I mentioned it, and proposed that, according to Indian politeness, we should go into the verandah of ourtent to receive them.
I am now writing in a tent in which, with the exception of Christmas week, I expect to spend the next month or two, travelling in search of health.
I stood at the door of the tent amusing ourselves with his air-gun.
We breakfasted in a small tent which we had sent forward to Bhohoneswar, and then proceeded in our palanquins to Cundeegurree, a distance of about seven miles.
Our tent is about eighteen feet square, with one pole in the centre, a table and chairs inside, and our palanquins, in which we sleep at night, standing under a sort of canvas verandah.
The tent has a double fly or covering, one much larger than the other; it is like a small one inside a large one.
However, I soon felt better, descended the hill, got a glass of beer, and lay down in the tent for an hour or two.
The tent was lighted by a number of flaming torches, which threw their red light upon the swarthy faces of about seven or eight hundred gigantic up-country sepoys.
There is another very small tent for a bath-room, and also a part composed of a single piece of canvas for the servants.
We sent ourtent on before and started from Balasore at about eleven o'clock in the evening in palanquins.
My wife and I stood at the door of the tent watching them for hours; they do not appear to be afraid of men.
When I got to the lines or houses of the sepoys I found a magnificent tent about two hundred feet long, into which I was ushered with much ceremony.
Camp Clothes-Press= If you are in a tent tie a hanging pole from the tent ridge-pole, and use it as a clothes-press.
There could have been one more bed, when the tent would have sheltered six girls.
Never throw dish water or any refuse near your tent or on the camp grounds.
You may be able to secure a discarded army-tent that has never been used, is in good condition, and has been condemned merely for some unimportant blemish.
All these may be kept in one-half of a linen case of pockets, your toilet articles in the other half, and the case can be opened out and hung to the side of your tent or shelter.
In the late fall, the guide removed the water-proof tent covering and kept it in a safe, dry place until needed, leaving the beds and bare tentframe standing.
When using tents, difficulties of transportation and extra weight can be overcome by having tent poles and pegs cut in the forest.
Over the ground space for the large tent outlined with logs was a strong substantial rustic frame, built of material at hand in the forest and intended to last many seasons (Fig.
There was a smaller tent and also a lean-to in this camp.
About 11, Hopkinson came to the tent to say, that he was sure the blacks were approaching through the reeds.
At this critical moment my servant came to the tent in which I was washing myself, and stated his fears that we should soon come to blows, as the natives showed every disposition to resist us.
Madame, the Lieutenant's compliments, and your tent is ready.
Our tent was pitched and the baby was laid on the bed, asleep from pure exhaustion.
We slept in our tent that night, for of all places on the earth a poorly kept ranch in Arizona is the most melancholy and uninviting.
The soldiers at last found a place which seemed to be free from ant-hills, and ourtent was again pitched, but only to find that the venomous things swarmed over us as soon as we lay down to rest.
Soldiers have a knack of making a tent attractive.
Just before dawn, as I had fallen into a light slumber, the flaps of the tentburst open, and began shaking violently to and fro.
Instead of going with David from Gilgal to Jerusalem, they went up every man to his tent or to his home.
The father of the faithful had often pitched histent under its spreading oaks, and among its olive groves and vine-clad hills the gentle Isaac had meditated at eventide.
God could impart His blessing in the humbletent as well as in the stately temple.
The three now retraced their steps, and in a few days were settled down, Alberdin in his tent in the plain, and Salim and Phedo in their intrenchments on the other side of the low mountain.
But we will give you a tent to protect you and the horse in case it should rain, and will send you something to eat.
As soon as possible, Alberdin pitched a tent upon the appointed spot, and began to take daily warlike exercise in the plain, endeavoring in every way to put himself and his horse into proper condition for the combat.
The night was warm and the tent was thrown open; a candle burned on a table within, while the general paced up and down in the darkness outside.
There was a hush and a bustle combined, a subdued intensity and a dramatic haste, as the commander gave his different orders and received his successive subordinates, that brought to my mind at the moment the tent scene in "Richard III.
Now it happened that Gust was at that moment in thetent occupied by the cook, and this tent stood but a few feet from his own.
Her tent was always pitched in the most favourable location.
As the two crossed toward Gust's tent the Maori felt the edge of his long knife with one grimy, calloused thumb.
Rokoff's tentstood almost exactly in the centre of the boma.
A noise at the tent door behind him brought his head quickly about and away from the girl.
Keeping the tent between him and herself, she crossed between the small shelters of the native porters to the boma wall beyond.
Outside the tent she again heard the noise that had distracted Rokoff's attention.
