As for Maggie, she was peculiarly depressed this morning; she had been called up, after brief rest, at three o'clock, and had that strange dreamy weariness which comes from watching in a sick-room through the chill hours of early twilight and breaking day,—in which the outside day-light life seems to have no importance, and to be a mere margin to the hours in the darkened chamber.
At last, however, the green fields came to an end, and Maggie found herself looking through the bars of a gate into a lane with a wide margin of grass on each side of it.
We are on a perilous margin when we begin to look passively at our future selves, and see our own figures led with dull consent into insipid misdoing and shabby achievement.
Will not a tiny speck very close to our vision blot out the glory of the world, and leave only a margin by which we see the blot?
Then there was well-bred economy, which in those days made show in dress the first item to be deducted from, when any margin was required for expenses more distinctive of rank.
Slowly, but with no doubt or hesitation whatever, and in something of a solemn expectancy, the two animals passed through the broken tumultuous water and moored their boat at the flowery margin of the island.
She therefore, though prepared to fling her last penny into the adventure, was not prepared to fling into it a single farthing that was not demonstrably her own; and she felt that if her share of the rent was reduced to fifteen pounds only, she would have a safe margin for the other expenses.
The Lakers would be prohibitive favorites to win the title by a significant margin.
Thirteen months ago, in a Florida library he took a book off the shelf and found himself intrigued with the notes in the margin.
Thirteen months ago, in a Florida library he took a book off the shelf and found himself intrigued with the notes in the margin.
Subjects thinking on their feet beat those who sat by a 32-millisecond margin.
Thirteen months ago, in a Florida library he took a book off the shelf and found himself intrigued with the notes in the margin.
Subjects thinking on their feet beat those who sat by a 32-millisecond margin.
Thirteen months ago, in a Florida library he took a book off the shelf and found himself intrigued with the notes in the margin.
74% of the companies increased their net margin in the first three quarters.
The 50th edition of Top500 ranking also shows that China has overtaken the US in the total number of ranked systems by a margin of 202 to 144.
Two ducks swam by the weedy margin above their shadows, and the child would sit still and think.
Mike Smith, from Denbighshire, declared himself "chuffed" if a little "surprised" after scientists indicated that his Dragon's Breath chilli had eclipsed the existing American record holder by a clear margin.
Most supermarkets put high margin departments like floral and fresh baked goods near the front door, so you encounter them when your cart is empty and your spirits are high.
Mike Smith, from Denbighshire, declared himself "chuffed" if a little "surprised" after scientists indicated that his Dragon's Breath chilli had eclipsed the existing American record holder by a clear margin.