Word: wateringly
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...reality inanimate is an entire misnomer. A log, for example, is generally looked upon as about as lifeless as anything can be, - a very symbol, in fact, of inertia. And, indeed, a log upon land does not often exhibit its real disposition. But once get a log into the water and it will appear in its true character. At first you may not suppose that it has altered in any way, for it may lie perfectly motionless. That, however, is merely a designed veiling of a deadly purpose, - a trap to catch the unwary. You, too, are deceived...
...sobriety. You can surely count upon it. Vain hope! These two are but confederates in crime. For suddenly this, too, begins to rotate. You struggle for a moment to keep both feet moving in opposite directions, become demoralized, lose your head and your foothold, and plunge into the water, while your torturers indulge in a mighty flop of intense delight...
Diggles was almost there. In fact, he was on the next log. The maiden seized this as she went down, and Mr. Diggles - suddenly decided he could be of more assistance in the water. This, for some reason, struck the Amherst man as funny, quite irresistibly funny, and he was seized with an uncontrollable desire to laugh. But his log became restless and he - went to help Mr. Diggles in getting out the young lady...
...stream with powerful force, right through the casement where he stood. Well, sir, I never should have believed it, if I had not stood right there and seen it; but, sir, that man took the child under one arm and throwing the other right around that stream of water he came sliding down on it, slow and easy, till he touched the ground...
...eyes of the natives were set exactly parallel, so that the peculiarities of parallel lines were overcome. I have no time to speak of the city, - of the grand public buildings, with all their sides parallel; of the reservoirs in the lowest part of the town, with the water carefully walled in to keep it from running up and creating a flood, - but I will pass on to the Museum of the University...