As the stone which has been kicked by generations of clowns may come by curious little links of effect under the eyes of a scholar, through whose labors it may at last fix the date of invasions and unlock religions, so a bit of ink and paper which has long been an innocent wrapping or stop-gap may at last be laid open under the one pair of eyes which have knowledge enough to turn it into the opening of a catastrophe.
To Dorothea's inexperienced sensitiveness, it seemed like a catastrophe, changing all prospects; and to Mr.
And not seldom the catastrophe is bound up with the other passion, sung by the Troubadours.
His garb of woe suggested that he had lost in one catastrophe every relation he had in the world, even to cousins by marriage twice removed.
"I foresee some terrible catastrophe.
She had put some order into the drawing-room by now, her housewifely instincts having got the better of her dismay; and it no longer bore that deserted look, like a furnished house long to let, which I had noticed on my first visit after the catastrophe.
He, therefore, as he got up wiped his moustache for the last time before the catastrophe.
And hadn't he, so critical at home, Lotty had told her, of the least thing going wrong, emerged from the bath catastrophe as untouched in spirit as Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego were untouched in body when they emerged from the fire?
Even the catastrophe of the bath, of which she had been told when she came in from the garden, had not shaken him.
Nevertheless, she managed to take several steps before the catastrophe came.
A Concert a Catastrophe and a Confession MARILLA, can I go over to see Diana just for a minute?
By noon she had concluded that Anne was smart and obedient, willing to work and quick to learn; her most serious shortcoming seemed to be a tendency to fall into daydreams in the middle of a task and forget all about it until such time as she was sharply recalled to earth by a reprimand or a catastrophe.
But then liking and pity did not prevent them from tearing her in pieces like hungry cats when the catastrophe came.
In his uneasiness Huck found himself drawing closer and closer to the alley; fearing all sorts of dreadful things, and momentarily expecting some catastrophe to happen that would take away his breath.
The boys went back to camp, a good deal awed; but they found there was still something to be thankful for, because the great sycamore, the shelter of their beds, was a ruin, now, blasted by the lightnings, and they were not under it when the catastrophe happened.
Without giving a thought to what might be the feelings of a fellow-creature thus abruptly deprived of its closest companion, Peter began to consider how he could turn the catastrophe to his own use; and he decided to tick, so that wild beasts should believe he was the crocodile and let him pass unmolested.
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Overwhelmed by the catastrophe, he retired with his family to Hoe Farm, a country retreat in Surrey.
On legs,on human legs, my nerves are shot,this is a catastrophe.