When they moved off to the camp which the half-breed had pitched, Andrew sat thoughtfully smoking outside the tent while the mist gathered thicker about the dripping pines and the roar of the river rang in his ears.
Will you tell Lucien to pitch our tent where there's shelter?
He lay down on a bed of spruce twigs and soon sank into restful slumber, but Carnally sat a while in the tent door, watching the dark river roll by.
I used to stand in de door of de tent an' watch 'em fight.
I wus leanin' against de side of de tent wid my hand stretched out a load o' grape shot fum de guns hit me in de hand an' de blood flew everywhere.
One mornin' as I wus standin' in de door of de tent I had a dose of it.
Do you think I have never roughed it in a tentbefore this?
He is, in fact, there already with my steward, bargaining about a tent in which he means to live for a time within hail of the leper-house.
The entertainment of the succeeding day was more sumptuous; the silk hangings of the second tent were embroidered in various figures; and the royal seat, the cups, and the vases, were of gold.
The tent of Belisarius was of the coarsest linen, the simple equipage of a warrior who disdained the luxury of the East.
The curtains of his tent withdrawn displayed the conqueror himself, seated on a sumptuous divan.
A year ago, this very night, it was the eve of battle, I stood within his tent to wait his final word.
It was night; the sacred lamp of the Sabbath sparkled in every tent of the camp, which vied in silence and in brilliancy with the mute and glowing heavens.
One of my men, forgetful you were here, burst into my tent in such a guise as scarce would suit a female eye.
The tent was placed above high-water mark, and it was not only used for bathing purposes, but was also a favourite resort of the children's for all kinds of picnics and pleasure expeditions.
Well, don't mind her now," said Nora, going into the tent and making preparations.
Out beyond the shadow where my tent was I could see the weeds and little bunches of grass.
Susan, crouched at the tent flap, saw her melt into the waiting blackness, and then heard the muffled hoof beats growing thinner and fainter as the silence absorbed them.
The sense of their unfitness which had made the young men uneasy now gave way to secret wonder as the doctor pitched the tent like a backwoodsman, and his daughter showed a skilled acquaintance with campers' biscuit making.
They had gone back to the era when man was a nomad, at night pitching his tent by the water hole, and sleeping on skins beside the fire.
The trappers went there and in the tent found a white man, clear headed, but dyin' fast.
Lucy emerged from the tent and sat down by her cup and plate, harrassed and silent.
Here they sat in little groups, collecting in tent openings as they were wont to collect on summer nights at front gates and piazza steps.
And in the camps that spread through the fresh, wet woods and the oozy uplands, still other hundreds cowered under soaked tent walls and in damp wagon boxes, listening to the rush of the continuous showers.
They got the tent down, writhing and leaping like a live thing frantic to escape.
When the sounds of suffering from the tent tore the airy veil apart, it shuddered full of the pain, then the torn edges delicately adhered, and it was whole again.
This loosened Bella's tongue, who lying in the opening of her tent had been listening and now felt emboldened to express her opinion, especially as Glen, stretched on his face nearby, had emitted a snort of indignation.
Daddy John gave him an investigating push with thetent pole, and David eyed him with an impersonal, humane concern.
Here it became evident to the watchers that Miss Gillespie's head was thrust out through the tent opening, the canvas held together below her chin.
He had no time to help her, for the tent with an exultant wrench tore itself free on one side, a canvas wing boisterously leaping, while the water dived in at the blankets.
They seized on the leaping canvas, he feeling in the water for the tent pegs, she snatching at the ropes.
Nelson began: "I am sorry to have to intrude upon you again, Mr. Maxwell, but I must inform you that you will have to vacant that tent and find lodgings elsewhere.
This they declined with thanks; but a half-column article giving a sensational account of the affair appeared in the next issue of the paper, headed by a half-tone picture of the tent and the church.
We owe our rector a lot of money, and he is livin' in a tent because we neglected to pay the interest on the rectory mortgage held by the Senior Warden of our church.
That's just what we are going to do, if Jonathan and you'll lend us the tent for a few months.
We'll have that tent up this very afternoon--if Nickey will lend it to us, second hand, and get his men together.
That tent of ours has stuck out on the landscape like a horse fly on a pillow sham.
When Virginia arrived at the tent and pulled the bell-cord, Mrs. Betty pushed apart the curtains and greeted her visitor with the utmost cordiality.
To her and Nickey the transportation of the tent was consigned, while Maxwell went off to purchase the necessary boarding for a floor, and Mrs. Betty returned to the rectory to pack up their belongings.
After about an hour, Bascom seemed to be fully conscious as he gazed from one face to another, and looked wonderingly at the canvas tent in which he found himself.
