Word: saws
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...whole mystery. We can picture to ourselves the meeting in the lonely cellar (far from mortal care retreating); the first words of greeting; the conversation on various subjects; the first mention of either society; the lowering of the brow and darkening of the eye when at last they saw each other in their true light; the ill-suppressed wrath; the last fearful outburst of ungovernable anger; and the final death-struggle when - But let us draw the veil...
...cried when she saw me, "Begorra...
...purpose with unerring precision and unvarying success, he was an antagonist whom the bravest heart might fear to meet in mortal combat. Armed with a "Mariotte's bottle," and carrying a flask of spirits with which to replenish his levels, he quailed not even before an enemy that he saw double. Such was the band of warriors selected by Prince Presistrardin to uphold the cause of the Faculty. And now the keeper of the tourney, who bore on his shield the proud motto "Ike Dean"* summoned the herald Jone d'Harvard to give the signal. Casting a look...
...When she saw Charlie's auburn ringlets, she smiled sweetly and said in Spanish, "Are you going to the Op. this afternoon?" Charlie replied in English, "Fairest maid, cast your drooping skylights upon me, for I have loved you from youth." At this touching appeal the infanta was about to faint, but the Buck tossed her a bottle of Hop Bitters, which she eagerly swallowed. As she began to revive the bull pup began to look unhappy, so they hastily left her muttering "Oh! Selladoor!? Charlie, leaning on the Buck's arm, walked home, and was sick with the measles...
...been removed to any reservation, and if Carl Schurz were not the governor of Massachusetts. He wanted to know if Roscoe Conkling had not been elected President, and if the Concord poet were not to be Secretary of State. Tommie did not laugh at these questions: she saw too deeply into the spiritualities of things. She felt that he was intense, and she rather liked him for it. To Lord London she was a riddle - a sphinx...