Hath the rumour thereof reached you in the city, Maid Griselda, that my son is in treaty with your English King, though he loves not the house of York?
Yea, and that though no actual troth had passed between me and Lord Audley's daughter, yet that the vows we had of our own free will exchanged would be quite enough to annul my forced marriage.
Lord Salisbury, beside whom she sat, courteously, though perhaps hardly willingly, invited her to remain till her daughter was ready to move.
Use her as he might, she could not wish him dead, though it was a worthy death in defence of his old playfellow and of her own brother.
If he should, Grisell felt a resolute purpose within her that though she could not be transformed, he should not see her loathly in his sight, and in that hope she slept.
How she would have loved him, frank and often kind as she remembered him, though rough and impatient of restraint.
Her affections were with him, and though her mother could scarcely be said to love her, she tolerated and depended more and more on the daughter who alone could give her more help or solace.
The comfort would have been in burning Crooked Nan, but that beldame had disposed of herself out of reach, though Lady Whitburn still cherished the hope of forcing the Gilsland Dacres or the Percies to yield the woman up.
Grieving and heaving, Though nought is he leaving.
Illustration:] The fact is generally known that nearly all liquids contain a variety of minute living animals, though in some they are too small for observation, even with a microscope.
The marble in that vicinity is principally of a beautiful white, and of a fine texture, though not very hard.
On the 28th the command was stuck fast in a mudhole near San Luis Obispo, and were unable to say mass, though it was a feast day[37].
I had dealings with them, but did not buy anything, though I presented them with beads, which you had given me for that purpose, and some old clothing of mine.
Its climate though cold, is healthful and free from those troublesome fogs which we had daily in Monterey, because the fogs here hardly reach the entrance of the port, and once inside the harbor, the weather is very clear.
But though the growing feebleness of Spain presaged the time when her hold upon America would be loosened, the standard of individual heroism was not lowered, and the achievements of Portolá and of Anza rank with those of De Soto and Coronado.
He found it useless, because, though it had sufficient water, the bottom was sticky mud.
The name of Mescaltitan is still attached to the island, though the marsh is mostly drained and contains some of the finest walnut groves in California.
This part seems to have better places for missions, though I did not examine it except from a distance.
On the last day of September, the command halted near the mouth of the Salinas river, within sound of the ocean, though they could not see it.
Her breath hung for the answer, sedately though she sat.
He foresaw that a tussle between them in private would possibly be too hot for his temper, admirably under control though it was.
Lord Avonley did not speak of it as a retort upon Nevil, though he reiterated the word Apology amusingly.
He seemed to acquiesce in some of the current contemporary despair of our immoveable England, thoughhe winced at a satire on his country, and attempted to show that the dull dominant class of moneymakers was the ruin of her.
He had known them when the great bird of the downs was not a mere tradition, and thoughhe owned conscientiously to never having beheld the bird, a certain mystery of holiness hung about the region where the bird had been in his time.
But though she could be an actress before him with little difficulty, the torment of her situation roused the fever within her at a bare effort to think acutely.
And he, though individually he did not understand how there was to be game in the land if game-preserving was abolished, signed his name R.
Her thoughts ran thus in shame and yearning and regret, dimly discerning where her heart failed in the strength which was Nevil's, though it was a full heart, faithful and not void of courage.
Though but a sun-shadow, the vividness of this French face came out surprisingly; air was in the nostrils and speech flew from the tremulous mouth.
No notice was taken of Beauchamp's remark, that he consented to go though his duty lay elsewhere.
The doctor was an inoffensive man in his private life, detestable and dangerous though his teachings were.
Shrapnel, on a visit to Mr. Lydiard, whom he described as hanging about Bevisham, philandering as a married man should not, though in truth he might soon expect to be released by the death of his crazy wife.
Is it right that your father's friend, your former guardian, who certainly always meant well by you, though we had at that time some differences, should be so totally forgotten?
