Still, this don't look much like
starting the story of the Diamond--does it?
I almost thought he would sink the ship before the anchor could be got up; involuntarily I paused on my handspike, and told Queequeg to do the same, thinking of the perils we both ran, in
starting on the voyage with such a devil for a pilot.
He meant trouble that might be developed in going to Honduras, and
starting the search for the lost city and the idol of gold.
When the bank on the other side of the draw began to throw a narrow shelf of shadow, we knew we ought to be
starting homeward; the chill came on quickly when the sun got low, and Antonia's dress was thin.
"And the Cambridge Observatory declared that twelve thousand yards was enough at
starting; and our projectile, which only started with that speed "
Then he spoke to Cathcart about
starting work, and Cathcart was a perfect beast.
My words seemed to cheer them both, and they were for
starting off at once in pursuit.
The umpire who was
starting them, Colonel Sestrin, was beginning to lose his temper, when at last for the fourth time he shouted "Away!" and the racers started.
There is a proper season for making attacks with fire, and special days for
starting a conflagration.
One of my two brothers is already abroad, the other is with the Guards, who are
starting on their march to the frontier.
I kept away from the coach till the fresh horses were on the point of
starting, for I was afraid to let Alicia see my face, after making that fatal discovery.
Soon he was up again, and away,--not far into the country, but back towards London by the high-road--then back again--then over another part of the same ground as he already traversed--then wandering up and down in fields, and lying on ditches' brinks to rest, and
starting up to make for some other spot, and do the same, and ramble on again.
