On the transfer of the archives to Halifax, this package,
proving to be of no public concern, was left behind, and had remained ever since unopened.
Having looked at this extinct conflagration and shaken his head, he took my order: which,
proving to be merely "Some tea for the lady," sent him out of the room in a very low state of mind.
Other generalisations
proving equally unprofitable, I began scientifically to consider in detail the attributes of the supposititious paragon,--attributes of body and mind and heart.
Expecting to find a corresponding alteration in her friends, she had looked forward to the meeting with much doubt and little hope of its
proving pleasant.
The last of these voyages not
proving very fortunate, I grew weary of the sea, and intended to stay at home with my wife and family.
All that can be said is, it was such that he again raised himself in his stirrups, and, grasping his sword more firmly with both hands, he came down on the Biscayan with such fury, smiting him full over the cushion and over the head, that- even so good a shield
proving useless- as if a mountain had fallen on him, he began to bleed from nose, mouth, and ears, reeling as if about to fall backwards from his mule, as no doubt he would have done had he not flung his arms about its neck; at the same time, however, he slipped his feet out of the stirrups and then unclasped his arms, and the mule, taking fright at the terrible blow, made off across the plain, and with a few plunges flung its master to the ground.
His kennel of dogs set up furious uproar, on the instant, by way of
proving the fact of a stranger's presence.
I spent the remainder of my youth in traveling, in visiting courts and armies, in holding intercourse with men of different dispositions and ranks, in collecting varied experience, in
proving myself in the different situations into which fortune threw me, and, above all, in making such reflection on the matter of my experience as to secure my improvement.
And I flatter myself the observations in my last paper must have gone no inconsiderable way towards
proving that it was not easy, if practicable, to find a more fit receptacle for the power of determining impeachments, than that which has been chosen.
a Spaceland critic may ask: "Is not the procreation of a Square Son a certificate from Nature herself,
proving the Equal-sidedness of the Father?
Thank God for that mercy at all events, though the
proving it has been dreadful.
I hastened to the aperture, and under the crustations of coral, covered with fungi, I recognised certain debris that the drags had not been able to tear up--iron stirrups, anchors, cannons, bullets, capstan fittings, the stem of a ship, all objects clearly
proving the wreck of some vessel, and now carpeted with living flowers.
