once the males were all powerful but ages ago the females little by little assumed the mastery for other ages no noticeable change took place in the race of mahars it continued to progress under the intelligent and beneficent rule of the ladies

we were surrounded by a large concourse all armed with long spears the only weapon visible amongst them save a club stick and here and there a hatchet we were shown into a hut which the doctor and i shared between us

my wife cried the poor macgregor putting his trembling arms about her neck oh my lord how have i deserved this you have slain her suppose i have returned the chief with a cold scorn

but they were all destroyed by the voices of exhaustion and pain from his body his ailments clamoring forced him to seek the place of food and rest at whatever cost he swung unsteadily toward the fire

pointed it out to the king and they determined to hunt it they chased him with all their skill till the evening but he was too light and nimble for them to catch till a shot wounded him slightly in the foot so that he was obliged to hide himself in the bushes

if he was in readiness smelled the hot boiled oil which sent forth a steam out of the jar hence he suspected that his plot to murder ali baba and plunder his house was discovered

they say he used to jump up and thrash even ladies with a stick observed fyodor pavlovitch as he went up the steps the elder varsonofy did sometimes seem rather strange but a great deal that's told is foolishness he never thrashed any one answered the monk now gentlemen

fifty four hours said the doctor to his companions therefore as i am determined not to travel by night

with a powerful effort rod steadied himself the buck was standing broadside his head and neck stretched up offering a beautiful shot at the vital spot behind his fore leg at this the young hunter aimed and fired

a boy and a dog were then left to watch the open hole while john and his comrades went to the brook and began to dig a canal to turn the water into the residence of the woodchuck this was often a difficult feat of engineering and a long job

gee wouldn't i like to capture em though he said enthusiastically

and here in the desert there was only one arab whose eyes did not fall beneath hers and presently with a muttered word the woman turned back to her coffee making

nay she anticipated a disappointment as she had before anticipated her success by turns feeling the keenest emotions from hope and from despair as these passions alternately governed her

ah don't said lucy earnestly taking his hand very gently in hers don't talk of that to night please don't let yourself think of it if i could only only find the words that would comfort you

gag to choke a lawyer's invention for choking property to death mosquito a small insect designed by god to make us think better of flies

margaret did not feel as if the dinner parties would be a panacea but edith piqued herself on her dinner parties so different as she said from the old dowager dinners under mamma's regime

and from murderous strife such as once they waged from war refrain long as i rule this realm so wide let our hoards be common let heroes with gold each other greet o'er the gannet's bath

and in the rear of one of the most imposing mansions in this rich neighborhood where the various houses vie with each other for elegance of design and magnificence of construction extended a large garden

with the lights and smoke of new cumberland and sloan's station faintly discernible near the horizon all about us lies a beautiful world of woodland the whistle of quails innumerable broke upon us in the twilight

chapter thirty four it was the wedding day of four happy people the day was bright the sky blue and sherwood had taken upon itself

at the church door that dogs clearly distinguish the return of sunday cannot be doubted the almost incredible penetration and expedition

it is most important because it is to purify the very fountain of the race and make the race completely free the first and most dramatic of the three great struggles for liberty

how is your master how is your charming lady where is the parrot i don't want it where's the lady why don't you answer why do you stare so miss temple no not miss temple the lady my lady my charming friend missus floyd

watching the feast from a distance in his mind a painful process was going on which he could not bring to a conclusion terrible doubts rose in his soul now he remembered denisov with his changed expression his submission

then the women return up the ladder from the kiva and climb to the tops of the houses and stand on the brink of the nearer terrace now the music commences once more

like the uniting of several distinct countries into one kingdom or several distinct members into one body is performed merely by an arbitrary act of the mind and has no influence on the nature of things

to be a guide in that state is to be a good citizen and a protector of game from illegal slaughter no non resident may hunt without a licensed guide the licenses for the thousands of deer killed in maine each year

i must needs after you were gone venture to entertain myself with your journal when i found missus jewkes's bad usage of you after your dreadful temptations and hurts and particularly your generous concern for me on hearing how narrowly i escaped drowning

who have much of the business virtue that is characteristic of the english as a nation only within a few years have the samurai or indeed any one who was capable of figuring in any higher occupation in life been willing to adopt the calling of the merchant

and he had to ask it just in that way and he felt that a passion of pity such as he had never known before was rising in his heart that he wanted to cry that he wanted to do something for them all so that the babe should weep no more

whilst the old fashioned addition of a few cloves is by many persons preferred to anything else

one of her pretends was that emily was a kind of good witch and could protect her poor little sara everything was pretend with her she had a strong imagination there was almost more imagination than there was sara

seemed to express the attitude of her spirit the desperate recklessness of her mood by its wild and picturesque peculiarity but the point which drew all eyes and as it were transfigured the wearer

one important calling in the eyes of many persons especially those of the lower classes is that of fortune telling and these guides in all matters of life both great and small are to be found in every section of the city

stepan arkadyevitch had not chosen his political opinions or his views these political opinions and views had come to him of themselves just as he did not choose the shapes of his hat and coat but simply took those that were being worn and for him

doctor mortimer looked at holmes with an air of professional interest and sir henry baskerville turned a pair of puzzled dark eyes upon me i don't know much about the tariff and things of that kind said he

my connections with the family of de bourgh and my relationship to your own are circumstances highly in my favour and you should take it into further consideration that in spite of your manifold attractions

he clapped his hands and forthwith they went off with that hopping run of theirs fifteen or twenty of them i should think up the beach increase and multiply my friends said montgomery replenish the island hitherto we've had a certain lack of meat here

o my mamma who is my papa she replied o my son

all on a sudden as she was going out in came the king's son in golden clothes

and the merchants or cods with their slouch hats of quiet gray struggled for the lead in the state and how they did hate one another certain of the younger nobles however who were opposed to the reigning house of holland