in the midst of these perpetual fluctuations of his lot the present grows upon his mind until it conceals futurity from his sight and his looks go no further than the morrow

these reasons seem sufficiently to justify drawbacks and would justify them though the whole duties whether upon the produce of domestic industry or upon foreign goods were always drawn back upon exportation

the misty chestnut work of the rafters referred to no exploded fortifying art or worn out religious creed the defence and salvation of the body by daily bread is still a study a religion and a desire

and discovered a new meaning in every word for in prosperity prayers seem but a mere medley of words until misfortune comes and the unhappy sufferer first understands the meaning

i've got one for every bed in the house and i've given four away i'd give this away if i knew of anybody that wanted it

originally he came from mutumbi and he has travelled from that country into mugihewa the district he now governs he has seen mwezi the great king of urundi and describes him as a man about forty years old and as a very good man

he found the light of his present exaltation reflected in the face of the girl their eyes met her eyes were swimming with tears of enthusiasm i knew she whispered oh father of the world sire i knew you would say these things

in choosing his horses every master will see that they are properly paired that their paces are about equal when their habits differ it is the coachman's duty to discover how he can with least annoyance to the horses

worked for the fremont dayton presidential ticket eighteen fifty eight lost in the legislature the senatorship to douglas eighteen fifty nine placed for the presidential candidacy made eastern tour to get acquainted

don't be hard on him said miss berengaria suddenly i received a letter from him yesterday he is doing very well in america and with the money bernard gave him he has bought a farm also he hopes to marry i wonder will he tell his future wife

the cavalry attacked and routed the left wing of the athenians

as the red sea and jordan once he cleft when to the promised land their fathers passed

it was plain that only the ponies could go by it no loads

she was unpopular in a negative way with all except miss channing

plotting out a way of escaping he decided to remain at the hole listening for joe's voice

this i say happened three years ago and about that time a little luck descended upon us three

if we only had the man to fetch it and then he went on to say how his brother had a garden with twelve lions in it and how the lad might have the key if he had a mind to milk the lions so the lad took the key and a milking pail and strode off

as have more shew of worth of honour glory and popular praise rocks whereon greatest men have oftest wrecked

as i sat down to my book at last my old dream about lena coming across the harvest field in her short skirt seemed to me like the memory of an actual experience it floated before me on the page like a picture and underneath it stood the mournful line

she took a chair near the open door and bent forward with an air of attention that was disquieting she wore blackperhaps to fit her the better into the house of a somber sisterhood i seemed suddenly to remember her from a time long gone and the effort of memory threw me off guard

if i had not read jonathan's journal first i should never have accepted even a possibility poor poor dear jonathan how he must have suffered

occupied only by the dismantled ruins of buildings remained of what had been a long row of handsome and costly residences which

leaving a small margin for a bad landing that would require a second attempt but with less practice than he wanted he had located jake's village through the little telescope when he finally reached for the main blast control

i turned to weena dance i cried to her in her own tongue for now i had a weapon indeed against the horrible creatures we feared and so in that derelict museum upon the thick soft carpeting of dust

and there likely to stick all my days six months last year on the african coast watching slavers think of that

much madness is divinest sense

she and mascot are ties now both have won two heats one more for either will decide it this is a good day for the races excuse me

and they would be quite right missouri the missouri bag limits that permit the killing or possession of fifty birds per day are absurd and fatally liberal the utmost should be twenty five and even that is too high

but is he equal to five asked the engineer i will join pencroft said the reporter and both of us well armed and accompanied by top my dear spilett and you pencroft answered harding

in a word then while every one had grown wilder naturally wilder sangree it seemed to me had grown much wilder and what i can only call unnaturally wilder he made me think of a savage

sat by the fire and when noon came each ate a little piece of bread and as they heard the strokes of the wood axe they believed that their father was near it was not the axe however

ascertain cautiously what thy office may be worth and if it will allow thee to give liveries to thy servants give them respectable and serviceable rather than showy and gay ones and divide them between thy servants and the poor

keep quiet commanded tip sternly very well dear father answered the obedient jack the woggle bug listened patiently even respectfully to these remarks and then resumed his story

i will write to missus selwyn and tell her how much i wish your return and missus clinton can take sufficient care of you i have meditated upon every possible expedient

most becoming indeed on the part of your respected father i honour his convictions sir such estates such houses such a family as his connected i believe with the nobility especially on your late lamented mother's side

from first to last everything was just right i shall never forget larry's face when he looked at the turkey nor peter's when he saw his watch nor that sweet sweet kitty's smile when she kissed her dolly

serle understands boiling an egg better than any body i would not recommend an egg boiled by any body else but you need not be afraid they are very small you see one of our small eggs will not hurt you

willyum it's my day out tuesday i shall expect you to take me somewhere so he said i will so i said hyde park corner half past ten i was there as the clock was striking

now for the folks i've had enough scenery so we sailed low crossing back and forth quartering the country as we went and studying it we saw i can't remember now how much of this we noted then and how much was supplemented by our later knowledge

there is less pomp and circumstance about the smaller stores for all the goods are within easy reach and the shops for household utensils and chinaware seem to have nearly the whole stock in trade piled up in front or even in the street itself

his son's affair and the girl would surely soon get tired of going to and fro so he made no difficulty and everything was speedily arranged and the wedding was celebrated with great rejoicings at first

first recollect myself in that country do you recollect your father no never see him did your mother never talk about him call her mother but think no mother at all custom

not near replied mister claypole there not near so don't think it why not

like the whole sky when to the east the morning doth return like thistles of the wilderness fit neither for food nor fuel like those great rivers whose course everyone beholds

so fresh his own youth seemed to reappear bringing with it all those savoury remembrances which are like perfumes more than thoughts between the past and the present was an ineffable abyss