Large as the number of abolitionists became and bright as the future of their cause seemed, the more the antislavery men saw of the freedmen in congested districts, the more inclined the reformers were to think that instant abolition was an event which they "could not reasonably expect, and perhaps could not desire."

" The next sort of vision that flashes unaccountably into existence is the instant association in some persons of colour with sound, which was spoken of in the last chapter, and on which I need not say more now.

"In such case, I say that the instant B is the end of the time A B."Ib., 103.

But I can hold no further discourse with you, and command your instant departure.

He saw Stephen Whitelaw, and that individual's colourless expressionless countenance, redeemed from total blankness only by the cunning visible in the small grey eyes, impressed him with instant distrust and dislike.

In truth, if the case for instant emancipation was strong everywhere, it was in no quarter half so strong as in the Mauritius; and the distribution of the grant by Parliament to this Colony was the most unjustifiable, and even incomprehensible.

It certainly is not difficult to decide at a glance that a quorum (forty) is not present, and I presume you are every instant expecting, in your innocence, to hear, "Mr. Speaker, I move," etc.

When first the brave Chilese, with eager glance, 15 Behold the hostile sons of Spain advance; Heard the loud thunder of the cannon crash, And view'd the light'ning of the instant flash, The threat'ning sabre red with purple streams, The lance that quiver'd in the solar beams; 20 With pale surprise they saw the lowring storm, Where hung dark danger, in an unknown form:

If we were eager for instant overthrow, it would be the most relevant of all questions.

" "Like hell you will!" snorted Casey, and began to wipe out his frying pan and empty his coffeepot and make other preparations for instant packing.

And the little grove which he visited the evening previous, at that instant presents itself before him.

Je trouve bon qu'à-de certains instants Les princes, les heureux, les forts, les éclatants, Les vainqueurs, les puissants, tous les bandits suprêmes, A leurs fronts cerclés d'or, chargés de diadèmes, Sentent l'âpre sueur de Josaphat monter.

cela n'ira pas jusque-là; mais, pendant quelques instants seulement, il faut consentir à passer pour lui, à vous faire arrêter pour lui.... DE GRIGNON.

" The supposed Betty did not reply, but stood a brief instant taking in every feature in the room, from the two apples roasting on the hearth to the little woman sitting with her fingers on the page where possibly Ethie's death ought to be recorded.

More than ever it was like death to himthe old newspaper days when he was first at deaththe mute face aloft, the gesture, the instant vanishing, when he was seen to comprehend.