"O Uncle of the stars," said the Bonze, "there are those in your Majesty's dominions who possess the power of lengthening life, who have, in fact, discovered the Elixir of Immortality.

There was an interval, during which Mrs. Pendomer smiled crookedly, and Patricia continued to sob, although at lengthening intervals.

Two weeks of lengthening days, of increasing warmth, of sunshine and hunting, followed Kazan's adventure with the porcupine.

He lengthens his strides.

Let not Thy holy eyes be just to see My evil past, Thy chastened ears to hear And stretch the arm of judgment to my crime: Let Thy blood only lave and succour me, Yielding more perfect pardon, better cheer, As older still I grow with lengthening time.

"We are well to time," quoth Beltane, glancing from sinking sun to lengthening shadow, "we have yet an hour to sunset, but in this hour much have we to do!

Mr. Woods observed, lengthening the word somewhat.

The authorities also attempt to diminish the influence of the priests by improving the position of the civil tribunals; a state of things they will not find easy of accomplishment unless they lengthen the period of service of the alcaldes, and place them in a pecuniary position that will put them beyond the temptation of pocketing perquisites.

Thus the people would have that at their own unbiassed disposal, and that they would confer it on that man who would rather conquer in reality than lengthen the term of his command.

These people now recommend fashions by saying one thing is invented by Tallien's wife, and another by Merlin de Thionville, or some other Deputy's mistress; and the genius of these elegantes has contrived, by a mode of dressing the hair which lengthens the neck, and by robes with an inch of waist, to give their countrywomen an appearance not much unlike that of a Bar Gander.

He was going to leave with the Captain-General, who cared in no way to lengthen his stay, fearful of what people would say.

But one author at least denies it; and says, "We must explode the pretended natural epithets short and long given to our vowels, independent on accent: and we must observe that our silent e final lengthens not its syllable, unless the preceding vowel be accented.

The two men looked at each other with lengthening faces.

An increasing density of population, however, would depress the returns of industry to the point where slaves would merely earn their keep, and free laborers would of necessity lengthen their hours.

Who was that silly body that wanted Burns to alter "Scots wha hae," so as to lengthen the last line, thus? "Edward!".

But for the wits of either Charles's days, The mob of gentlemen who wrote with ease; Sprat, Carew, Sedley, and a hundred more, (Like twinkling stars the Miscellanies o'er,) One simile, that solitary shines In the dry desert of a thousand lines, Or lengthened thought that gleams through many a page, Has sanctified whole poems for an age.

She begged the fates to lengthen the life-threads, but they said this could not be; they consented, however, to this agreement When ye shred with fatal knife His line which is the eldest of the three, Eftsoon his life may pass into the next:

If he is too short-waisted he can lengthen his skirt and lower his waist-line, as shown in No. 86.

Well, now then'she bent down and brought her resolute little face close to Miss Anna's'where's he to sleep?' Miss Anna jumped, pushed back her chair, and said, coldly, 'I'll see to that.' 'Because, if he's going into my room,' said Carrie, thoughtfully, 'something'll have to be done to lengthen that bed.

But if, on the contrary, he could find out any mode of making the machine wind more slowly, he might then be able to shorten instead of lengthening the string.

You may pass without the Turtle Group, or you will find anchorage under Lizard Island, but this is not recommended, both because the wind is generally fresher as you increase your distance from the shore, and because it lengthens the distance.

Pure verbs lengthen the root vowel before a tense characteristic, also in the Perf. and Pluperf.

The disability pension law passed June 27,1890, will greatly lengthen the pension list and increase the annual expenditures.

It is not that yon hoary, lengthening beard, Ill suits the passions that belong to youth; Love conquers ageso Hafiz hath averr'd: So sings the Teian, and he sings in sooth But crimes that scorn the tender voice of Ruth, Beseeming all men ill, but most the man In years, have mark'd him with a tiger's tooth; Blood follows blood, and through their mortal span, In bloodier acts conclude those who with blood began.

It lengthens out every Act of Worship, and produces more lasting and permanent Impressions in the Mind, than those which accompany any transient Form of Words that are uttered in the ordinary Method of Religious Worship.