Word: heards
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...utter satisfaction regarding the minutiae of said stranger's life, habits, religious belief, and matrimonial intentions. But they did n't get much out of me. I don't talk very much about myself. I'm not egotistical. I am fully convinced of this, for I've heard myself say it a great many times. But there was one topic which I was perfectly willing to discuss, and that was the general excellence and particular fleetness of my Texan. In fact, I allowed it to be pretty universally understood around the neighborhood that I had a little horse with somewhere...
...back upon it as flat as if naturally coalescent. I shrieked at the flying steed that perhaps he had better save himself a little. Vain, futile words! they never reached his ears till he went round the track and met them on the other side. He heeded not, nor heard; he merely went, he simply hummed, and I hung on to the dash-board with my teeth...
...philosopher entered his hut and, in excitement, poured out a confused medley of "dining with Yung" and "the long-sought husband" and "be here to-morrow." Senseless indeed it seemed, but Tue heard enough to assure her that her husband had been chosen...
...shrieked, and started back; the ape pursued and soon caught her. When she heard his step behind, she threw up her arms in agony and fainted. The youth stopped, bewildered; he was not Ching...
Whistles a catch that the world has heard...