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... infallible aim was acquired. A register of scores was kept, and at
the head of it stood the name of Radna Michaelis.
A long table ran across the end at which the arm-racks were, and on
this Arnold laid ... the rent was
paid. He had two shillings, and he owed at least twelve. He was also the
maker ofa machine for which the Tsar of Russia had made a standing of-
fer ofa million sterling. That million ... ruin ofa civil-
isation and the establishment ofa new order of things made a deep im-
pression on Arnold's mind. He saw clearly that he was standing at the
parting of the ways, and facing...
... remembrance of
Captain R-'s examination room (how easy and delightful all that had been) he bolted
down a flight leading to the basement and found himself in a place of dusk and mystery
and ... friend had just "got a ship" that very morning and was
hurrying home in a state of outward joy and inward uneasiness usual to a sailor who
after many days of waiting suddenly gets a berth. ... the ball rolling I asked Marlow if this Powell was
remarkable in any way.
"He was not exactly remarkable," Marlow answered with his usual nonchalance. "In a
general way it's...
... myth and mythologies. Compare
the "god-like" qualities ofa particular character (such as Diana, goddess of the
hunt) to a modern character (such as Mia Hamm, huntress ofa soccer goal).
Huntington ... work of art is defined by the visual. Social, ethical. moral, and
contemporary standards ofa society.
armature A structure of wood or wire for example. used under sculptural
materials, such as ... such as clay for support.
asymmetry A balance achieved through the use of unequal parts or elements.
Visualize a beach ball sitting on one side ofa stick and two baseballs
on the other—balancing...
... drawbridge was raised, the
gates secured. Dame Margaret and Laneta were greatly alarmed. Father Nicholas, who had arrived with all the
ornaments of the Church, and as much as his mule could carry, ... robes of silk for the Virgin Mary, and three for Saint Perpetua, Saint Agatha, and Saint
Anne; they had performed several severe penances for somewhat trifling faults; not a piece of meat had
passed ... I
suspect."
Laneta, who really in her way loved her sister, followed her mother's lead, and embraced Ava affectionately.
The Dame Margaret was also not a little gratified when she found that her daughter's...
... sprang to each side of the accused maiden
and held her arms and hands in a grasp of iron.
Joseph Putnam made an exclamation that almost sounded like an oath, and made a step forward; but a firm
hand ... his rapier. He was
better skilled in the use of that weapon than was usual, and had no fear that he should be unable to escape
from the constables, if not taken at a disadvantage. Still, as that ... such alarming numbers nowadays. If she had been such a being, I
fancy Master Raymond would have found her less attractive. Ah, well, after a time perhaps, we of the present
day shall have another...
... head, moreover, was stuck a conical cap that had all the appearance of
having been once a portion of the same uniform, and had only undergone change in the loss of its peak. A
small black leather, ... The Fall of Chicago ATaleof Indian Warfare
by John Richardson
CHAPTER I
.
It was on a beautiful day in the early part of the month of April, 1812, that four persons were met in a rude
farm-house, ... nearly
wornout, military shoes, by wisps of hay, that supplied the absence of the sock. This man was about five and
thirty.
The last of the little party was a boy. He was a raw-boned lad of about...
... her father and met
Madam Sontag's party at Cincinnati. Aunt Caroline traveled with them as far as Louisville, Ky. Madam
Sontag, who was greatly pleased with Camilla here offered to have a motherly ... West. As mother and daughter had been separated for a long time Madam Urso traveled with
Camilla a portion of this journey. Unfortunately Madam Urso was taken sick at Cincinnati and for a while
Camilla ... truth was hidden in the master's
pleasantry. Camilla was rapidly distancing them all. She was the favorite scholar. She had the advantage of
Massart's private instruction three times a week...
... captain said, "and keep a sharp lookout ahead. The moon has given an
advantage to those who are on our track behind, but it gives us an advantage as against any craft there may be
ahead of us. ... is cast away, they will make good allowance for you,
knowing that you are a loser as well as they, and that at all times you have thought as much of them as of
yourself. Lay this always to heart, ... but they all fell astern; and as they were fully two miles and a half away
when the last gun was discharged, and the cannoneers must have known that they were far out of range,
Captain Martin felt...
... Sierra overtopping Sulaco and
the coast range away there towards Esmeralda had been as
big as half the world.
Signora Teresa, a er an impressive pause,
remonstrated—
‘Eh, Giorgio! Leave Cavour ... near her shoulder attentive, smil-
ing, and fatigued. e journey from London to Sta. Marta
in mail boats and the special carriages of the Sta. Marta
coast-line (the only railway so far) had ... separated at
speed. Giorgio saw one fall, rider and horse disappearing
as if they had galloped into a chasm, and the movements of
the animated scene were like the passages ofa violent game...
... hundred
yards square, which was laid out as a garden. Avenues of fruit trees ran all round it, a portion was laid out as a
vineyard, while separated from the rest by an avenue of palm trees was a vegetable ... women
with anxious faces stood in groups at their doors and watched the royal party as it drove out.
The charioteer of Amuba was a tall and powerful man; he carried a shield far larger than was ordinarily ... our appearance is strange to you, and indeed
even among the peoples of Lydia and Persia there are few whose hair and eyes are as fair as ours. Even had
you said that you did not like our appearance...
... punctually to his meals. He was away about the town looking up old
acquaintance, came in at dinner and again at supper after the meal had already begun, and dropped into his
place and began to eat ... weeks greatly as the train of waggons made its way across the plains of
Champagne, and then on through the valleys of Lorraine and Alsace until it reached Strasbourg. Malcolm had
speedily made friends ... captain of our troop; and Major Macpherson was a captain too.
Then there are Oliphant, and Munroe, and Campbell, and Graham, all of whom were young lieutenants in
your time, and are now old captains...
... venture anything that he is on his way to see that wench again. I'll lay my
life on it."
The entrance, however, of little Marcus, or Mark, as he was familiarly called,
asking for Massa ...
students, all take part in these social assemblies upon terms of perfect equality. The
father and son not unfrequently meet and dance alike at a negro ball.
It was at one of these parties that Henry ... with a degree of alacrity, so that
he might receive the approbation of his master.
Pomp, as he was usually called by the trader, was of real negro blood, and would
often say, when alluding to...