When Damascus fell into the hands of the Omayyade Dynasty inthe seventh century, the Christian house of worship was converted intoa mosque of such miraculous splendor that the vast multitude of humanartists and artisans who labored upon it were later believed to havebeen assisted by the genii.
Laß mich jetzt nicht allein, bleib da, duwarst immer um mich, wenn mir hart geschehen ist, laß auch jetzt mitdir reden.
”Johnathan was pitying himself too much in this closing phase of hisdomestic drama to interpret her sentiment correctly.
The smooth, salve-slinging crocodile!""It is a curious thing," said Hamilton Beamish musingly, "there seemsto be floating at the back of my consciousness a sort of nebulousmemory having to do with this very stock you mention.
»Minä tulin katsomaan, ukkonenko täällä jylisee, meidän katollamme»,virkkoi Mohim.
When Olaf Haraldson grew up he was not tall, but middle-sized in height,although very thick, and of good strength.
There were four times as many photographs of freak elm treessubmitted as any other species.
The generalargued that it was only a whim of Aglaya’s; and that, had not Prince S.
Law appears to have been so far advanced among them that the forms were not merely established, but the slightest breach of the legal forms of proceeding involved the loss of the case.
To every human being mystery appeals, be it that of the crime cases onwhich a large part of yellow journalism is founded, or be it in thecases of Dupin, of Le Coq, of Sherlock Holmes, of Arsene Lupin, of CraigKennedy, or a host of others of our fiction mystery characters.
For this sin my house hadceased to be mine, my country also was estranged from me.
“Ihaven’t the slightest knowledge of any such IOU’s as she mentioned, Iswear I haven’t—What’s the matter, are you fainting?”“Oh, no—no—I’m all right, I assure you!”XI.
The Arabs are positive that water flows from that Lake tothe Victoria Nyanza, and assert that Dagara, the father of Rumanyika,was anxious to send canoes from his place to Ujiji, or, as some say,to dig a canal to Ujiji.
Plenty of saloons--great, gorgeous, gaudy places, with pianos andswift-footed waiters, tables and cards, and men, men, men.
“Again, I repeat, I cannot be blamed because I am unable to understandthat which it is not given to mankind to fathom.
Histalk was almost incoherent; he would break off in the middle of asentence which he had begun with great interest, and forget what he hadbeen saying.
They are from a quarter of a mile toa mile broad, and from two to ten or more miles long.
”“Thank you,” began the prince; “and since you are so very kind there isjust one matter which I—”“You must really excuse me,” interrupted the general, “but I positivelyhaven’t another moment now.
" Theydisputed long and hotly about this, and both sides armed themselves, andwere on the way to fight for it; but men of understanding came betweenand separated them.
The king often entered into conversation withhim, and he thought, what was true, that Thorkel was a high-minded man,of good understanding.
Omituista oli, että Lolita, joka hyvin huomasi tuon Sutšaritassatapahtuvan muutoksen, ei ollut siitä ollenkaan huolissaan, kutenepäilemättä olisi ollut aikaisemmin laita.
When I got back old Chiswick had gone to bed, but Bicky was there,hunched up in an arm-chair, brooding pretty tensely, with a cigarettehanging out of the corner of his mouth and a more or less glassy starein his eyes.
Hehad then five ships with him, which he drew up upon the shore, and tookcare of their sails and materials.
Die Menschen zurStelle aber mahnt der Stundenschlag und Glockenklang an etwas in undüber der Zeit, doch sie hören es Tag für Tag, es wird gewöhnlich, siemurmeln ihre Gebete, leiden unter dem Vergangenen und fürchten für dieZukunft.
Shall I tell how I became a thief on oneoccasion only, to convince Afanasy Ivanovitch that it is 7­0­년­생­모­임 possible tosteal without being a thief?”“Do go on, Ferdishenko, and don’t make unnecessary preface, or you’llnever finish,” said Nastasia Philipovna.
This world has been run for the smart fellers about long enough, andit’s about time it was run for the honest men.
“Und als Magdalene an ihrer Seite saß, begann die Kleine sie zu fragen,woher sie sei, wie es wohl in Langendorf und auf dem Gehöfte der Elternaussähe, nach diesen und nach Geschwistern und zuletzt fragte sie:„Hast du dort auch einen Schatz?“Magdalena schrak zusammen, dann schoß ihr das Blut ins Gesicht, sie sahdas Mädchen mit einem zornigen Blicke an und sagte: „Nein.
Two men stood by the post, naked but for leather aprons and leather hoods over their faces.
Arthur awoke the next morning with a confused consciousness ofsplendors and regret; a mood which seemed superinduced by someforgotten dream.
He admitted that he was to blame for all, butcandidly confessed that he could not bring himself to feel any remorsefor his original guilt towards herself, because he was a man of sensualpassions which were inborn and ineradicable, and that he had no powerover himself in this respect; but that he wished, seriously, to marryat last, and that the whole fate of the most desirable social unionwhich he contemplated, was in her hands; in a word, he confided his allto her generosity of heart.
