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  1 I     |          his profession. The fine little fellow, who seemed to have
  2 I     |        children generally have so little success.~His fancy kindled
  3 I     |    exactly suited him; caring but little for command, he had not
  4 III   |     Caledonia, who had known some little climbing among the Highland
  5 III   |      opposite to each other, at a little table with a plate of toast
  6 III   |       future is but the present a little farther on.”~“There it is!”
  7 IV    |        far as the town of Yola, a little below nine degrees north
  8 V     |         then, couldn’t one wait a little longer?—The trip across
  9 V     |          to halt.”~“I am there; a little more, and I should have
 10 VII   |       articles would necessarily, little by little, diminish the
 11 VII   |      would necessarily, little by little, diminish the weight to
 12 IX    |         to skip round among those little twinklers up there—the stars—
 13 IX    |           to live. They get off a little longer by that.”~“Twelve
 14 IX    |      about fifty, would only be a little shaver of four and a half.”~“
 15 IX    |    retorted the doctor, “there is little or no similarity between
 16 X     |         closed, issue two tubes a little distance apart. The one
 17 X     |           aerial navigation, or a little more than twenty-six days.~“
 18 XII   |        huzzaing and shouting were little by little lost in the distance,
 19 XII   |           shouting were little by little lost in the distance, and
 20 XII   |      driven along at a speed of a little more than eight miles, very
 21 XII   |           determined to descend a little nearer to the ground. So
 22 XII   |        give you leave to borrow a little heat from my cylinder. There’
 23 XII   |        the heat in the cylinder a little, for we must keep at an
 24 XII   |      asked the Scotchman.~“No, as little as possible. With care and
 25 XIII  |         down under the awning.~“A little patience, Dick, and you’
 26 XIII  |          belt of country.~“Wait a little, now, Dick, and you’ll begin
 27 XIII  |     passing over them.”~In a very little while, the gas expanded
 28 XIV   |        lost!” cried Joe.~“Come! a little more coolness, Joe, and
 29 XV    |       houses and slave-huts, with little courtyards and small gardens,
 30 XV    |      doctor, “these natives are a little scared at first; but they
 31 XV    |       most professionally filthy.~Little by little the crowd gathered
 32 XV    |  professionally filthy.~Little by little the crowd gathered beside
 33 XV    |         trouble me much. I like a little flattery!”~At this moment,
 34 XV    |       score, my dear Dick. With a little medicine, I shall work my
 35 XV    |          in a condition that left little or nothing to be done. The
 36 XV    |           well,” said Kennedy; “a little trip will do him good.”~“
 37 XVI   |          here and there rose into little conical hills; there were
 38 XVI   |             said Joe, “it gives a little variety to the trip, and
 39 XVII  |          the equator seem to be a little more civilized, and are
 40 XVII  |           breath of the wind. The little car seemed to cleave the
 41 XVII  |       want to go, my dear Dick. A little patience!”~“‘Wig-a-more!
 42 XVIII |       woods; the wind freshened a little toward the east, and the
 43 XVIII |    Sanscrit; but all that matters little now, since we have made
 44 XVIII |          In fact, I shall go up a little, first, in order to get
 45 XVIII |         the river.”~“That matters little to us now. Let the wind
 46 XIX   |    quietly, and we should descend little by little. A similar accident
 47 XIX   |          should descend little by little. A similar accident happened
 48 XX    |          uttering shrill cries.~A little farther on, Kennedy called
 49 XX    |      doctor, “on which there is a little vegetating earth. Some fine
 50 XXII  |            A Lazarist Priest.—But little Hope.—The Doctor’s Care.—
 51 XXII  | indescribable terror, disappeared little by little in the huts, and
 52 XXII  |     terror, disappeared little by little in the huts, and there was
 53 XXII  |          my hours, and I have but little longer to live.”~With this,
 54 XXII  |  handkerchief, quickly prepared a little lint, which he spread over
 55 XXII  |      enough to raise himself up a little, and smiled with pleasure
 56 XXII  |     length, the sick man revived, little by little, in his arms,
 57 XXII  |       sick man revived, little by little, in his arms, and recovered
 58 XXII  |  sea-coast, overcoming obstacles, little by little, braving all privations,
 59 XXII  |   overcoming obstacles, little by little, braving all privations,
 60 XXII  |         saw him.~The balloon made little progress, and the wind seemed
