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...or saving; shown not only in the vending of eggs and chickens, but also in driving hard bargains with the gar- dener about flower-roots, seeds, and sl... ... and drew close her curtain of dense cloud: the night grew dark; rain came driving fast on the gale. “I wish he would come! I wish he would come!” I e... ...er. Don’t shut the door:- oh, don’t, for God’s sake!” “I must; the rain is driving in—” “T ell the young ladies. Let me see them—” “Indeed, I will not...

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...fs of the village, and on the pastures and larchwoods surrounding it. A little wind moved among the round white clouds on the shoulders of the hills, driving their shadows across the fields and down the grassy road that takes the name of street when it passes through North Dormer....

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...e wind moved among the round white clouds on the shoul- ders of the hills, driving their shadows across the fields and down the grassy road that takes... ...’s at the library; the rest of the time he spent either at the store or in driving about the country on business connected with the insurance companie... ... first, to have it known to North Dormer and the neighborhood that she was driving Miss Hatchard’s cousin about the country in the buggy he had hired ... ...face. Another woman, the unkempt creature that Charity had once noticed in driving by, stood leaning against the window-frame and stared at them; and ... ...ancholy summer boarding-houses on Creston Lake, and had discovered, within driving distance, a number of houses wor- thy of his pencil; and he said th... ... Harney’s bicycle-bell in the lane. He had bicycled to Hamblin, instead of driving there with his cousin and her friends, so that he might be able to ...

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...om one doctor to another, incessantly moving from one town to another, and driving his physicians, his son, and his servants to de- spair by his cowar... ...id, and her face darkened, “I see that I am not wanted here! I know who is driving me out of the home of my fathers. Only you mark my words, nephew; y... ... Three years passed. It hap- pened one hot summer day that her mistress in driving past stopped at the cattle-yard. Agafya regaled her with such de- l...

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...ut that which is exclusively his own business; and least of all where such driving is to be submitted to at the expense of pecuniary interest or burni...

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...t the very earliest opportunity, the national energy is falling away. That driving zeal, that practical vigour that once distinguished the English is ... ...e, so, I believe, the noisiness, the mean practicalness, and the dyspeptic-driving restlessness that are the shadows of American life, are bound up wi... ...- gin to hunt for suggestion and indecency it may be urged we shall end by driving all these things underground. Youth comes to adult life now between... ...as occupying typically four full working days in the week, four good, hard-driving days, and no more, of the students’ time. The remaining three, so f...

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...in a cloud, and a thunderbolt in his hand, looking towards Thrace; Neptune driving through the sea, which divides on each side to per- mit his passage...

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...,000 of the enemy, under General Branch, from Hanover Court-House, and was driving them from a stand they had made on the rail- road at the time the m... ...t Monroe: Enemy has cut McClellan’s communication with White House, and is driving Stoneman back on that point. Do what you can for him with gunboats ... ...medy. Be cautious, and do not understand that the government or country is driving you. I do not yet see how I could profit by changing the command of... ...unts of your col- ored force at Jacksonville, Florida. I see the enemy are driving at them fiercely, as is to be expected. It is important to the enem... ...W . W .] Loring near Edwards Sta- tion, at the end of a nine hours’ fight, driving Pemberton over the Big Black and cutting Loring off and driving him... ...he State and its repre- sentation in Congress to the enemies of the Union, driving its friends there into political exile. The whole struggle for Ten-... ...mostly the returned rebel soldiers and men wider bonds. Moss’s men are now driving the Union men out of Missouri. Over one hundred families crossed th...

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... good times, their freedom is large, and they do not abuse it. They can go driving with young men and receive visits from young men to an extent that ...

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...er Papers behavior it is (and I say it with pain) that perhaps even now is driving his highness to place your city under martial law.” “Martial law! d...

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...erity, any more than they are for their mistakes in building a house or in driving a furrow. I perceived that these ministers of the gos- pel eschewed...

