The accompanying sketch represents a sequestered spotof sylvan shade whence rises a Spring which tradition designates Queen Anne's.
This condition was not due to any laxity on the part of George Sandys, resident Treasurer in Virginia, who was something of an economic on-the-spot supervisor for the Company.
He thought it an excellent spot except "we cannot secure it, if a forraigne enemy, as we have just caus to expect daily should attempt it.
Gabriel Archer, it appears, liked the spot and it was named in his honor.
This place is so confoundedly cut up with scenery and nonsense, there's not a spot available for our plant but this.
You must have suffered grievous things in your young conscience, my dear; this was an ugly spot to hide.
It ain't as if the young man was buried here, nor as if they was goin' to mark the spot with one of them Catholic crosses like you see down in Mexico, where blood's been spilt by the roadside.
To her it was simply an attempt to alter and ruin the spot she loved best on earth; to steal her beautiful waterfall and carry it away in an ugly iron pipe.
This is the spotthat last saw my dear boy alive,--that witnessed his agony and death.
If he found himself dozing, he would rouse himself with a start, and stare again at that spot in the wall which was only distinguishable from the blank spaces about it by the winking stars.
These facts Frank had learnt in the course of his wanderings, and he determined, simply from motives of curiosity, to make his way to a spot where he could see a sight new to him, the placing of a battery of guns.
Had the shore at this spot been fortified in anticipation of attack?
The way along the cliffs proved unexpectedly arduous, and it was past midday when they arrived at the outer fence, at a spot not far distant from where Frank had first encountered it.
Whether it were ascribed to the carelessness of the men or to the accidental slipping of a ring mattered nothing: the gun was lying at a spot whence it would be almost impossible to remove it; very likely it was damaged beyond repair.
At one spot Frank noticed a number of boulders, large and small, piled on a ledge almost overhanging the track.
Abdi and his party--if Abdi was in truth the plotter--could not be far off, for the Kurd must have reckoned on being able to warn them before the expected prey reached the spot where they were waiting.
And we can improve it: we'd better start at once before the Turks spot us: I believe they're in pretty strong force above there.
Guiding himself, therefore, by the stars, he struggled on for a while towards the hilly district south-westwards, intending presently to take refuge in some sheltered spot where he might pass the night.
It was about two hours before dawn when the party landed from the dinghy at the spot on the beach where the matting showed up darkly against the sand.
He retraced his steps for some little distance, in order to approach the fence at a spot remote from the gate.
The object with which the small British party had come to this secret spot was nothing less than the capture of the submarine.
After a moment's hurried survey of his surroundings, he discovered a spot where he could see without being seen, unslung his field-glasses, and swept the opposite slope of Karsilar.
After walking rather more than half a mile, Ali raised his hand and pointed to a spot high up in the hills on their left hand.
A more lonely and lifeless spot I have never seen.
Amyas and his company are at last in full sight of the spot in quest of which they have sailed four thousand miles of sea.
It was evident that they were exploring every hole and corner, and one might judge they would take a quarter of an hour before they reached the spot where Jean Valjean was.
He remembered the door that had puzzled him, and cage in hand he sauntered very indifferently to the spot indicated to him.
Packed suffocatingly together, they watched every gesture and every development, chained to the spot by a subtle hysterical impulse.
Rapidly he made his way to the spot indicated, and took his stand.
A low broken gateway at last announced the end of the outer city and the spot where he would pass into the open country.
He had reached the very spot where the foreign army had been a month before--where a great battle had taken place.
The sun was already low when the man stopped and pointed to a spot a few hundred yards away.
It is lifting a bit to the west," he exclaimed, pointing with a hand to a spot where the inky blackness was indeed giving way to light.
He had taken his bearings before making a start and was now trusting to his judgment of distances to guide him to the spot he had selected to return to the ground.
Hal walked some distance away and surveyed the spot where the machine had been rolled.
Now the sooner we get away from this spot the better," said Chester.
According to Hal's calculations, the spot where the aeroplane was hidden was far enough away so that the machine would not be disabled by the force of the explosion; and it was for this point that the lads made at full speed.
Hal dashed toward thespot where Chester had fallen.
The German staggered back with a grunt; but Chester's blow had not reached a vital spot and the guard leaped forward again.
Fortunately, the lad was blessed with an almost uncanny sense of direction and he knew the course he laid out would take them to the hiding spot of the plane as directly as if he could see the huge machine from where he stood.
