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As these were the days when kidnapping an heiress was seen as a viable option for obtaining a title, William had dictated a will on the very day he died, bequeathing his domains to Eleanor and appointing King Louis VI of France as her guardian.
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I felt a queasiness in my own stomach but it wouldn't do to show these girls that we were afraid.
And projecting wickedly through these curtains were the gleaming muzzles of six rifles, all trained on Billy Tilghman.
Steinberg claims that these early years of orchestra participation were of invaluable help to his career.
But there have been abrupt changes as well: the sit-ins, the picket lines, the bus strikes -- all of these were unheard-of even ten years ago.
Most of these, with horrible exceptions, were conceived as is a ship, not as an attempt to quell the ocean of mankind, nor to deny its force, but as a means to survive and enjoy it.
Three of these only were protected from us by stern commandment: the roses, whose petals might not be collected until they had fallen, to be made into perfume or rose-tea to drink ; ;
When these had been pocketed, we could still spend a morning cracking open other pebbles for our delight in seeing how much prettier they were inside than their dull exteriors indicated.
If these people were denied a voice ( do they have a moral right to a voice??
One is that they were established, or gained eminence, under pressure provided by these same immigrants, from whom the old families wished to segregate their children.
Both these youths, who greatly admired Henrietta, were somewhat younger than she, as were also the neighboring Friedenwald boys, who were then studying medicine ; ;
Years were to pass before these plans came off the paper, and Wright was justified in thinking, as the projects failed, that much of what he had to show his country and the world would never be seen except by visitors to Taliesin.
In one of these he said were notes on the identities of the eighty-one refugees.
The Prince's perceptions were quick and his energy monstrous, but these qualities were sapped by an Oriental lethargy and a policy of letting nothing interfere with personal passions.
So persistent were these attacks that in March of the following year, Woodruff was finally moved to action, and Pike was to learn his first lesson in frontier politics, the subtle art of diversion.
In the next few months of comparative silence, Pike waited patiently until conditions were perfect for a new attack, and then, displaying a remarkable grasp of the subtleties of political infighting, gained from his first bout with Woodruff, he used these changed conditions to excellent advantage.
None of these discoveries were neatly rounded off bits of knowledge.
A second truce had been arbitrated in April, 1298, by Jean D'Arlay, lord of Chalon-sur-Saone, the most staunch of Edward's Burgundian allies, and these last were represented in the discussions at the Curia by Gautier de Montfaucon, Othon's neighbor and a member of the Vaudois coalition.
But although in many of these discussions Othon and Amadee might have been tempted to consider their own interests as well as those of the king, Edward's confidence in them was so absolute that they were made the acknowledged leaders of the embassy.
When these chores were finished, only then, was she allowed whatever freedom she could find.
With their facile generalizations about the United States, these mediocrities, as they often were, had been great successes.
It is not possible to reconstruct fully the arrangements whereby these honors lists were then made up or even how the names that they contained assumed the order in which we find them.
She had done it last year, and the year before, and the year before that, and she, and her people were dependent upon these cans for food.
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When they reached their neighbor's house, Pamela said a few polite words to Grace and kissed Melissa lightly on the forehead, the impulse prompted by a stray thought -- of the type to which she was frequently subject these days -- that they might never see one another again.
That mistake, she thought, had cost her dearly these past few days, and she wanted to avoid falling into any more of the traps that the mountain might set for her.
`` I might try it one of these days '', Jack said wonderingly, thinking of Miss Langford.
It has been a long time since he has seen any campaign money, and when the proposition is laid down to him as the friends of Mr. Hearst are laying it down these days he is quite likely to get aboard the Hearst bandwagon ''.
But these prolusions that we have surviving from the Christ's College days are only one phase of his existence then.
But, who knew, that might be coming one of these days.
There was a new Pope and the Vatican was making itself heard and felt these days.
and in these days this inevitably means a concentration on the effects of the Cuban revolution.
Most mail these days consists of nothing that could truly be called a letter.
After all, where else can the public see a wagon these days??
In these days of serious shortage of properly trained teachers qualified to teach physically handicapped and mentally handicapped children, the establishment of such an institute will be a major contribution to the field.
He merely said, `` Any good decorator these days can make you a tasteful home ''.
Guns were going off all over Washington City these days, because of the celebrations, and the theatre was not soundproof.
The thought came back, the one nagging at him these past four days.
Sleep was difficult these days.
A man could be tossed outside the dimension of time by a stray bullet these days.
At a siding, another train which was a familiar sight these days.
A light, porous mulch applied now keeps the roots cool and the soil soft during these early days of growth.
For prevention of these diseases during periods of stress such as shipping, excessive handling, vaccination, extreme weather conditions: 350 milligrams per head per day for 30 days only.
During these first days of the trial I didn't have as much time to commiserate with Viola as I should have liked.
`` Tell Mr. Gorboduc what you're doing these days '', my mother advised the children, ceremonially.
Several days after the companies had received the questionnaire, members of the research team contacted the presidents of eleven of these companies in person or by phone to discuss any ambiguities or difficulties the addressees might have experienced in completing the questionnaire.
But to return to the main line of our inquiry, it is doubtful that Utopia is still widely read because More was medieval or even because he was a martyr -- indeed, it is likely that these days many who read Utopia with interest do not even know that its author was a martyr.
But anybody who promises a substantial volume of business can get a railroad to run a short spur to his plant these days, and many businesses can live without the railroad.
Keep occupied to the point you are not bored with life and you will truly find these final days and years of your lives to be sunshine sweet.
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