Scowlsnow

One dog rolled before him, well-nigh slashed in half; but a second had him by the thigh, a third gripped his collar be- hind, and a fourth had the blade of the sword between its teeth, tasting its own blood.

Divegold

Then followed a battle of looks between them, but the captain soon knuckled under, put up his weapon, and resumed his seat, grumbling like a beaten dog.

Bugfern

But what sort of language would we have the world speak, if we were told the miracle of Babel was presently to be reversed? Trackersouth.

The Nellie, a cruising yawl, swung to her anchor without a flutter of the sails, and was at rest.

I protest, even warmly, that neither he nor his sorrows were in my intention.

She stared at him in astonishment, and as she read something of the significant hieroglyphic of his battered face, her lips whitened.

I am all in a sea of wonders. I doubt; I fear; I think strange things, which I dare not confess to my own soul. God keep me, if only for the sake of those dear to me!