I squandered you away, as though there lay not in your hours the germ of virtue, of honour, and of happiness; as though this precious treasure of time were ever to be redeemed.
But though I had not that calamity to fear, still I could never be yours.
I was ashamed when the landlord accosted me with a respect, as though I had been a Deity that had descended from Olympus.
That I was not happy, you must of course have seen, though I never said a word to you on the subject.
She looked searchingly at all, she caressed every one, she let the presents be shown and explained to her; it seemed as though she had returned from a long journey, and were now greeting her family after a painful separation.
It is uniform and pure, though the moral inquisition is less severe than Shakspeare's often is.
In King Lear, Edmund and Gloster and Edgar, though engaged in a subsidiary drama of their own, get mixed up with the fortunes of the King and his daughters.
Happily she is a good sailor, though she doesn't look it.
But suppose in years to come, after we have grown used to each other (though it does amaze me that people should talk about things losing their charm because one gets used to them.
He seems to be enjoying India vastly, and had three quite new stories, though if he didn't laugh so much telling them it would be easier to see the point.
Boggley thought we had better ask some people to dinner, so we did, though I pointed out that we had no silver or anything to make the table decent; and the boarding-house things are none too dainty.
I shall have to stop writing, thoughlecturing you is a fascinating pastime, for the day is almost done, and Boggley will soon be home.
What does it matter to him though his rooms in Clapham or Brixton are grimy, almost squalid, and filled with the worst kind of Victorian furniture?
I am so glad (though it seems an odd thing to be glad about!
His pride, as he bore in the dishes, was beautiful to see; and it was a good dinner, though rather tinny.
I haven't even told Boggley, though if he had eyes to see instead of being the blindest of dear old bats, my shining face would betray me.
One episode I specially remember, though why I should tell you about it I don't quite know, for it is a small thing and "silly sooth.
A native came into hospital only yesterday with his arm all torn and mauled by a leopard, but, though I have walked miles through the jungle, I have seen nothing more fearsome than a black-beetle, and that I might have seen at home.
He made the beast break into an arrogant little trot asthough he were a horse of pedigree, and he saw how Pimento and all the loafers of the huerta came to the door to look after him; the wretches!
And he went on, just as firm, just as impassive, though growing continually paler and with eyes red and swollen, asking if Copa had killed a pair of chickens for the supper, and giving instructions about the manner of cooking them.
She placed her poor meal in a basket, passed a comb through her light-blond hair, which looked as thoughthe sun had absorbed its colour, and tied the handkerchief under her chin.
Perhaps that vague rustle which he believed he heard in the immediate fields, as though a great reptile were dragging itself over the furrows, came from him.
He knew that country as well as though he had been born there.
The frogs croaked by the thousand, as though saluting the stars, contented at not hearing the firing which interrupted their song, and obliged them to dive head-long, disturbing the smooth crystal of the stagnant pools.
The first gipsy had gone back to his horse again, and was gazing at him from afar, and shaking the halter-rope as though he were calling him.
The encounter had impressed her; she remembered, as though it had just happened the day before, the terrible tragedy which had swallowed up old Barret and his entire family.
And the farm-house remained silent and closed, as though it had been abandoned.
Pimento fulfilled his obligations punctually, and as a tenant, he should visit his landlord at Christmas and San Juan, in order to show that though he was not paying, he remained nevertheless their very humble servant.
And the wrinkled old man grew bolder and rose; his dim eyes shone like dull embers and he brandished his shepherd's staff as though he were still piercing the enemy with his bayonet.
Cast iron was introduced, though not for girders, in many of the brick and stone bridges on the Great Western Railway.
I admit the possibility, though I doubt the fact; but I feel sure that the evils would be far greater than the advantages in England.
Relieved as I have found myself, though by a terrible catastrophe, of the worst state of anxiety, that which I have been in for several weeks past, I had a most comfortable night.
