Neither
House, during the Session of Congress, shall, without the Consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other Place than that in which the two
Houses shall be sitting.
As it was, miserably and helplessly, not half himself, a puppet dreamer in a half-nightmare, he knew, as a restless sleeper awakening between vexing dreams, that he was being transported head-downward out of the canoe
house that stank of death, through the village that was only less noisome, and up a path under lofty, wide-spreading trees that were beginning languidly to stir with the first breathings of the morning wind.
Ona's heart sank, for the
house was not as it was shown in the picture; the color scheme was different, for one thing, and then it did not seem quite so big.
Peter himself chose to consider the legend as an indisputable truth, and, amid his many troubles, had this one consolation that, should all other resources fail, he might build up his fortunes by tearing his
house down.
Presently more boys and bigger came out, and boys from other
houses on their way to calling-over, and more balls were sent for.
I should like also to go to the
house of Ulysses and bring news of her husband to Queen Penelope.
Anne's imagination pictured forth so vividly the coming degeneration of her dear little
house that it hurt her as severely as if it had already been an accomplished fact.
Some days afterwards there was an auction at the old
house, and the little boy saw from his window how they carried the old knights and the old ladies away, the flower-pots with the long ears, the old chairs, and the old clothes-presses.
I shall be out of the
house for good and all to-morrow morning, and I can settle your accounts to-night.
Ah, that is different; the
house you purchase is at Auteuil.
The vintner, who was a very hearty old fellow and a worthy man, had no thoughts of going to bed himself, for he had received several threatening warnings from the rioters, and had indeed gone out that evening to try and gather from the conversation of the mob whether his
house was to be the next attacked.
In the mean time, till all these alterations could be made from the savings of an income of five hundred a-year by a woman who never saved in her life, they were wise enough to be contented with the
house as it was; and each of them was busy in arranging their particular concerns, and endeavoring, by placing around them books and other possessions, to form themselves a home.
