The insinuating traveller, acknowledging the flourish with an inclination of his head, passed from the Chief to the second young lady, who had not yet been referred to otherwise than as one of the ladies in whose behalf he felt so sensitive an interest.
The insinuating traveller complimented her on the justice of the distinction.
'A savage place indeed,' said the insinuating traveller.
'You, madam,' said the insinuating traveller, 'have visited this spot before?'
Little Dorrit
As the
travellers continued to advance, they became more and more sensible of the elevation of the country.
Adventures of Captain Bonneville USA in the Rocky Mountains and
The aspect of this river and its vicinity was cheering to the wayworn and hungry travellers. Its banks were green, and there were grassy valleys running from it various directions, into the heart of the rugged mountains, with herds of buffalo quietly grazing.
Sometimes, in passing through a solitary mountain valley, the traveller comes perchance upon the bleeding carcass of a deer or buffalo that has just been slain.
Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountain
'He is not hurt,' said the traveller at length, raising his head and the lantern together.
'I have not gained the information from any confidence of yours, but from the inscription on your cart which tells it to all the town,' replied the traveller.
While the locksmith alighted, the traveller had regained his saddle, from which he now confronted the old man, who, moving as the horse moved in chafing under the tightened rein, kept close beside him.
Finding that further resistance would only involve him in a personal struggle with an antagonist by no means to be despised, the traveller threw back his coat, and stooping down looked steadily at the locksmith.
Barnaby Rudge A Tale Of The Riots Of Eighty
`But I have experimental verification,' said the Time Traveller.
`Some sleight-of-hand trick or other,' said the Medical Man, and Filby tried to tell us about a conjurer he had seen at Burslem; but before he had finished his preface the Time Traveller came back, and Filby's anecdote collapsed.
The thing the Time Traveller held in his hand was a glittering metallic framework, scarcely larger than a small clock, and very delicately made.
The Time Traveller looked at us, and then at the mechanism.
Time Machine