1 "Oh, thinking," said the youth.
2 "Why, what the devil--" began the youth again.
3 The landscape then ceased to threaten the youth.
4 Directly the youth could see the skirmishers running.
5 As he looked the youth gripped his outcry at his throat.
6 He glared at the youth for a moment, and then strode away.
7 "You can now eat and shoot," said the tall soldier to the youth.
8 He handed the youth a little packet done up in a yellow envelope.
9 Here the youth forgot many things as he felt a sudden impulse of curiosity.
10 "I thought you was objecting to this march a little while ago," said the youth coldly.
11 From the stories, the youth imagined the red, live bones sticking out through slits in the faded uniforms.
12 The next morning the youth discovered that his tall comrade had been the fast-flying messenger of a mistake.
13 The regiment was fed and caressed at station after station until the youth had believed that he must be a hero.
14 During the march the ardor which the youth had acquired when out of view of the field rapidly faded to nothing.
15 After this crossing the youth assured himself that at any moment they might be suddenly and fearfully assaulted from the caves of the lowering woods.
16 This man's serene unconcern dealt him a measure of confidence, for he had known him since childhood, and from his intimate knowledge he did not see how he could be capable of anything that was beyond him, the youth.
17 When the sunrays at last struck full and mellowingly upon the earth, the youth saw that the landscape was streaked with two long, thin, black columns which disappeared on the brow of a hill in front and rearward vanished in a wood.
Your search result may include more than 17 sentences. If you upgrade to a VIP account, you will see up to 500 sentences for one search.