The Governor had bidden him follow Congdon and here were his marching orders. |
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But I shall say that I was bidden of you, and then you will have to make an excuse. |
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Johnny stared, opened his mouth to speak, then wisely closed it and did as he was bidden. |
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We were bidden to a banket at the royal palace, and Sir John and I dared not choose but go. |
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He had bidden her in under a misapprehension of the upset price, and she was put back for sale again. |
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One of us is bidden to the court of our most munificent patroness to educate her only son. |
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All were bidden save one, Eris by name, the Goddess of Strife, most hateful of the immortals. |
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All suppliants were graciously received, and bidden not to despair of the royal pardon. |
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Millicent rose with a sigh, and carried her work to her room as she was bidden. |
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The solicitor, who had bidden them enter, did not at first offer them any salutation. |
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Only she is bidden that she must rescue Orleans, and lead the Dauphin to his sacring at Rheims. |
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So far from entreating him to remain with her, she had bidden him go where his duty led him. |
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As he lifted his foot to take the last step he closed his eyes, as the yay had bidden him. |
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He wore knee-breeches and a pith helmet, and he was more bronzed than when she had bidden him farewell. |
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Here they dismounted, flinging the reins to the groom, who was bidden to wait. |
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The advance-guard was bidden to stop wherever the river should be fordable. |
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The squire did as he was bidden, and told Sir Galahad of the white knight's words. |
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It could not be ten minutes since they had bidden the Boy his first good-bye. |
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Speak when ye're spoken to, do what ye're bidden, come when ye're ca'd, an' ye'll no be chidden. |
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He was roused again by a prod of a sword, and bidden to stand up. |
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She brought the fire and sulphur, as he had bidden her, and Ulysses thoroughly purified the cloisters and both the inner and outer courts. |
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Beebe, who wore the heated aspect of a neutral, was bidden to collect the factions for the return home. |
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It was therefore at the third door that those who solicited or were bidden to an audience underwent their formal interrogatory. |
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With dull, uncomprehending gaze James Moore stared as bidden. |
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Having stabled the horses as I was bidden, I came back here to await them. |
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Robert drew a jackknife from his pocket, and did as he was bidden. |
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May this flower keep a sweet smell, long after I have bidden you good by. |
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The malgamite makers were bidden to come as soon as they liked. |
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Apollo was also bidden to heal their wounds and compose their forms. |
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Truly, unto Bradmond, whither I am bidden to see unto the black cow. |
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And then the three harpooneers were bidden to the feast, they being its residuary legatees. |
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To this end had I bidden Ganymede follow me into the very salon. |
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But she cared not for this, because Sir Geraint had bidden her. |
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So the old man did as he was bidden, and handed Robin the tablet on which was marked down the account of the various packages upon the horses. |
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The old man, never bidden to sit down, stood with an earnest hand laid on the back of the young man's easy chair. |
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His place at table was laid in all the most distinguished houses in Alencon, and he was bidden to all soirees. |
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Twice stull had spoken, and had been bidden to wait and to hold the wire. |
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Yvonne unresisting, insentient, went whither she was bidden to go. |
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Later O'Connor, who had been bidden to forget Elisha, remembered him. |
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Lastly, he bethought him of the man whose power he was bidden to usurp. |
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And they named certain of the great generals, and were in turn bidden to stand on one side together with those whom they had named. |
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If ye had asked me the way to the door of James Stewart on any other day but this, I would have set ye right and bidden ye God speed. |
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The Dutch crew was ordered into the longboat, and bidden go to the devil. |
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The colonel, bidden to hear the jarring noises of an engagement in the woods to the left, broke out in vague damnations. |
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Have I not bidden you leave the vulgarities of dialect to the vulgar? |
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It was perhaps ten years later that one morning on board ship, about to land at Alexandria, I was bidden to line up with the other passengers for the doctor's examination. |
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The man did as he was bidden, and presently Little John opened his eyes and looked around him, all dazed and bewildered with the stun of the blow. |
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She took history with Alice Robinson's class, which was attacking the subject of the Revolution, while Rebecca was bidden to begin with the discovery of America. |
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Vinrace possessed ten ships, regularly plying between London and Buenos Aires, not one of them was bidden to investigate the great white monsters of the lower waters. |
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