On this account some peculiar provisions were made in the Acts; for though the lines were sanctioned on the broad gauge, the proprietors were bound also to lay down narrow gauge rails upon them, if required to do so by the Board of Trade.
It gave the facility of using broader vehicles with equal steadiness, in cases where the extra breadth would be useful, though the extra breadth was by no means an essential part of the scheme.
Though the trusses for the two lines of way are completely distinct, the tubes are braced together horizontally, to increase their stiffness sideways.
On his later railways Mr. Brunel did not build large arches of brickwork or masonry, though he constructed several lofty and extensive viaducts of these materials with spans varying from 40 to 60 feet.
He was walking uncommonly fast, though the day is so hot.
At the same time the whole house seemed to be in an uproar; for though they had covered themselves over head and ears, they could still hear the incessant noise and clatter, which served to increase their terror.
The guillotine, as performing its functions more of itself, and sparing human agency, though a cruel and disgusting exhibition, in my mind, has in many ways the advantage over our way.
The host of the rampant Red Lion considered these things at first as a sort of joke, which he had no doubt, from such good customers, was exceedingly good, though he could not exactly comprehend it.
This proposition was no sooner made, than the good man's ears were suddenly grasped from behind, and his head was shaken and twisted about, as though it had been the purport of the assailant to wrench it from his shoulders.
Drawing down my features into a resolute pucker, and mentally vowing I would speak to it, though it should blast me, I cast my eyes slowly and cautiously towards it, and made inquiry as to its choice of bits.
Even though his coat should not be of the last cut, and his waistcoat buttoned a whole button too high, still he will carry everything before him.
Though he was a sober ascetic upon whom the authority of the Church weighed very heavily, he did not ask Titian to devote himself entirely to religious pictures.
The Council of Ten thoughthey had taken from him the office of Painter of Doges and had given it to Tintoretto, offered him a commission in the late 'sixties; even if they had a grievance against him they could not afford to nourish it.
He Whispered Over His Shoulder] Their wait was not long, though to their tensed nerves it seemed hours.
It was only air, though it felt to Barry like a collision with an express train.
He and Fred had found two Mitsubishi bombers with engines apparently unhurt and wings not too badly damaged, though the tail assemblies, fuselages and undercarriages were in sad shape.
Though his B-26 was still a bit unfamiliar to the young Fortress pilot, he set her down without a bounce.
Though his face was still damp with perspiration, Barry smiled.
You clean my gun for me, Mickey, and I’ll produce your glass of drinking water—though it may be minus the ice.
Ravenous appetites made the jungle dinner a success, even though Tony dropped off to sleep in the middle of it.
I know it now, thoughat the time it seemed a tough grind.
They talked as though one of these days would see him again at the wheel of a flying fort.
But here was his wife fixing him with a timid, piteous look, which at once exasperated and cowed him; and he dared not stir out of the house, as though nailed by that look of hers to the spot.
The wig, however, made her seem stouter and as though shorter than she would have appeared without it.
Gitl scarcely understood the meaning of the formula, though each Hebrew word was followed by its Yiddish translation.
He gave a laugh, but forthwith checked it, remaining with an embarrassed grin on his face, as though anxious to swallow the question.
The rabbi, in a velvet skullcap, faded and besprinkled with down, presided with pious dignity, though apparently ill at ease, at the head of the table.
It is not always that an author can succeed equally well in tragedy and in comedy, but it looks as though Mr. Hall Caine would be one of the exceptions.
She clasped his head with both her hands, as though gratefully accepting an offer of succour against an assailant.
Walking on tiptoe, as though about to commit a crime, she crossed over to the looking-glass.
At the sight of this Gitl's blood ran chill, and when the scissors gave their first click in her hair she felt as though her heart snapped.
He asked the question merely out of curiosity, and the man answered it as though Marcy had objected to having a gunner aboard.
My time is wuth a dollar and a quarter a day, an' when I give it all, it looks to me as though I oughter be paid for it; don't it to you?