 61 XXIII |       perhaps! He will suffer but little more after this, and his
 62 XXIII |            come! Let us reflect a little. What good would all this
 63 XXIII |         the gold before him for a little water—for he had to replace
 64 XXIII |       until you have thrown off a little ballast.”~Joe scratched
 65 XXIV  |           were enabled to enjoy a little of the repose which they
 66 XXIV  |          breakfast consisted of a little dried meat and pemmican.
 67 XXIV  |          right in saying, ‘Wait a little?’ eh?”~“Well, master, it’
 68 XXV   |           CHAPTER TWENTY-FIFTH.~A Little Philosophy.—A Cloud on the
 69 XXV   |           The why concerns me but little,” answered Kennedy, “the
 70 XXV   |         is well to philosophize a little, Dick; it does no harm.”~“
 71 XXV   |        consequently, of water, to little purpose; but, in our situation,
 72 XXV   |  enveloped in the vapor, gained a little increase of speed, perhaps,
 73 XXVI  |          the air? He had gained a little distance, to be sure; but
 74 XXVI  |         scalding water from their little store completed this gloomy
 75 XXVII |         desert, formed numberless little hillocks, and the sky resumed
 76 XXVIII|         Kennedy had traversed the little domain in all directions.
 77 XXVIII|          of ours to succumb to so little,” philosophized Dr. Ferguson.~“
 78 XXVIII|   philosophized Dr. Ferguson.~“So little water, you mean, doctor,”
 79 XXVIII|         the night, making just as little of it as possible. Fortunately,
 80 XIX   |      style of locomotion.”~Joe, a little cut down at learning that
 81 XIX   |          Is there no way to get a little shooting?”~“How could we
 82 XIX   |            Dick; you must taste a little of the torture of Tantalus
 83 XIX   |    hundred miles in all.”~“A nice little walk,” said Joe, “for people
 84 XIX   |          the northward and even a little to the east.~Kennedy proposed
 85 XXX   |         hours.~The wind drifted a little more to the northward, and,
 86 XXX   |     darkness of the night, until, little by little, their light diminished,
 87 XXX   |           night, until, little by little, their light diminished,
 88 XXXI  |        will spice our trip with a little variety to sail over a spacious
 89 XXXI  |           to indulge that fancy a little. There is no harm in renewing
 90 XXXI  |          thus far I have done but little in the line of the Andersons
 91 XXXI  |        tasted and found to be but little fit for drinking, with a
 92 XXXI  |           hunt the hippopotamus a little; I’d like to taste the meat
 93 XXXII |          the day, and, besides, a little air could be felt over this
 94 XXXIII|         of search.~“Let us wait a little longer, Dick, and not lose
 95 XXXIV |         circumstance.~“It matters little,” replied the doctor, “the
 96 XXXV  |          the worthy fellow was no little disturbed by this reflection.
 97 XXXV  |           sight, and, regaining a little strength from the intensity
 98 XXXVI |              Patience, Dick! In a little while we shall overtake
 99 XXXVI |     higher.”~“Wait, doctor—wait a little!”~“It’s curious,” said Kennedy
100 XXXVII|      Nothing sets a man up like a little pleasure-trip with a bath
101 XXXVII|         And don’t that give you a little uneasiness?”~“Why should
102 XXXVII|           I made you keep watch a little out of time.”~The sportsman
103 XXXVII|      balloon westward, and even a little toward the south.~Dr. Ferguson
104 XLIX  |           enough to admit of that little experiment—but I think our
105 XLIX  |            they’ve sent us a nice little southeast breeze, that will
106 XL    |         weather was clearing up a little, he hoped that the cessation
107 XL    |         worth beholding!”~“Wait a little, Joe. In ten minutes that
108 XL    |         slight tendency to veer a little more to the eastward, and
109 XLI   |       covering, which was now but little inflated, was collapsing
110 XLI   |           The balloon had risen a little, but it soon became evident
111 XLI   |           all?” asked Kennedy.~“A little—some fifty feet,” replied
112 XLI   |      perceptibly, but that was of little consequence, unless it got
113 XLII  |           the talk,” said Joe; “a little tramp won’t do us any harm.”~“
114 XLIII |  following, on their quick, fiery little steeds, the direction of
115 XLIII |        short gallop. Quite a nice little ride!”~“If we were within
116 XLIII |          but all that amounted to little; and the balloon, which
117 XLIII |        fire to it.~It takes but a little while to inflate a balloon
118 XLIII |     balloon, losing its inflation little by little, settled with
119 XLIII |           its inflation little by little, settled with the daring
120 XLIV  |        post of Medina, situated a little farther to the north, but