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...nd him, and looked at him in a fixed silence. ‘In grasping at money and in driving hard bargains—I have begun, and I must speak of such things now, mo... ...much as an unwieldy ship in the Thames river may sometimes be seen heavily driving with the tide, broadside on, stern first, in its own way and in the... ...ore six, and bore straight down for the Patriarch, who happened to be then driving, in an inane man- ner, through a stagnant account of Bleeding Heart... ...open phaeton for the journey, and were soon in it on the road home. Gowan, driving, lighted a cigar; Clennam declined one. Do what he would, he fell i... ...ts, he would have gradually trailed off again into thinking, ‘Where are we driving, he and I, I wonder, on the darker road of life? How will it be wit... ...nger to the parrot, who expressed his opinion on that subject by instantly driving his bill into it. ‘Y ou were saying, Mrs Merdle,’ said Mr Merdle, w... ... am so vexed and ashamed! Do rouse yourself, darling! Oh, why are they not driving on! Pray, Pa, do drive on!’ The attendant, getting between Clennam ...

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...ior blessings could be attained, it would have quieted her ambition to see him driving a barouche. But Edward had no turn for great men or barouches. ... ...twenty minutes longer, when suddenly the clouds united over their heads, and a driving rain set full in their face. — Chagrined and surprised, they we... ...ly be enjoyed at Whitwell, they might procure a tolerable composure of mind by driving about the coun try. The carriages were then ordered; Willoughb... ...ten, Elinor would have been convinced that at that moment she heard a carriage driving up to the house; and so strong was the persuasion that she did,...

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...’ So socially accommodating was he, that once when Mr. Langton and he were driving together in a coach, and Mr. Langton complained of be- ing sick, he... ...ver happy for the present, but when he is drunk. Will you not add,—or when driving rap- idly in a post-chaise?’ Johnson. ‘No, Sir, you are driving rap... ...happy to hear of this.’ In our way, Johnson strongly expressed his love of driving fast in a post-chaise. ‘If (said he,) I had no duties, and no refer... ...,) I had no duties, and no reference to futurity, I would spend my life in driving briskly in a post-chaise with a pretty woman; but she should be one... ...voured to do.’ One of the company mentioned his having seen a noble person driving in his carriage, and looking exceedingly well, notwithstanding his ...

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...nd him, and looked at him in a fixed silence. ‘In grasping at money and in driving hard bargains—I have begun, and I must speak of such things now, mo... ...much as an unwieldy ship in the Thames river may sometimes be seen heavily driving with the tide, broadside on, stern first, in its own way and in the... ...ore six, and bore straight down for the Patriarch, who happened to be then driving, in an inane man- ner, through a stagnant account of Bleeding Heart... ...open phaeton for the journey, and were soon in it on the road home. Gowan, driving, lighted a cigar; Clennam declined one. Do what he would, he fell i... ...ts, he would have gradually trailed off again into thinking, ‘Where are we driving, he and I, I wonder, on the darker road of life? How will it be wit... ...nger to the parrot, who expressed his opinion on that subject by instantly driving his bill into it. ‘Y ou were saying, Mrs Merdle,’ said Mr Merdle, w... ... am so vexed and ashamed! Do rouse yourself, darling! Oh, why are they not driving on! Pray, Pa, do drive on!’ The attendant, getting between Clennam ... ...e dust, they hid their faces and stood rooted to the spot. The dust storm, driving between them and the placid sky, parted for a moment and showed the...

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...g, and communicated to his wife the upshot of the interview when they were driving to their meeting in Mrs. Grinstead’s victoria, each adorned with a ... ...” “You don’t know what a funny, delightful child he is! You didn’t see him driving all the little girls in a team four-in-hand.” It would be much to s...

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..., for all I can see, in principle the same as internal im- provements. The driving a pirate from the track of com- merce on the broad ocean, and the r...

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... that of delaying us for three or four hours. The tire of one of the heavy driving wheels flew off, and in the shock the body of the wheel itself was ... ...er, were well made and very powerfully armed, and will probably succeed in driving the secessionist armies away from the great river banks. By what ma...

