... hungry cannon at Ramillies and Malplaquet. Of those two gentlemen who are about to act a very important part in our history, one only was probably a native of Britain,--we say probably, because ... envy; an arm that was like an opera-dancer's leg; a stomach so elastic that it would accommodate itself to any given or stolen quantity of food; a great aptitude for strong liquors; a...
... the 'New Sabbath' had kept itself all these years--why that sound and hearty melody had disappeared from all the cathedrals, parish churches, minsters and chapels-of-ease that he had ... fashion to admire what was good in Palladian and Renaissance. As soon as Jacobean, Queen Anne, and kindred accretions of decayed styles began to be popular, he purchased such old-school works as Rev...
... have been warned since, from the age of two, I (7)_____ matchboxes and my pockets with a wide variety of the smaller fauna that came (8)_____ my way, so the progress from a matchbox to a zoo (9)_____ ... American parent, she (4)_____ me to the nearest psychiatrist; however, being fairly phlegmatic, she merely said she thought that it (5)_____ lovely and promptly forgot (6)_____. She sho...
... Midge Hardcastle, (3)_____ arrived at The Hollow the night before, Lady Angkatell slipped quickly out of bed and went along the passage to Midge's room. Since she was a woman of rapid thought ... a story 2 Complete the text below using the correct word or expression At six thirteen a. m. on Friday morning Lucy Angkatell's big blue eyes opened upon another day and as always, s...
... German is at base a knock-down argument. Misfortunes in an
alien land do not awaken sympathy. They are rather to be regarded as windfalls, as a
result of which a profit is to be grabbed or a ... well—we are nearly always amateurs. They are nearly always
able to be professionals."
"Is it the same with the laboring classes—the mechanics and all that?"
"The same...
... so near that many a warrior-heart beat quicker at any unusual blast, and it
was not marvel the queen's terrors should very often affect her attendants. Agnes alone, amid the maiden train,
ever ... that I loathe, aye, loathe communication with such as he, and that if it can be that worse
traitor Buchan, that makes me rejoice I have naught before me now but as fair a field as a siege...
... that I was a stranger; that I did not belong to her, and that she was not as
affectionate to me as to her brothers and sisters. Then came a sharp pain in my breast
as if a vein had burst or a ... hoped and believed. Here was at
last a human soul, as clear and fresh as a spring morning. I had seen at the first glance
what she was and how she felt, and we had greeted and recogni...
... and guessing that it
was anxiety as well as pain which kept him awake, she sat down beside him and related again the story of that
night's adventures. He laughed, in spite of his pain, at ... sitting and banging when I came back."
"Was it Jean Doulais who made all that noise?" said Katherine. "I was demonstrating on the blackboard, and
had to write my explanations,...
... so was a dollar and a half ahead, and had got his pulses well warmed up,
Dave manifested great vexation, and asked Grayson to increase the stakes to half a dollar, so as to give him a
chance ... win all yer money an' yer knife, 'an yer hankercher, an' yer hat
an' coat an' boots in the bargain. But you mus'n't say anything about it, Sis. It's a...