 I was dead tired. Not a word of my dispatch was written, and I had news for which I knew the world was waiting — news on which the fate of an Empire and the fortunes of half Europe depended. And it was as much as I could do to keep my eyes open, or...  McClure's Magazine ... - Pagina 3041903Visualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | Sir Robert Adair - 1845 - 434 pagine
...arrival made it impossible to make use of them. The French armies were already in possession of Vienna, and it was as much as I could do to keep my ground at the Porte, and secure the exchange of the ratifications. The peace itself, indeed, appeared... | |
 | Douglas Jerrold - 1846 - 600 pagine
...and Hebe. But Mr. Smith declared I had been in the possession of his family for hundreds of years ; and it was as much as I could do to keep my countenance, when he gravely asserted that it was a common observation amongst his friends, how like... | |
 | Horace Mayhew - 1848 - 138 pagine
...and Hebe. But Mr. Smith declared I had been in the possession of his family for hundreds of years ; and it was as much as I could do to keep my countenance, when lie gravely asserted that it was a common observation amongst his friends, how like... | |
 | Margaret Oliphant Oliphant - 1854 - 312 pagine
...My pony was like to grow demented by the firing, and the shouting, and the galloping of the horses, and it was as much as I could do to keep my seat on his back; but when we reached within a mile of Wark, all the hinds of John's farm and the feuers... | |
 | Horace Mayhew - 1856 - 360 pagine
...and Hebe. But Mr. Smith declared I had been in the possession of his family for hundreds of years ; and it was as much as I could do to keep my counte nance, when he gravely asserted that it was a common observation amongst his friends, how like... | |
 | 1860 - 548 pagine
...water from freezing. But it was all no use ; the water hardened in the frosty air like melted lead ; and it was as much as I could do to keep my eyes dry to see the old boy, with the snow skiving among his hair, a blowing aud a blowing ; and when he... | |
 | John Edwin Hilary Skinner - 1868 - 316 pagine
...groaned over the sharpness of the stones, for his shoes were worn out, but he limped along nimbly enough, and it was as much as I could do to keep my companions in sight. For the first three hours we enjoyed lovely glimpses of the coast. Pressing forward... | |
 | 1874 - 618 pagine
...said he, " came in, and fell on his knees before me, and, with clasped hands, begged for my mercy ; and it was as much as I could do to keep my gravity while talking to him about his misdemeanour." He was о pattern to us of diligence. Reproving... | |
 | 1876 - 918 pagine
...people belonging to the traders had got their arms, and rushed out to set fire to the houses near ; and it was as much as I could do to keep my men in hand, and prevent their rushing out to join their friends. For a couple of days we were in a... | |
 | 1876 - 814 pagine
...people belonging to the traders had got their arms, and rushed out to set fire to the houses near ; and it was as much as I could do to keep my men in hand, and prevent their rushing out to join their friends. ' For a couple of days we were in... | |
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