Round a certain spot on the distant white coral there was a great commotion of birds.
He walked down to the lagoon edge, looked at the little dark spot and whistled.
Just as one revisits some spot to renew the memory of a painful or pleasant experience received there, they would return to the valley of the idol and spend a whole afternoon in its shade.
He turned from the mirror and sat for a while with his chin resting upon his hand, and his eyes fixed on an ink spot upon the table-cloth; then he arose, and crossing the cabin climbed laboriously up the companionway to the deck.
She could make out the broad green glade beside which their little house lay, and a spot of yellow, which was the thatch of the house, just by the artu tree, and nearly hidden by the shadow of the breadfruit.
Six months now elapsed before he felt even an inclination to look at the rum cask, that tiny dark spot away on the reef.
He turned his head away till a bend of the shore hid the spot from sight.
That little dark spot began to trouble him after a while; not it, but the spirit it contained.
The last time it was a new fellow, and he could not spot the weak place, so I'm all right, you see; it has just made me physically a few years older than I really am.
The house at Gled Bay was situated at some distance from the cliff, which was the spot most desired by its female tenants, but at the very gates of the golf links, which presented the be-all of existence to the two men.
It's too hot for golf, and a picnic would be good fun if we can find a spot where there's some air, and not too much undergrowth.
Oh let me, let me ever dwell Amidst the good, where'er it be, Whether in lowly hermit-cell Or in some spotbeyond the sea.
View but the place where a fine tree stands, what an emblem does it afford of present beauty and of future use; examine the spot after the noble ornament shall have been felled, and see how desolate it will appear.
Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire!
Escorted by this exquisite being, the young lady repaired to the spot selected for the experiment; but, alas!
I knew that if you made your way to the spot where it was burning you would understand the situation, and the snow would show you how to follow us as fast as you desired.
With the purpose of learning the truth, she stole through the timber toward the spot where he was standing a few minutes before.
It was but a short distance to the spot where he had left the animal to spend the night.
My guides will do as well as you to direct us to the spot where the whites are in urgent need of our help.
It was important, above all things, to leave the spot before the red men landed.
Providentially, his first glance was directed at the precise spot where a crouching Sioux made a slight movement with his rifle, which gave the white man an instant's warning of his peril.
A few minutes later the friends rode to the top of the elevation, halting at the very spot where the buck had stood but a few minutes before.
Instead of riding to the spot he dismounted, and, rifle in hand, walked the short distance necessary.
It was as if Jerry was moving from the spot where he had been left.
He knew the dear ones were but a few paces away, and his wife would never leave the spotso long as he was in danger.
The work promised to be so difficult, however, that he would have abandoned the thought had he not come upon a heavy log, lying half submerged at the very spot where he struck the water.
Descending from the saddle, he brushed aside the snow from a small spoton the ground and pressed his ear against the earth.
His purpose was to approach as near the spot as was prudent, provided they remained where he last saw them, and then, dismounting, penetrate nigh enough to learn the meaning of the smoke which was such an interesting fact to him.
Whin I give the spalpeens the slip I did the best travelling I knew how, and without thinking of anything but getting away as quick as I could I coom right onto the spot where the fire had been burning.
Here, in the spot where Molly had discovered the fish swimming about in plain view of those on shore, they would try their luck.
And just back of the footlights, with the faces of her auditors but a blurred spot on her vision, the girl put her violin under her chin and gently drew the bow across the strings.
Seems to me there's a desirable spotover there on that plateau," said Dorothy.
Yes; the South Mountains, a spur of the famous Blue Ridge range, will make an ideal spot in which to spend a few weeks during the summer months.
The dark spot of brown made by the djelab of the fugitive seemed, for the moment, to comprehend all that was vital in existence.
Red was the central spotof this picture, also, but no longer on the dark flank.
Justice to himself compelled him to admit that, though he had every regard for the reputation of a cavalier who was now without doubt drowned fathoms deep below the very spot on which the rescuing pinnace swam.
The tiny spot of color which began to burn in Landon's sallow cheek was evidence that he recognized it.
If you want to have your name on the quilt you pay five cents, and if you want to have it right in the round spot in the middle of the square you must pay ten cents.
She's even jealous of Old Man Rogers because he's buried in the best spot in the graveyard.
An arrangement of wild flowers and grasses and a few books placed on a blotter on a typewriter table in front of an inexpensive india print may furnish a colorful spot in any schoolroom.