Below us liesa scene of entrancing interest and of a peculiar beauty which is unlikethat of any other beautiful prospect in the world.
”“All right, Aunt Gracia! If you want to make it personal, I accept thechallenge.
“How very curious, point for point the same anecdote, and happening atdifferent ends of Europe! Even the light blue dress the same,”continued the pitiless Nastasia.
We walked a greater part of the way, and,according to our custom, cantered from a mile or so below the Convent tothe stretch of level road by the Sanjowlie Reservoir.
I might have married longago, not Gania—Oh, no!—but that would have been abominable too.
"When Einar had thus explained the proper connection of the matter,the whole community were of one mind that such a thing should not bepermitted; and Thorarin saw sufficiently well what the result of hiserrand was to be.
His shooting was sharp beyond allothers; for with a blunt arrow he shot through a raw, soft ox-hide,hanging over a beam.
She is a power wrought outmost in other lives--Derwent’s, Mamie’s, Haviland’s.
He became thus known to the king, whowillingly entered into conversation with him, and heard from him newsabout Iceland.
Frank had already begun, and wasconsuming a large plateful of porridge and milk with the most prosaicand healthy appetite.
Then ThorerHund struck at him with his spear, and the stroke went in under hismail-coat and into his belly.
“You are not angry with me?” he asked suddenly, and with a kind ofnervous hurry, although he looked them straight in the face.
Asbjorn turned then to the feasting-room, and when he came into theante-room one 무료 매칭 was going in and another coming out; but nobody tooknotice of him.
A man may fish with the worm that hath eat of a king, and eatof the fish that hath fed of that worm.
The old gentleman referred to had some curious traits, though he was byno means a miser--such as the keeping of every burnt match that he cameacross.
His unfeigned love towards us,hath been such, as I cannot indeed express; and though he be a mannot swayed with passion, or led by uninformed affections, yet hathhe cloven to us still amidst all persuasions of opposites; and couldnot be moved to have an evil thought of us, for all their clamours.
Endless varieties of fruit were so abundantthat it was to be had for the simple trouble of plucking; while thetimid natives stood in such awe of their visitors, that the thought ofharming them never entered their minds.
Sie legte die Rechte auf seineSchulter und griff mit der Linken einen Schürzenzipfel auf und wischtedamit über den feuchten Brustfleck.
I know that--that your kind heart loves your cous--loves MissLivingstone--more than all the world, and you will surely tell her whatis best.
Warham holds that the visible churchmay consist of a mixed people, godly, and openly ungodly; upon whichpoint we had all our conference, to which, I trust, the Lord willgive a blessing.
It may also be that they will linger in the valley if theyhave nothing to be frightened for, and then they would not proceed verygently in the inhabited country.
_--At the first village we found that the people uphere and those down below were mutually afraid of each other.
By and by he came up, blew the moisture from his mouth, swam to shore,climbed timidly out, and, sneaking up the bank again, humbly took hisplace at the rear of the procession.
Three streets of life yet! When we’ve passed this street there’ll bethat other one; and then that one where the baker’s shop is on theright; and when shall we get there? It’s ages, ages!’ Around him arecrowds shouting, yelling—ten thousand faces, twenty thousand eyes
“I see the ‘poor knight’ has come on the scene again,” said EvgeniePavlovitch, stepping to Aglaya’s side.
Tamms, pointing to a gayly lighted pagodaopposite, “which they call the Maryland Club, is in reality nothingbetter than a gambling house.
’Swounds, show me what thou’lt do: Woul’t weep? 7­0­년­생­모­임 woul’t fight?woul’t fast? woul’t tear thyself? Woul’t drink up eisel? eat acrocodile? I’ll do’t.
She had laughed a queer little laugh andconsidered herself the butt of a rather good jest.
Without pausing to debate the matter or ask for permission, he slippedout the rear door and moved rapidly off in a crouching posture.
From thence they sailed, when the wind suited, toSvithjod, and went into the Maelar lake, to Aros, and sent men tothe Swedish King Onund appointing a meeting.
Lieneekö hän ajatellutSutšaritan olevan julkean tai tahtovan asettaa itseänsä näytteillesiten kutsumatta yhtyessään miesten keskusteluun? Mutta mitäpämerkitsivätkään hänen ajatuksensa? Ei mitään; mutta Sutšaritan kipeätunto ei sittenkään ottanut haihtuakseen.
He was well off, and lived, as a rule, abroad, and wasnoted as a good teller of stories.
The European powers now insisted that there should never be anotherMoslem ruler over the Christians of Lebanon, and such pressure wasbrought to bear upon the Turkish government that the district wasmade a practically independent province.
Oh, how picayune all his introspection, his loveaffairs, his family troubles, his Golgotha of small-town life had beenback home, compared with life stripped stark naked as he had seen it outhere! He seemed to be living now in another incarnation.