Our horse was a fast trotter, and Archie let him have his head, knowing that it would never do for us to miss the train.

To Yuen Jang, who was sitting waiting for him in a squatting (disrespectful) posture, the Master delivered himself as follows: "The man who in his youth could show no humility or subordination, who in his prime misses his opportunity, and who when old age comes upon him will not diethat man is a miscreant."

They fired at me repeatedly, but missed their mark.

The approaching man fired on him at once, but missed his aim.

Sir, when you weigh my Sorrows with this Action, You'll find no base Design, no Villany there; But being weary of a Life I hated, I strove to put it off, and missing that way, I come to make an offer of it here.

I'm missing a chance, to-day that, mark my word, would make me a rich man but for want of a few" "Harry, you mean that?" "My hunch never fails me.

My second pistol missed fire.

"As good as told me I'd missed the point of the thing," said the ensign, flushing.

" "I saw no fresh scalps," I said, "so they seem to have missed our man on the horse."

As though to ensure the retreat being nothing less than a regular rout, Mugford, who was leading, missed his footing on the last step, causing every one to fall over him in turn, until all five boys were sprawling together in a mixed heap upon the floor.

She wears herself out trying to keep the outside immaculate and grieves her heart out because she misses the one thing of great price, the joy of loving and being loved, of trusting and being trusted.

The blow missed Jack's face by the fraction of an inch.

" I was very much pleased with this talk between Mrs. Wood and Miss Laura, and kept close to them so that I would not miss a word.

"I shall miss you, old friend," he said.

LETTER III MISS CLARISSA HARLOWE, TO MISS HOWE THURSDAY MORNING, EIGHT O'CLOCK.

It is never safe to miss one's letters.

There'll be a fight, if I don't miss my guess.

It was our lot to miss this road; for apprehending ourselves at liberty to pursue what road we pleased, we took another way.

If you go with this man you may miss your boat.

TO MISS ELIZA WHARTON.

I'll miss him a good deal.

She has seen in the starlight the lariat as it missed Tam's head, and she knows perfectly well that only Tam's speed and sure-footedness can save them.

Between Esther and her father particularly a kind of comradeship began to spring up, which perhaps more than ever made the mother miss her boy.

If it hadn't been so, he would not have missed his shot.

I counted eleven, but had I missed one stroke?