The planking was soon laid, and the erection of the tent was left to Nickey's captaining--all hands assisting.
To all intents and purposes (excuse me; I am not punning) this tent is the rectory pro tem.
A great tent hung with tapestries had been set up on the river-bank; and here Odo awaited the approach of the barge.
Every travesty laid aside, every tent and stall swept away, the people again gathered in the Piazza to receive the ashes of penitence on their heads, the churches now became the chief centres of interest.
He had been captured, and forced to work for the tent to which his owners belonged.
This littletent is always built with the back to windward.
Thousands of horsemen spread out in an immense circle, making the tent of the emperor the central point.
The crowd which had followed the executioners, according to their custom rushed into the royal tent for pillage.
Simeon, the eldest son of Jean, and his brothers, were among the foremost who presented themselves in the tent of the all-powerful khan.
The farce was so admirably performed that many were deceived, and this new Dmitri and the tzarina occupied for several days the same tent in the Polish encampment, apparently as husband and wife.
Admiration of his prowess and the terror of his arms spread far and wide, and embassadors thronged his tent from adjacent nations, wishing to range themselves beneath his banners.
Accompanied by several of his nobles, he took the weary journey, and humbly presented himself in the tent of the conqueror.
A raft was moored in the middle of the stream upon which a tent was erected with magnificent decorations, and here the two young emperors met to arrange the terms of peace.
A tent was spread as a tribunal of justice, near the tent of the khan; and the unhappy prince, bound with cords, was led before his judges.
The tent of the emperor was ample, gorgeous, and furnished with all the appliances of luxury.
The colonel vaulted lightly into his saddle, and many an admiring eye followed him as he rode with tossing plumes towards the tent of the Lieutenant-General, the Marquis de Sylvestre.
The curtain of the tent had been withdrawn, and the bright light and the sweet air came in.
An officer riding up to the tent announced that the lieutenant-general was waiting for the colonel.
He returned now to the tent that he had at first occupied; and, as he ate and slept with his Babylonish comrades, he tried again, with more success, to acquire a few phrases in the new tongue.
Hodo, a little conscience-smitten with the knowledge of neglect, hastened off to the tent occupied by Charmides and two of the younger men.
As she left thetent he moved after her to the door-way, whence he could look over the plain to the walls of the city.
Besides the king and his three scribes, there was one other person in the royal tent on this blazing afternoon of the twenty-second of the month Duzu.
Hodo held daily council in his tent with the three eldest traders, to make sure of the best course to keep, and to save the few miles possible to save.
Then Istar entered the tentand took the chair that Cambyses hastened to place for her.
A horse, carrying a rider who clung to its bare back like a monkey, one hand twisted in the mane for guidance, came dashing up over the plain from the northwest and stopped at the tent door.
When finally the company lay down to rest, the Greek felt that sleep was impossible for him, and he went off alone to the little tent where formerly a guard had been stationed, but which was empty now.
He showed no sign of recognizing Hodo and the pitying traders that clustered about the tent where he lay.
When she left the conqueror's tent her mind had been at rest.
At this Daniel, starting forward, threw himself on the kneeling king, caught him about the meagre body, swung him up to shoulder, and would have started out of the tent when Amraphel stopped him.
At the end of half an hour Bardiya rose from his place, straightened his tunic, and went over to the door of the tent to look out upon the plain in the direction of the city.
As soon as I missed my horizon glass, and entertained the suspicion of natives being about, I hurried into the tent and lighting a large blue light, run with it rapidly through the bushes around me.
Many other hills and peaks were apparent in various directions, to all of which I took angles, and then returned to the tent to observe the sun's meridian altitude for latitude.
During the night the frost had been so severe, that we were obliged to wait a little this morning for the sun to thaw the tent and tarpaulins before they would bend to fold up.
Upon re-arranging the loads of the drays yesterday, I had found it inconvenient to have the instruments and tent equipage upon the more heavily loaded drays, and I therefore decided upon taking an extra cart and another horse from the station.
The man, however, he had procured, and I was glad to recognize in him an old servant, who had been with me in several of my former expeditions, and who was a most excellent carter and tent servant.
I want a tent here, in the tent a bed, and at the side of the tent a deer with golden horns and a golden tail.
I want a tent here, in the tent a bed, and at the side of the tent the golden-maned steed with golden tail.
To have a tent here, and in the tent a bed; beside the tent to have the pig with gold bristles walking.
A second night overtook them; they pitched their tent in the open field.
Ivan Tsarevich stood and stood, grew tired; sleep began to bend him; he sat down at the tent and fell asleep.