I did not lose my senses, and I was so impressed with the sanctity of the spot that it seems to me I dropped, but dropped very softly beside him.
The Armida of that enchanting spot was named Aicha, and never did Eastern poet dream of a more charming creature.
The troops had reached a spot where the two lofty banks of the ravine, bending inwards, again left but a narrow passage.
I saw at once that the spot in question must lie tolerably for the course of a ship to western India, otherwise they wouldn't have appeared so sure of their mark as Jones said they did.
If he thought at all of its discovery it was to doubt any other fate for it than a waste-paper basket or a fire.
From her camp on a wooded spot by the river, Diane presently watched the hay-camp anchor with maddening ease for the night.
It was very dark now, the only spot of cheer save for the lightning behind the hills, the coal of Philip's pipe.
Likely I'll hunt a quiet spot where there's a lake and trees and lilies, and camp and rest.
Do you know," he added guilelessly, "this is a spot for singularly vivid dreams.
An instant later the single vivid spot of crimson in Philip's line of vision was the back of his lady's sweater.
Once with a grinding shudder of brakes he halted on the border of a cypress swamp and stared frowningly at the dark, dank trees knee-deep in stagnant water above which the buzzards flew, as if the loathsomespot matched his mood.
Dick says you never could put your finger on a spot on the map and say comfortably, 'Philip Poynter's here!
By following in this manner the same spot for several days, it is perceived to change its place.
It is supposed to be built on thespot where the ancient Arcadia once stood.
This lava, having run violently for some hours, suddenly ceased, just before it had reached the cultivated parts of the mountain, near four miles from the spot whence it issued.
A person lives on the spot near which this tree grows, to take care of it and its waters; and is allowed a house to live in, with a certain salary.
Verbiest, at one thousand two hundred and thirty-six feet above the level of the spot where he stood.
From whatever spot the sulphur was removed, steam instantly escaped; and in many places, the sulphur was so hot that we could scarcely handle it.
It is usual to contrive a small flat square spot on the top of the roof, for them to rest upon, and build their nests.
The other two volcanoes are much farther towards the centre of the moon, and resemble large pretty faint nebulae, that are gradually much brighter in the middle; but no well-defined luminous spot can be discerned in them.
We are standing here, on the self-same spot where Aristo and Perictione laid the infant Plato, while they sacrificed to the life-giving Phoebus.
And what monument would you have reared to mark the spot where Anaxagoras sleeps?
As a thankoffering Dom Manoel at once determined to found a great monastery for the Order of St. Jerome on the spot where stood Prince Henry's chapel.
Most of the plans in the book were drawn from rough measurements taken on the spot and do not pretend to minute accuracy.
The wisdom of this was shown not half an hour later when a low-flying airplane suddenly rose, sailed over the spot and threw a rather uncertain searchlight upon the slope, surely not detecting one of the hidden Americans.
A barrage fire is truly a curtain of missiles, a shower of bullets that, like rain, reaches in time every spot in the area against which it is directed.
This was along the line of some tall Lombardy poplar trees, that had probably once been a farm lane, and the spot was easily noted.
Perhaps the spot will not be attacked at all; perhaps it will be overwhelmed at once.
And they meant to penetrate that spot and wipe it out past further injury to them.
There were some shell holes also and at one spot a partly wrecked bomb canister of heavy sheet iron within which a man might crouch unseen by the enemy beyond.
Allan returned to the front yard and rescued his handkerchief, which was trailing in the snow as Two Spot chased an imaginary mouse around the bare and solitary rose-bush.
Two Spot sat on Pete's broad knee and purred and blinked at the flames and occasionally stuck her claws tentatively through Pete's trousers as a proof of her affection.
Two Spot had discovered the little ball of paper and was making believe that it was a mouse.
They swam away from the spot where the stone sank, and made a good deal of fuss, but not a duck took wing.
He lifted Two Spot off his lap and deposited her on the desk, where she subsided contentedly against a pile of books and purred on as though nothing had happened.
Leaving Two Spot to the undisputed possession of the bed, Allan left the house and looked expectantly about him.
They only awoke to the fact that something had happened when Allan, waving the sheet above his head, gave vent to a blood-curdling yell of joy that sent Two Spot scuttling out of Tommy's arms and under the dresser.
He wrote a letter to his mother--a very dismal production it was, too--and then sat at the window with Two Spot in his lap and watched the crowds pass on their way to the game.
