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When they had finished this work they rode off in the direction whence they had come and on the line which I had proposed to travel.

" "So do I," added Diggory, as he finished the sentence; "we could very well spare him.

I'd go myself, but I want to finish this letter before tea.

And my friend departed without finishing the story Smith told him about his killing the bear.

We finished our evening meal while the sun was yet above the western hills, and sat with our pipes around a smudge, made upon the broad flat rock, which recedes with a gentle acclivity from the shore, where the Bog River enters the lake, looking out over the stirless waters.

"Retribution must wait till we have finished our task.

The next morning, we rose early, and went for our accustomed swim: we had partly shaken off the depression of the previous day; and so, took our rods when we had finished breakfast, and spent the day at our favorite sport.

I want to take hold of your life and finish the job of making it the kind we can both be proud of.

"Show me his quarters, Tom, and so soon as I have finished my business, we will talk over this unhappy affair.

They had finished dinner, at which the absorbing subject of the tragedy at Wynford Place was the main topic of their conversation, when the landlord came in to say that Mr. Gervase Henshaw, who was staying at the hotel, would like to see them if they were disengaged.

What passed between them the young man did not choose to relate, but he showed his Uncle Hardwick the Squire's check for two hundred and fifty dollars, and told him he should receive a similar sum each year until he finished his collegiate course.

To finish his education his father sent George for one quarter to a better school.

"It won't be so long till I have finished my studies and then I can do what I please.

All this he pictured as he stood on the bank, and, while thinking, the desire to plunge in grew smaller by degrees and beautifully less, till at last it vanished entirely, and he concluded he had better go home, finish his book first and drown himself afterwards, if necessary.

Those concerned, however, will probably never forget Diggory's bursting into the room as they sat finishing supper, and striking every one dumb with amazement by saying to Mr. Blake, "Please, sir, some fellows are stealing our fireworks, and I've locked them up in the shed."

Cheers, howls, whistling, and the stamping of feet filled the air with an indescribable din; members of the Lower Fourth fought one another across the desks; and it was some minutes before Allingford could obtain sufficient silence to enable him to finish his speech.

I could scarcely lie still till Miss Laura finished her tea.

The boys finished their play, and went into the house, and I saw lights twinkling in the windows.

After she finished the song, she closed her eyes in sheer ecstasy and heaved a long, contented sigh.

Ben will garden and dig, And Claire will finish her wondrous pictures All flaming and splendid and big.

He sank down with a sigh of relief, as one who finishes a journey long and perilous.

The first part of the sentence was cancelled on account of his former services, but he was degraded, imprisoned, escaped, and finished his life in Spain in poverty and obscurity, deserted by all his friends and his wife.

As for Allingford, just let him look out: it'll be my turn to move next, and there's plenty of time to finish the game between now and Christmas.

Most of them show how LOUIS NAPOLEON ought to finish up his career and dynasty.

The German high command had promised the German people to finish the war in six weeks.

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