised, a West Indiaman.
He was a man who consumed a large amount of liquor, and his voice showed it.
Jarvey Porton looked downcast, and his son showed his deep disgust.
The grays had their ears laid well back and their whole manner showed that they were growing more nervous every instant.
They seem to be gone, and I don't know what to make of it;" and now Dave's face showed increased anxiety.
The room beyond was deserted, and a glance around showed him that it contained little besides some heavy pieces of furniture which the looters had evidently been unable to remove.
The fellow had stopped and turned around, and a single glance showed our hero that it was the youth he was seeking.
Dave, as he showed the letter to his father and his Uncle Dunston.
Jessie and Laura went out in company with their uncle, and on their return both showed some excitement.
His manner showed that he was much astonished, as well as chagrined, at this unexpected meeting.
Mr. Wecks promised to keep on the lookout for Ward Porton, in case that individual showed himself again, and then Dave and Roger left.
The handsshowed him it was exactly sixteen minutes to four.
She accepted the fault as her own, and it showed plainly in the bitter look on her face.
The instant those Germans showed up Nikolsk closed up like a clam.
Not so much as a pin point of light showed anywhere, but of course that didn't mean a thing.
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