when he had reached the age of twenty it was thought expedient for him to marry and the portraits of various princesses were submitted to him he was in raptures with that of mignonetta the daughter of a great king and heiress to several kingdoms

such as it was it did us good service the steepness increased but these stone steps allowed us to rise with facility and even with such rapidity that having rested for a moment while my companions continued their ascent

and because he imagined an office more honorable and more american than a shop as he worked on during his two leisure evenings each week his entire bearing and conversation registered the relief of one who abandons the effort he is not fitted for

deviations from the law must be uniformly punished or no man can be certain when he shall be safe that from the rigour of the original institution this court

by patience temperance i mention still him whom thy wrongs with saintly patience borne made famous in a land and times obscure who names not now with honour patient job poor socrates who next more memorable

all the calculations gave different results and none were of the slightest use the difficulty as it turned out was most fortunate it resulted in the discovery of one of the greatest mathematicians perhaps the greatest that germany has ever produced

but when the works of sculptors in general were produced was at a loss and went to sleep and had nothing to say ion no indeed no more than the other socrates

and saw before him two lovely beings whom his instinct told him were not mortal but were peris from paradise why do you weep old man said one in a voice as clear and musical as that of the bulbul

though none so big as this one do not look for me until i make my appearance on the river bank never mind me

to send to her troops organized and equipped

as regards inoculation for distemper doctor fleming says it has been tried but the remedy is often worse than the disease at least as bad as the natural disease vaccination has also been tried but it is valueless probably inoculation with

had recourse to an expedient which seems equally strange and desperate but which was in accordance with indian practices they contrived to open a communication with the seneca nation of the iroquois

who are plain and elderly and haven't got any lovers they themselves don't want lovers they never mean to marry it does not do to dwell on these things it makes one so sad there was a boy at our school

the blindness though so common cannot be a very serious evil yet it appears strange that any animal should possess an organ frequently subject to be injured lamarck would have been delighted with this fact had he known it

many's the night i've walked the street outside watching the light at your window and many's the night i've not gone home until dawn

rare enough i am glad to say but often very sad and sometimes very terrible i jumped as though i had been shot but the next second was heartily ashamed of my want of control

more supernatural things are alleged to have happened in our time than would have been possible eighty years ago men of science believe in such marvels much more than they did

dulness will however free me from the charge which i most lament the charge of being flippant

i see that his letters pass through this office you're taking up another man's time complained the postmaster

and on the south by the amphitheatre of the albert hall but for a centre of adventure i choose the long walk it beckoned me somewhat as the north west passage beckoned my seafaring ancestors

so long as it is wanted in this house he opened an old cabinet

the roar of the freshet awoke nan in her bed before daybreak so she was not surprised to see the river in such a turmoil when after a hasty breakfast she and uncle henry walked beside the flood

moreover before germany can unify to the east she must fight the russian and to unify to the west she must fight the french and perhaps the english and she may have to fight a combination of these powers i think the military strength of france is enormously underrated

they found themselves at last in the passage behind the highest bench

it now became necessary for him to retract his former declaration that the two houses at westminster were not a free parliament and accordingly he was induced though with great reluctance to give them in his answer the appellation of the parliament of england

she would not be frightened from paying him those attentions which as a friend and almost a relation were his due by the observant eyes of lucy though she soon perceived them to be narrowly watching her

age by age out of the south we shall remember the sacrifices we made and the crazy reasons why we made them we sowed our corn in blood here we had strange fancies about the stars those we brought with us out of the south where the stars are brighter

what had all this to do with the question before the council much indeed though it did not appear till the last moment of his examination

it is true that in far off provinces men did not talk daily of tom towers but they read the jupiter and acknowledged that without the jupiter

sometimes it is harder to disguise one's feelings in the face than in the voice do not be caught unawares interest cheerfulness and patience are tremendous forces to help the little deaf child some one has said

there on the tomb was a wreath of flowers nearly as large as a wagon wheel and which when they were fresh must have been beautiful beyond words to described

but on the contrary he saw nothing but eager eyes which were devouring in anticipation that sublime fowl which was the object of his contempt

some were to creep to the front door some to the back some were to watch the east and some the west he and the sergeant stole on tiptoe to the lighted window

she had seen the gay light hearted people of this star city turned to howling beasts of prey its women changed to sexless vultures with murderous talons implanted in everything that is noble high or beautiful

only an hour or so before i had been boasting to myself that i was london bred and lived in the middle of the eighteenth century but none the less my hair stirred upon my head

softly his eyes closed and in another moment he would have been sound asleep had not scollops raised him to his feet and said it is not time for sleep yet for you haven't had your dinner

we will try a less exciting topic the professor mildly remarked to the children you were asking we asked him to let us through the garden door said sylvie but he wouldn't but perhaps he would for you

the bravest of all was performed by a girl whose name was grace darling a name that now is known not only in the places where she lived but all over the world grace horsley darling

shall i call a taxi for madame and have it take her to klein's

that was seen to bolt into an upper window and mister grimshaw retired from public life married and lived happily ever after as the story books say

the ingenuous simplicity of her nature when i saw that her guileless and innocent soul fancied all the world to be pure and disinterested as herself and that her heart was open to every impression

every one would have known them for twins the boys grew fast

thirteen the killing of an animal means the end of its most interesting period when the country is fine pursuit is more interesting than possession fourteen

looking thoughtfully into john's face i am afraid it will injure you why in the world should it injure me asked john much astonished at the remark i have a presentiment she checked herself suddenly i do not like to tell you she added

put me down as a subscriber please and rely upon my support at all times it is possible young ladies nay quite probable i should say that your originality and genius will yet make millville famous that speech pleased uncle john