So that's the end of that hope," said Tierney, looking down at the ground and trying to act as though he was very much disheartened.
When it reached the top, and a slight jerk from one of the halliards loosened the flag to the breeze, they yelled vociferously, and patted one another on the back and shook hands as though they considered it a very auspicious occasion.
The town looks as though it had been struck by a panic," said Dixon.
But it looks asthough he was afraid of it," replied Marcy.
Be quiet now, all of us, and don't act or look as though there was anything in the wind.
He wanted to be alone, even though the thoughts that crowded thick and fast upon him were anything but pleasant company.
Tierney acted as though he was about to go away, but the boy knew he wouldn't.
But you and your brave comrades can run out once in a while and annoy the enemy's commerce, and that will be the same as though you were fighting in the army.
The crew stepped around with unwonted alacrity, and tugged at the sheets as energetically as though the prize dollars the agent had promised them were fastened to the other end.
You act as though you might be looking for some one.
From the village the ground descends in all directions, though a continuous ridge runs northward, on which is the Hagerstown turnpike.
A man wholly without business training would always be in embarrassment, though his other qualifications for military life were good.
By the 18th I was able to give General Wright confirmation of the news and a correct outline of Loring's plan, though we had not then learned that Echols was marching back to Charleston.
No soldier could object to an arrangement so satisfactory as this, and though I still preferred to remain with the Army of the Potomac, I could only accept the new duty with sincere thanks for the consideration shown me.
I was thus stronger in engineering skill than in any other department of staff assistants, though in truth there was little fortifying to be done beyond what the contour of the ground indicated to the most ordinary comprehension.
The fighting was now wholly in the woods, and though the enemy's centre was routed there was stubborn resistance on both flanks.
The Confederate artillery was answered by a battery of ours, and a lively cannonade ensued on both sides, though without any noticeable effect.
The opposing force under General Wise was 4000 by the time the campaign was fully opened, though somewhat less at the beginning.
But the fighting of Hooker's and Mansfield's men, though lacking unity of force and of purpose, had also cost the enemy dear.
McClellan still telegraphed that Hill had the one opportunity of a lifetime to capture the fleeing army, and that officer hastened in pursuit, though unprovided with wagons or extra rations.
Captain John Pope also visited the governor for consultation, and possibly others came also, though I saw them only in passing, and did not then get far in making their acquaintance.
The only one left in camp was the Eleventh Ohio, of which only five companies were present, though two more companies were soon added.
Tom took him up in his arms, as though he had been a child, and returned to the safety of the unexposed street.
Then it seemed as though the room was gradually becoming darker and darker, until the darkness became intense.
Aunt Ella, though naturally optimistic, did not, in her own heart, share Alice's hopeful anticipations.
Yes," said Mr. Isburn, "I feel as though you should make some atonement for the disquietude you have caused me.
To his Aunt Huldah Pettingill he seemed as though sent from another world.
After a good quarter of an hour, which to Quincy seemed as thoughit would never end, Mr. Merry came back, covered with dust, but with the required paper in his hand.
Though weak, and failing fast there was no diminution of her mental powers.
It would appear as though she was running after him, and no American girl, especially a Sawyer, would do that.
The New Hollanders, thougheating flesh liberally, are not only mere savages, but they are among the most meagre and wretched of the human race.
His testimony, therefore, though interesting, seems to be entitled to very little weight.
Those who live solely to eat may as well consult "Vegetable Cookery," where they will find indulgences enough and too many, even though flesh and fish are wholly excluded.
I shall mention but a few, thoughhundreds might be named which would still be vegetable food, as good olive oil, in preparing them, may be substituted for butter.
Our nurse was formerly, and still is, troubled with severe turns of headache, though not so bad as formerly; and I think she would have much less of it if she were placed in a different situation.
You will observe that I merely state the facts, without affirming, positively, that my change of diet has been the cause, though I am quite of opinion that this has not been without its influence.
