picked my way homeward by a short cut through the dismalness of a new york slum i longed for steak and stout slippers and a pipe with all the pathetic keenness of a troubled soul it was a wild black kind of night and the weirdness of it showed up as i passed from light to light

allister always did whatever i asked him he set off at once the kelpie looked suspicious as he left the room but she had no pretext for interference i allowed her to tell her tale without interruption

savareen when riding townwards that morning had informed him of the ostensible purpose of his journey and it now suddenly occurred to the old man to wonder why the young farmer had not returned home while he sat there pondering

in that case said oxenden it may contain the mangled remains of one of the wives of some moorish pasha by this time they had reached the yacht and hurried aboard all were eager to satisfy their curiosity

and portia in the merchant of venice these few lifelike characters among five hundred or more other secondary figures with the complete absence of character in the principal figures

here they clear away the grass and the leader pours beer into a pot which is buried in the ground while he says master chauta you have hardened your heart towards us what would you have us do we must perish indeed

what i tell you three times is true the crew was complete it included a boots a maker of bonnets and hoods a barrister brought to arrange their disputes and a broker to value their goods

but we know not what they want for we have had with them neither battle nor speech and presently they added the name of the commander of the besieging army is murad shah and he hath with him an hundred thousand horse and three thousand foot besides two hundred tribesmen of the jinn

the doctor saw at once that the monkey's collar was too tight and that he was dirty and unhappy so he took the monkey away from the italian gave the man a shilling and told him to go

with his hands in his pockets so absorbed in the simple act of watching that it made the travellers wonder what he could find to do when the train whirled away and only the blank of a railway some sheds

i don't like being branded as the day boy's foe when i think how much i would have given to be a day boy myself my father found me a nuisance and put me through the mill and i can never forget it particularly the evenings

there was still a basket of champagne left he danced the hurdy gurdy on that basket till he cut his feet the champagne was all gone but he still had some gold nuggets there was a mirror in the bar room valued at hundreds of dollars

that'll be about all from you i've stood for your sneering at this town and saying how ugly and dull it is i've stood for your refusing to appreciate good fellows like sam i've even stood for your ridiculing our watch gopher prairie grow campaign

pan slavism and the conception of a great union of the latin peoples under the outrageous treatment of the white peoples an idea of unifying the yellow peoples is pretty certain to become audibly and visibly operative before many years

whose brother an officer in the italian army who had died on duty in a foreign land had also greatly liked the article and carried it round with him

this article was freely copied by other papers and for several weeks the topic was kept conspicuously before the little world of western canada nowhere was the interest in the subject more keenly manifested

but he could hardly do so and remain a popular magnate in england if he chose to put himself in opposition to the desires and very instincts of the people among whom his property was situated he must live as a man forbid that was the general argument

tears that were mute reminders of a greater grief than jo's and broken whispers more eloquent than prayers because hopeful resignation went hand in hand with natural sorrow

prophecy knew it he had the magic halter and a worn old rope it was an old wayfaring woman had given it to him it had the power to hold any animal whose race had never known captivity such as the unicorn

examined them with much curiosity then discovering that three of the party were girls he lifted his cap and made a polite bow

he had hardly hitherto made up his mind that he really desired to marry alice there had grown upon him lately certain bohemian propensities a love of absolute independence in his thoughts as well as actions which were antagonistic to marriage

resting on some collateral circumstance rhetorical and ambitious diction rich and exuberant complexities

after vainly waiting for an answer much beyond the accustomed time when children are baptized missus douglas could no longer refuse to accede to the desires of the venerable inmates of glenfern

in fact i was not sorry she came for there are but meagre pickings here and she brought some of those apples

in this rough man who knew no better lyrics than he could find in the old and new version and an occasional hymn who knew the smallest possible amount of profane history and for whom the motion and shape of the earth

to day is not a very opportune day i would rather have them to morrow evening

her mournful yet trustful look oh heavens would all these be mine no more i could not endure the thought at first i wandered about seeking rest and finding none and at length i sat in my own room and passed the time in listening

and for this reason i said i shall not attempt to legislate further about them

his arrival chanced at a critical moment the athenians had already finished a double wall of six or seven furlongs to the great harbour with the exception of a small portion

and with an ironical air watched his son going upstairs till he passed out of sight what's the matter with him he promptly asked smerdyakov

and the strength of the effort is the measure of the result chance is not gifts

we're prospecting i reckon we know our business best ye can't get any chuck out of this outfit then tell me where the red star mine is

princess parizade took the pitcher and carrying with her besides the cage the twig and the flask returned down the mountain side at every black stone she stopped and sprinkled it with water

it was a much safer place for a gentleman in his predicament he might there be important at comparatively little expense two material advantages of bath over london had of course been given all their weight

so when the jackdaws nearly knocked him down in their rush of wings and their sharp beaks and claws threatened to damage his brilliant plating the woodman picked up his axe and made it whirl swiftly around his head

i could not forget all that he had said during almah's illness and it seemed more than probable that an appeal to his better nature might not be without effect i said as much to almah the kohen said she why he can do nothing

quite sure that is if you don't walk so fast you see

then he seized upon jan shah's treasures and those of the slain and appointed a ruler over the city

yelled the generals drawing their swords

in the afternoon we soon came to a steep slope the same on which we exchanged sledges on december twenty eighth all went well till in trying to keep the track at the same time as my feet on a very slippery surface

who went solemnly on as he spoke folding his paper boats that's the fun of it for you see if there was a wind we should be going on ourselves and the regatta couldn't come off but as it is the water is just right you pick out your boat and lay your bet on her to race to some given point

could suddenly become so hateful she half turned away so that i might not see her face the thought that she should countenance pickering in any way tore me with jealous rage mister glenarm you are what i have heard called a quitter defined in common americanese