Chairman and Gintlemen," said the Other, "it sames to me, and I'm hopin' yez wull approve the suggistion, that an appropriet way to honour the mimory of the decaised would be to erect an emolument sootably
inscribed wid his vartues."
TO MADAME LA COMTESSE DE FEUILLIDE THIS NOVEL IS
INSCRIBED BY HER OBLIGED HUMBLE SERVANT THE AUTHOR.
These Greek capitals, black with age, and quite deeply graven in the stone, with I know not what signs peculiar to Gothic caligraphy imprinted upon their forms and upon their attitudes, as though with the purpose of revealing that it had been a hand of the Middle Ages which had
inscribed them there, and especially the fatal and melancholy meaning contained in them, struck the author deeply.
These dates were
inscribed in an itinerary divided into columns, indicating the month, the day of the month, and the day for the stipulated and actual arrivals at each principal point Paris, Brindisi, Suez, Bombay, Calcutta, Singapore, Hong Kong, Yokohama, San Francisco, New York, and London--from the 2nd of October to the 21st of December; and giving a space for setting down the gain made or the loss suffered on arrival at each locality.
Even his cuff-buttons were engraved with hieroglyphics, and he was more
inscribed than an Egyptian obelisk.
That testimony is
inscribed on their stones, and on the walls of their summits.
Then she turned towards another door, on which was
inscribed, in white letters, Class Room No.
It resulted from this invariable line of conduct that, as Conde and Turenne had never been conquerors of each other but under the standard of the king, Raoul, however young, had ten victories
inscribed on his list of services, and not one defeat from which his bravery or conscience had to suffer.
My eyes are resting upon a spot where stood a monument which was seen and described by Roman historians less than two thousand years ago, whereon was
inscribed:
Brown's death,
inscribed on the locket, and the date of the crime committed at the inn, approached each other nearly enough to justify further investigation.
A sum of between eighty and ninety pounds in Bank of England notes; a few simple articles belonging to the toilet; materials for needle-work; and a photographic portrait of a young lady,
inscribed, "To Anne, from Blanche," were found in the bag--but no letters, and nothing whatever that could afford the slightest clew by which the owner could be traced.
Associating the clerk's idea with the line
inscribed on the card in my hand, I thought it possible that the Moonstone might be at the bottom of Mr.
