He had Roderick to please now, for whom disappointment would be cruel; but he said to himself that certainly, if there were no Roderick in the case, the ship should sail without him.
He was impulsive, spontaneous, sincere; there were so many people at dinner-tables and in studios who were not, that it seemed worth while to allow this rare specimen all possible freedom of action.
He often felt heavy-hearted; he was sombre without knowing why; there were no visible clouds in his heaven, but there were cloud-shadows on his mood.
There were naturally a great many wiseheads who smiled at his precipitancy, and cited him as one more example of Yankee crudity, a capital recruit to the great army of those who wish to dance before they can walk.
Ye have sufficient ruffians of your own," said De Bracy; "not one of mine shall budge on such an errand.
And as there were no forks in those days, his clutches were instantly in the bowels of the pasty.
There were assembled in this apartment, around a large oaken table, about a dozen of the most distinguished representatives of the Saxon families in the adjacent counties.
The pilgrim extricated himself, as if there were contamination in the touch.
There were the pa'son in his surplice holding up his hand and saying, 'Sit down, my good people, sit down!
There were a hundred in all, and she divided them into two heaps, fifty in each.
There were in the house about 100 Russians, many of whom were killed.
Save that the bed was disordered, showing that West had been sleeping in it, there were no evidences of the extraordinary invasion mentioned by the drugged man.
There were no marks of violence, but his limbs, like Strozza's, had been tortured during his mortal struggles into unnatural postures.
There were tears on the whitened lashes, and she was submissive now.
There were big, trim barns behind it, and everything bespoke prosperity.
There were thirty-two women present, two half-grown boys, and one solitary man, beside the minister.
There were nine of them and their graves were severed far apart, ranging from Newfoundland to Vancouver.
There were four of them in this country, and they ruled the people who live in the North and South and East and West.
No; there were some, but the monster has eaten them all.
There were no fences at all by the roadside now, and the land was rough and untilled.
There were no signs that anyone had entered the room, and it is quite certain that anything in the nature of cries or ones struggle would have been heard, since Caunter, the elder boy in the inner room, is a very light sleeper.
There were allusions to some deeds--possibly the more valuable--which I could not find.
There were at least three others whose desire for vengeance upon me would only be increased by the death of their leader.
There were seven of us in a gang in Chicago, and Elsie's father was the boss of the Joint.
These being boiled, there were at least forty looked for a share in them; the most eat of them.
There were marks of an axe and of woodpeckers on the butt.
Beside, there were wafted to me evidences of unexplored and uncultivated continents on the other side.
This generation is very sure to plant corn and beans each new year precisely as the Indians did centuries ago and taught the first settlers to do, as if there were a fate in it.
And yet, if you had a discriminating ear, there were in it the elements of a concord such as these plains never saw nor heard.
There were days, too, which she and Emil had spent together, upon which she loved to look back.
There were so many sheds and outbuildings grouped about it that the place looked not unlike a tiny village.
I almost feel as if there were nothing to go ahead for.
You could not see a cloud, because No cloud was in the sky: No birds were flying over head-- There were no birds to fly.
There were a number of tiny little brooks running straight across it from side to side, and the ground between was divided up into squares by a number of little green hedges, that reached from brook to brook.
The place had indeed a bareness which did not suggest hidden treasures; there were no dusky nooks nor curtained corners, no massive cabinets nor chests with iron bands.
Miss Tita in the same tone of apprehension; as if there were no knowing what service that she disapproved of her aunt might force her next to render.
I looked away to the opposite end of the sala as if there were a beautiful view there.
She had heard Miss Bordereau was ill and had a suspicion that she was in want; and she had gone to the house to offer assistance, so that if there were suffering (and American suffering), she should at least not have it on her conscience.
I don't know what I should do if there were not a modus in Tipton.
And in Rome it seems as if there were so many things which are more wanted in the world than pictures.
There were pall-bearers on horseback, with the richest scarfs and hatbands, and even the under-bearers had trappings of woe which were of a good well-priced quality.
There were intervals in which she could sit perfectly still, enjoying the outer stillness and the subdued light.
She threw herself on a chair, not heeding that she was in the dazzling sun-rays: if there were discomfort in that, how could she tell that it was not part of her inward misery?
And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.
There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.
There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised them.
For the people were numbered, and, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead there.
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