In any event, I think it pretty certain, that though man can do very well on raw grains, yet there is a gain by cookery which more than repays the trouble.
The habits of this distinguished individual, though often adverted to, are yet not sufficiently known.
For it cannot escape the eye of the least observing that this article, though placed last in the list of Dr.
The experiment was fully begun four years ago last summer; though I had been making great changes in my physical habits for four years before.
Percy and Vauquelin, two distinguished French chemists, their testimony in this place seems almost indispensable, even though we should not regard it, in the most strict import of the term, as medical testimony.
Corey understood something about horses, though in a passionless way, and he would have preferred to talk business when obliged to talk horse.
That sounds tremendously practical to me, Tom, though it may be just the wrong way.
And you see with what effect, though he values your opinion three times as much as he values mine.
But he had plenty of money, though by this time he was married and beginning to have a family.
I have tried to consider you in this matter, though I don't seem to have done so; I know what your rights are, and I wish with all my heart that I were meeting even your tastes perfectly.
In fact, it seems really to have all turned out for the best, Anna; though it's rather curious to find you the champion of the Lapham side, at last.
She seemed an affectionate little thing with her mother, without a great deal of character though she was so capable about some things.
Her heart was heavy for him, though she could not say so.
Her third attempt at a letter pleased her scarcely better than the rest, but she sent it, though it seemed so blunt and awkward.
She returned his look tolerantly, thoughshe felt it right to say, "What nonsense!
I don't know who the woman was, though I believe she was Miss Dewey's mother; but I couldn't see that Colonel Lapham showed anything but a natural resentment of her coming to him in that way.
That's what it's for, I suppose; though you mightn't always think so.
He isn't to my taste, though he might be ever so much to my conscience.
Not satisfied with this record of villainy, he, at last, separated me from my wife and daughter, and though I have searched for years for them, it has all been in vain.
Mr. Travers, thoughhaving many important affairs to attend to, was on time, and he agreed to take Dorothy and Tavia with him to find Nellie.
These ideas, though not quite identical with, are closely related to the legends of other countries which describe the creation of the universe from the fragments of a fabulous anthropomorphic being.
Though it be an ancient custom, why follow it if it is bad?
None of their great Gods are individual human beings, though at a later period a few deities of this class attained to considerable eminence and popularity.
It is impossible to assert that some may not be genuine deified ancestors, though I cannot point to any undoubted case of this kind.
Deification is the result of an exaggerated appreciation of what the man was during life, though there is often associated with this primary reason the ascription of imaginary powers to his corpse or ghost.
An oracle of the God of Suha[342] promises to hear the prayers of all true worshippers, even though they may have eaten flesh.
It is everywhere in the lower culture conceived of as material, though capable of changing its form and appearance without losing its identity.
There is no more harm in representing a God, pictorially or in sculpture, as an old man than there is in addressing him as Father, though practically a wide experience shows that the common people do not stop here in either case.
Drunkenness, at first thought harmless, is soon recognized as folly, though harming nobody but the drunkard himself.
Yet it must be admitted that there is a broad, though secondary and lower, current of opinion, which holds that the dead benefit in some more or less obscure physical sense by the offerings at their tombs.
Man though he was, and therefore aggressive, it was his duty first of all to think of protecting Linnet.
In a moment, though with an effort, Will realised to himself how the question looked to her.
I can’t believe it now,—though I know you’re right when I hear you speak so.
Cosmopolitan though she was, it surprised her not a little that Will should allude to such persons in a lady’s company.
It was one o’clock by this time, though Franz had only just risen from his morning coffee.
He noticed also that the envelope, though directed in English letters, bore evident traces of a German hand in the twists and twirls of the very peculiar manuscript.
All along, amid the tremulous delight of her first great love, she had known in her heart this thing she was doing, though sweet—too sweet—was unspeakably wicked.
