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night and after
That night after supper I went back over to 48 Spruce Street -- Ralph and I at that time were living at 168 Chestnut -- and Ralph went with me.
I had had my name taken out of the telephone book, and this was partly because of a convict who had been discharged from Sing Sing and who called me night after night.
Adam thought of the hutments, regiment after regiment, row after row, the thousands of huts, stretching away into the night.
I couldn't face Thelma after that night.
But after the doctor's return that night Alex could see, from the high window in his own room, the now familiar figure crouched on a truly impressive heap of towels, apparently giving its egg-hatching powers one final chance before it was replaced in its office by a sure-enough hen.
Parents will drive on Friday night to pick up their daughters after a sorority or House Plan meeting.
He found them near the carcass of a zebra that had been killed the night before, and he circled once, nose to the ground, hair shooting up along his back, as it did when he was after lion or bear, and then he lifted his head and bayed, and the pack joined in, all heads high, and Jones knew it was a hot trail.
A thug struck a cab driver in the face with a pistol last night after robbing him of $18 at Franklin and Mount Streets.
The Councilman, who is the Administration floor leader, also criticized Bernard L. Werner, public works director, for `` halting snow operations '' on Tuesday night after the Sunday storm.
The Polish song and dance company called Mazowsze, after the region of Poland, where it has its headquarters, opened a three-week engagement at the City Center last night.
So the audience last night was all ears and eyes just after Act 2, got a rousing opening chorus, `` Where's Charley??
Night after night he stayed with Gunny in the dead of winter, rubbing her with quarts of expensive liniment, fussing over her bran mash as the cook did over charlotte russe, tracking manure on the pretty new carpet when he did come to the house.
The very night after her father's funeral she had thought, though never admitted to a soul: Now I can go.
That night, after leaving Charlotte's apartment, Richard walked about for a time before returning to his room.
On January 19, 1862, the ill-prepared Confederates, after a night march in the rain, attacked the Union force with some initial success.
The Danes, however, broke their word and, after killing all the hostages, slipped away under cover of night to Exeter in Devon.
At the time, only the dress rehearsal and opening night performance were held, and the play was not revived until after Jarry's death.
One story is that The Rolling Stones went to stay at Korner's house late one night, in the early 1960s, after a performance.
In the meantime Abd ar-Rahman obtained the surrender of the city from its population, after promising them immunity, although 4, 000 rebel men escaped in a night sally.
With a visual magnitude of − 0. 04, it is the fourth brightest star in the night sky, after − 1. 46 magnitude Sirius, − 0. 86 magnitude Canopus, and − 0. 27 magnitude Alpha Centauri.
The next night, after celebrating Grendel's death, Hrothgar and his men sleep in Heorot.
On a highly emotional night at Wembley, Charlton scored twice in a 4 – 1 win after extra time against Benfica and, as United captain, lifted the trophy.

night and reading
They recommended, also, that `` at a fixed hour, let the entire family be assembled for night prayers, followed by a short reading of the Holy Scriptures ''.
Carnegie's education and passion for reading was given a great boost by Colonel James Anderson, who opened his personal library of 400 volumes to working boys each Saturday night.
" J. Patton of The Bent Cover praised Jeter for " try to emulate Philip K. Dick ", adding, " This book also has all the grittiness and dark edges that the movie showed off so well, along with a very fast pace that will keep you reading into the wee hours of the night.
George realised the value of education and paid to study at night school to learn reading, writing and arithmetic — he was illiterate till the age of 18.
According to Coleridge's Preface to Kubla Khan, the poem was composed one night after he experienced an opium influenced dream after reading a work describing Xanadu, the summer palace of the Mongol ruler and Emperor of China Kublai Khan.
Edison requested the night shift, which allowed him plenty of time to spend at his two favorite pastimes — reading and experimenting.
While on a trip to Washington D. C., Marshall was struck by a heart attack while reading his Bible in bed on the night of June 1, 1925.
He enjoyed reading and going for walks with his wife in secluded sections of Central Park, and would be at the theater by 7: 30PM to prepare for his performances each night.
) These chapters concern the reader's adventures in reading Italo Calvino's novel, If on a winter's night a traveller.
Georgiana May, a friend of Stowe's, wrote a letter to the author, saying, " I was up last night long after one o ' clock, reading and finishing Uncle Tom's Cabin.
That night, he is buried, with Caton, then another Marine, reading from the Book of Job.
" The Raven " follows an unnamed narrator on a night in December who sits reading " forgotten lore " as a method to forget the loss of his love, Lenore.
Moving images of Walter Cronkite reading the news in his studio every night for six years are gone with the exception of his coverage of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 and the JFK assassination in 1963.
9 ) If after reading it you die in the night, then it is as if you have died on ' Natural Deen ' and if you awake in the morning alive then you will have good fortune ".
The film also shows Siegel closing the Flamingo at Christmas of 1946 for improvements and being murdered that night alone at Virginia Hills house holding a newspaper and watching a projection of himself reading movie lines as Hill leaves for Paris.
Elisabeth slept very little and spent hours reading and writing at night, and even took up smoking, a shocking habit for women which made her the further subject of already avid gossip.
Holy Monday marks the beginning of the Pabasa ( literally, reading ) or Pasyon, the marathon chanting of the story of Jesus ' life, passion, and death, which continues day and night, for as long as two straight days.
* Early night — Compline ( where it is not the custom for it to follow small vespers ), Great Vespers, a reading, Matins, First Hour
Lucian, writing in his book On Slips of the Tongue describes an occasion when Hephaestion's conversation one morning implied that he had been in Alexander's tent all night, and Plutarch describes the intimacy between them when he tells how Hephaestion was in the habit of reading Alexander's letters with him, and of a time when he showed that the contents of a letter were to be kept secret by touching his ring to Hephaestion's lips.
According to the Talmud, the reading of the Shema morning and evening fulfils the commandment " You shall meditate therein day and night ".
" There are however at least two other recorded renderings of the line, one reading " suit of night "< ref >
According to an interview found on the original DVD release, Cohen was inspired to make this film after reading a Vibe magazine article about street racing in New York City and watching an actual illegal street race at night in Los Angeles.
The musical was reimagined by Howard's partners Marsha Malamet and Dennis Green and performed one night only at Los Angeles's Hayworth Theatre as part of the Bruno Kirby celebrity reading series, directed by Ugly Bettys Michael Urie.
John G. Schaepe, a young minister, was so moved by McAlister's revelation that, after praying and reading the Bible all night, he ran through the camp the following morning shouting that he'd received a " revelation " on baptism, that the " name " of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit was " Lord Jesus Christ ".

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