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...the years 1824 and 1828, senior officer of a small British Squadron on the West Coast of South America. His book published in the thirties obtained a ... ...ears 1824 and 1828, senior officer of a small British Squadron on the West Coast of South America. His book published in the thirties obtained a certa... ... and almost immediately with the darkening of the ocean dusk fell upon the coasts of the young Republic. Above the gloom of the low- lands the snowy p... ...lusion that there must be some untrustworthy elements amongst the Lon- don groups. And I came over to see what could be done quietly. “My first step w... ...ody got ashore all right. Gale didn’t come on till next day, dead from the West, and broke up that brute in a surprisingly short time. It was as thoug... ...ut the band had broken up, and were entering the alley in small conversing groups. The Count sat up straight and tried to think calmly of what had hap...

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...he night in midwinter, often, looking for the mountains down in her native West country, covered with an old white flannel cloak, and on her head a ta... ...Baldwin, was the renowned old Admiral Fakenham, better known along our sea-coasts and ports among sailors as ‘Old Showery,’ because of a remark he onc... ...un. The half-moon fell rayless and paler than the fan of fleeces pushed up Westward, high overhead, them- selves dispersing on the blue in downy feath... ... a hand at his ankle and made him wince, but the bones were sound, leg and hip not worse than badly bruised. He was advised by Anton to plant his foot... ...o the line of promenaders, a river of cross-currents by the side of seated groups; and the willowy swish of silken dresses, femi- nine perfumery, ciga... ...er, told of plea- sure reigning. 77 George Meredith Fleetwood scanned the groups. He had seen enough in a moment and his face blackened. A darting wa... ...he was bent on defend- ing his own, and he caught a bodyblow that sent him hop- ping back to his pair of seconds, five clear hops to the rear, like a ... ...e with Rome. 212 The Amazing Marriage The earl, you are to know, was then coasting along the Mediterranean, on board his beautiful schooner yacht, wi... ...t Old En- gland, half a step on the road to greatness is the utmost we can hop; and all England jeers at the man attempting it. He caps himself with t...

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...upposed to act upon the poor shipwrecked seaman, alone and upon a desolate coast, straining his sight for ever to the fickle ele- ment which has betra... ...d her ship, in particular, after doubling Cape Horn without loss, made the coast of Peru. Paita was the port of her destination. Very near to this por... ...o a person (though of strictly European blood,) simply because born in the West Indies. In this English use, it expresses the same difference as the R... ...bil- ity of effecting a junction sufficiently rapid with the tribes on the west of the Wolga, in the absence of bridges, unless by a natural bridge of... ...ch- ess on being hailed as Dauphiness, was a succession of the most tragic groups from the most awful section of the Gre- cian theatre. The next allia... ...kick the bucket; 2. T o cut one’s stick; 3. T o go to kingdom come; 4. T o hop the twig. But, though Coleridge did not pretend to any fluent com- mand... ... every part where a pulse beats, and found none any- where but in the left hip, where it beat with violence, but often intermitted. About ten o’clock ... ... for the purpose of still observ- ing the fluctuations of the pulse in his hip, was kneeling at the bed-side; and I called his servant to come and wit...

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...mong broken laths, and the walls were scrawled with names, sentiments, and hop records. “They’ve been keeping pigeons here,” she cried. “And you could... ...orge. “Turn it all into a fine park like Violet Hill”—he jerked a thumb to westward—”that Mr. Sangres bought. It was four farms, and Mr. Sangres made ... ...ly learned official Mr. L.L. Geary, Sec- 69 Kipling ond Despatcher of the Western Route—to the Captains’ Room (this wakes an echo of old romance), wh... ... streaks of cream round Dingle Bay show where the driven seas ham- mer the coast. A big S.A.T.A. liner (Societe Anonyme des Transports Aeriens) is div... ... se- nior captain laughed, as we went in. We held a good lift to clear the coastwise and Continental shipping; and we had need of it. Though our route... ...th pipe and nozzle fitting all types of generator. Gradu- ated tap on left hip. Hansen’s Flickers Lead the Aerial Flight 197 O... ...d. Tea was ready in the shade of a promising copper beech, and I could see groups on the lawn of young men and maidens appropriately clothed, playing ...

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...to a tavern, begged Macshane to go before me to my lodging, and see if the coast was clear: which he did; and came back to me as pale as death, saying... ... inland counties; but these being too hot to hold them, they went into the west, where they were unknown. Here, how- ever, the day of retribution arri... ...d frills! A broad yellow riband passed across his breast, and ended at his hip in a shining diamond cross—a diamond cross, and a diamond sword-hilt! W... ...eir homes. After this quiet shadow had passed before the Count’s box, many groups of persons passed and repassed; and among them was no other than Mrs... ...a very cheerful place for a love-tryst) at St. Margaret’s churchyard, near Westminster Abbey. Of this, no doubt, Cat was thinking; but what could she ...