Florian roused himself with a yawn, for though vigorous enough for his size, he was a lazy creature, and when once he sat down it was with difficulty he could be prevailed upon to put himself in motion again.
Still, if God and the Church so ordained, she would follow that man she hated, till death them did part; she would forsake that man she loved, though her heart broke with love for him.
The captain had also taken out from his strong box a supply of sovereigns and Spanish dollars, should coin be demanded, though he relied chiefly on the more advantageous proceeding of barter.
She seized me in her arms the moment she saw me, and I did not at all mind the kisses she bestowed on my cheeks, though her lips were thick and her black face shrivelled.
Alas, I have often though what a fearful waking up there must have been of those I had thus seen taking their departure from this world, yet the rest of us remained as hardened, and in most cases as fearless, of consequences as before.
However, I have had notice that lots of oil will be brought on board in a few days, and when we get that, we will put to sea even though we are not quite full.
She had taken, unknown to my sisters, some humble, though clean, lodgings in the outskirts of the town, and to these she had carried whatever we were allowed to remove.
Of one thing I felt very sure, that though the Spaniards might fight, the British seamen would soon be in possession of the slaver.
If the wind had continued, I should have been myself again by this time, though I have had a narrow squeak for it I'll allow.
I have been there a score of times, and am pretty well seasoned, but I have felt his gripe, though I do not fear him now.
Then I remembered how Paul would have acted, and I prayed that he might be protected, though I confess I had little expectation of his escaping the ravenous jaws of a shark.
Though these were of a weight sufficient greatly to incumber, if not to sink, an ordinary swimmer, so expert were, they in the water that they appeared in no way to be inconvenienced.
A brave youth, though he fretted and strutted and bullied me so.
But I shouldn't like though for him to be so fond of Sweet Mace down at the forge.
The torch was thrust into the faggots again and again, four times in all, and at each thrust there was a burst of flame and a cloud of smoke; but Master Peasegood stirred not, though the flames licked his long black garb.
It grieves me, Master Cobbe, and, though I speak this, it is not as an enemy but as a friend.
A greater cause for fear though was the conduct of her father, who seemed to be giving way to their guest, though at times he broke out with his old independent ways, and appeared to be setting him at defiance.
But, as I was saying, it would be so horrible if I cursed you, though it is not me, my dear, but something in me that does it.
Had Gil dared to post a man nearer to the house, he would have known of the preparations made to entrap him, though possibly they would not have kept him back.
I'm sure it would do him good, though I don't want him.
Ay, Tom Croftly is a good judge of grass and stock too, though he is only a founder.
They had much to complain of—though they sought a remedy the wrong way, and suffered in consequence.
Upon my word,’ said the parson, ‘there is a good deal in what you say, though I never thought of it before.
I fear so, though with the ballot we shall still have a good deal of intimidation and bullying.
Yes, it is more religious toleration that we need, though we have, rather against the grain, ceased to burn heretics.
The British mob won’t stand that sort of thing, though they ill-use their wives every day.
She had known girls leave that district and come back real ladies, though they were as low down in the world as herself.
Well, it is no use denying of it; but the masters have suffered as well, though you get no benefit by their suffering.
They covered the Baronet in a cloud of muslin, who, though not seen, could be heard expressing indignation in no measured terms.
Though Ireland has been shamefully treated, as much by Irishmen as Englishmen, however, I admit.
But, then, in London there are no end of men who pass themselves off as working-men politicians, though it is precious little work they do.
However, I knew that Anselmo, though a griping was a trustworthy man, and I felt safe in his renewed promise.
Wealth produced from the public should be applied to the uses of the public, yea, even though a petty injury to one individual be the price.
If I have borne much, and my spirit has worked out its earthly end in travail and in tears, yet I would not forego the lessons which my life has bequeathed me, even though they be deeply blended with sadness and regret.
His soul once aroused would stir within him, though he felt it not, andthough he grew not a believer, he would cease to be only the voluptuary.