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...amic militants with harassment of moderate Islamic schol- ars and authors, driving many into exile. In Pakistan, a military regime sought to justify i... ...ghan civil war, and ameliorating the Taliban’s human rights abuses than on driving out Bin Ladin.Another key actor, Marine General Anthony Zinni, the ... ... military capabilities. It urged the department to become a lead agency in driving a national coun- terterrorism strategy forward, to “champion a nati... ...meni authorities.The arrest resulted from mistaken identity: Khal- lad was driving the car of another conspirator in the ship-bombing plot who was wan... ... 2001.At that point, Hanjour and Hazmi vacated their apartment and started driving east, anticipating the arrival of the “muscle hijackers”—the operat... ...ped that this year’s offensive would finally finish off their old enemies, driving them from Afghanistan. From the Taliban’s perspective, an attack ag... ...he recognized them. Later in the interview, Benom- rane told the FBI about driving “two Saudis” around Los Angeles and to San Diego’s Sea World after ...

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...farming better. Then he was a chauffeur. That’s how he knew French. He was driving a gentleman in France for a long time—’ At this point the peacocks ... ...ike that—’ I went out into the road and looked at the cattle. ‘Who is this driving the cows?’ I said. She too came out. ‘It’s the boy from the next fa...

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...aint-Andre, he was in charge of military measures taken with the object of driving all Re- formers under arms into Amboise; a scheme which now formed ... ...tophe’s pulse, he told the executioner to wait a quarter of an hour before driving the first wedge in, to let the action of the blood subside and allo... ... time of Biron’s conspiracy, to put her brother on the throne of France by driving out the Bourbons. The Comte d’Auvergne, who became the Duc d’Angoul...

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...iness had been anticipated, but Mrs. Monson coming down, and the carriages driving to the door, Mademoiselle Hennequin was summoned, and the whole par...

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...de; both well knowing that to rest or sleep would be to die. The snow came driving heavily into the gallery by the upper end at which they would pass ...

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...n Shore he would make it good to their Master, so partly rowing and partly driving our Boat went away to the Norward sloaping towards the Shore almost... ...er, we committed our Souls to God in the most earnest Manner, and the Wind driving us towards the Shore, we hasten’d our Destruction with our own Hand... ...again, and I thrust her off with the Car I had, into the Channel, and then driving up higher, I at length found my self in the Mouth of a little River... ...nning and Ending. In this half Circle I pitch’d two Rows of strong Stakes, driving them into the Ground till they stood very firm like Piles, the bigge... ...o Days in cutting and bringing home one of those Posts, and a third Day in driving it into the Ground; for which Purpose I got a heavy Piece of Wood a... ...he Iron Crows, which Daniel Defoe 47 however tho’ I found it, yet it made driving those Posts or Piles very laborious and tedious Work. But what need... ...E Thing was done with, especially the bringing Piles out of the Woods, and driving them into the Ground, for I made them much bigger than I need to ha... ...t a Piece off of the Roll of Lead, by placing the Edge of one Hatchet, and driving it with the other; but as it lay about a Foot and a half in the Wat... ... two old Ones I brought with me were gone, and after some time continually driving them from me, and letting them have no Provision with me, they all ...

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... and carries them down to the house; the people of the village opposed his driving the cart along; but with some arguings and some force, the men that... ...g was so great, and the coaches, horses, waggons, and carts were so many , driving and dragging the people away , that it looked as if all the city wa...

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...nt with my dad to pick up some last minute items for the party. As we were driving through town my dad decided to stop at the local beer distributor t... .... I will never drink again, at least not as hard as I did. One night I was driving home from a party, and I was behind a friend of mine. I had no idea... ... twelve o’clock. I found someone sober enough to drive and talked him into driving me to Grandpa Tony’s. I met my dad at twelve o’clock and he took me... ...mom works until seven? How would I get to church on Sundays without my dad driving? At age eight, one thing came clear to me—the abounding love in my ... ...layer, and lock the door. I take the left turn and begin my ride home. I’m driving cautiously and watching for deer so I don’ t get any more expensive... ...nd to think to myself, “Wow, I just saw two bears, up close.” I then start driving again and get on the cell phone to my dad, saying, “Y ou’ll never b...

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...ward bars of the furnace; it was only thus that I could see my grandfather driving swiftly in a gig along the seaboard road from Pittenweem to Crail, ...

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...s violent, threatening him with the tongs; she was careless of his honour, driving him to insult the mistress whom she had driven him to betray and to...