I looked up and found that a pair of opponents had mysteriously appeared, and that my partner was leading the way on to the court.
The first ball rose very suddenly and took my partner on the side of the head.
The man or woman who feels strong enough for two, seeks for every other quality in a partner than strength.
Then Kallem became all attention, and it turned out that her sister was the partner he had danced with first and had thought so tiresome; his landlady, Fru Ragni Kule!
It had scarcely come to an end when Cinderella heard the clock strike the quarter to twelve; whereupon she instantly desired her partner to lead her to the King and Queen.
Illustration: Whereupon she instantly desired her partnerto lead her to the KING and QUEEN.
In March, 1815, the junior partnerembarked on board the ship Milo, the first vessel which sailed from Boston for England after the proclamation of peace.
On the first page of this volume is a letter from the senior partner somewhat characteristic.
On the eve of his departure, he received from his brother and senior partner a letter containing many good counsels for his future moral guidance, as well as instructions in relation to the course of business to be pursued.
Something beyond my income has been disposed of; and I have no debts against me, either as a partner in the firm or individually.
Perhaps I had better go and jingle them in Aunt Abraham's ear, to induce her to make me a partner in her business!
I fancied that I heard somebody whisper that mypartner had imbibed too much madeira and champagne, but I believe her to be quite capable of doing anything under heaven without the aid of liquor.
Why couldn't Fricker have held his tongue, instead of indulging his partner with such entertaining confidences?
Stay, he had said he would not tell Trix; he had never said or written that he would not tell hispartner Beaufort Chance.
Though she could not bear his punishment, he welcomed her as his partner in misfortune.
Again and again in Snowflakes, when her partner withdrew the support of his hand, she poised for a moment, and, when the poise had to cease, covered her descent with the most fascinating gestures of head and arms.
This, again, will not excite bad feelings, as I shall say that you as my partner insisted upon your right to take your share of our merchandise back to England with you, leaving me as my portion our fleet of vessels.
You played a trick on me, which I'll own up I was a fool to get caught by; and I make no doubt that you've been laughing at me behind my back with that nasty nigger partner of yours.
I've cabled my partner in London to be a bear in Kaffirs for all he's worth.
Your partnercan be a bear or any other kind of beast, in any sort of niggers he chooses, but I'm not going to let you run England into war at any price.
Besides, I partner to ole man Rad, an' he say he want dem rifles you got on your ole tramp.
Except that man Farquhar, partner with Sir George Gavin, the newspaper owner.
His partner turned out to be a rogue who had misrepresented facts, and six months afterwards absconded to America.
From this and one or two other stories of similar import it would seem that the woman is the ruling partner in the Cherokee domestic establishment.
Gus Hoskins my brother-in-law, partner with his excellent father in the leather way, and the delight of all his nephews and nieces for his tricks and fun?
But when I have a dance I like to enjoy myself: and Mary Smith often said I was the very best partner at our assemblies.
A couple of miles to the eastward of La Morita Jim found that his little partner weighed a ton.
Curly didn't feel like a chum or a partner now; he couldn't imagine her as any sort of sister or friend.
You Ryan, your partner Jim Fiskin has been held up on the Mule Pass by robbers.
Jim looked at his partner for comfort, but saw big tears rolling down Curly's face.
He was rough on Curly--hostile and contemptuous when the little partner acted feminine.
Something in the way he moved reminded me I must have known that man, but the little partner called to him all at once-- "Jim!
So he put the littlepartner on his back, and staggered away into the desert.
We struck the place at noon and camped, my partner concluding to lie over until she could make a night scout in search of news.
The wolf calls had to be stopped, and a new dream started which would keep the little partner good and silent.
She was ungrateful, cold, haughty, not at all the kind of girl he could wish as hispartner for life.
That was all any of them could tell, and then came the question of shooting the well, Jim and Dick looking anxiously at their former partner to hear him retract those words so traitorous to moonlighting generally.
As a matter of course they questioned Ralph as to why their partner had left so hurriedly, and his reply excited them wonderfully.
Durlet, the young architect, who, with a partner at Louvain, is doing the beautiful work in the choir.
Wilt turn a waltz anon, and be my partner in the dance?
Go thy ways, thou antique gallantry; thy pledge shall never be endangered by my claim; I'm for a brisker partner in every dance through life, I promise thee.
When I select a partner in my business I don't want him to handle my end, but rather some part of it which he can do better than I can.
Try as they would, Cosden and his new partner were at odds in each effort they made to dance together, while with Edith he succeeded passably well.
Without a partner I can’t pull off this race, as one of the conditions is that each machine shall carry two persons.
I have several dates booked for the South this winter, and if my partner isn’t going to attend to business any better than he did to-day, I’d like to make some arrangements with you.
The other aviator and his partner announced that they were ready.
My partnerhas failed to arrive, and we can’t have the race unless I take some one up with me.
Magdaléna realised at once that her partner was an excellent dancer, and that she was not.
Magdaléna forgot her partner and gazed at them with genuine delight.
Tiny had a faculty for making her temporary partner do the talking while she enjoyed her dinner; but she listened sweetly and her superlatives were happily chosen.
She had taken her partnerto his chaperon, Mrs. Geary, and was regarding a group of expectant youths.
With all the obstinate force of her will she kept a hold upon her imperious vivacity, and would hear no appeals when her next partnerwas bidden to fetch her uncle and call her coach.
I fear I was engaged for this very dance, and my partner will think me rude!
She backed away from the Wrangel wharf with Tommy waving his hand to his partner on the pierhead.
Bagosh, dat man Ah'm wonder w'ere hees raise," Mike said to his partner once when Thompson was out of earshot.
If you want a partner for that journey I'm your man.
Does it appear a trifling matter, that he confesses himself a partner with Dolabella in all his atrocities?
Unless, perhaps, you think that this does not apply to you, because you expect that you will be a partner in the dominion of Antonius.
For what could happen more desirable for this young man, than to be known by every one to be the partner of Caesar's counsels, and the enemy of the frenzy of Antonius?
Nor to betray Plancus, the partner of my counsels.
She would take no further notice of him, she would not look at him; and saying this to herself, she floated away in the waltz, with her eyes persistently fixed on her partner or on the floor.
Val having given his partner a finishing whirl into a seat, left her there, and came up, wiping his face.
The waltz concluded, and Miss Henderson, being tired and hot, her partner led her to a seat, and left her to get an ice.
As the afternoon wore on, Cherrie began to experience that fatigue which five or six hours' dancing in a blazing July sun is apt to engender, and informed herpartner in the quadrille she was roasted to death.
Do you know I wanted you, and have sent my late partner off in search of you.
