"After" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... always called him the other Cortes. On coming into the presence of Cortes, the ambassadors touched the ground with their hands, which they kissed in token of respect, and then fumigated him and the rest of the Spaniards with incense. After some conversation, the presents were displayed on mats and mantles spread out on the ground. The first was a plate of gold, as large as a coach wheel, most admirably wrought, and representing the sun[7], said to ...
— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. III. • Robert Kerr
... Time after time Senator Smith asked in varying forms why the Titanic did not explain its condition ...
— Sinking of the Titanic - and Great Sea Disasters • Various
... after the door opened and Elizabeth stood in the kitchen. It was already in beautiful order. She could sec the big dresser now, but the tin and crockery and almost the wooden shelves shone, they were so clean. And they shone in the light of ...
— Hills of the Shatemuc • Susan Warner
... through Contres, four leagues from Blois, an hour after noon, and three hours later crossed the Cher at Selles, where we stayed awhile to bait our horses. Here we had news of the party before us, and henceforth had little doubt that Bruhl was making for the ...
— A Gentleman of France • Stanley Weyman
... house I discovered after about a week of feverish questing (for apart from the ordinary dangers of discovery to which my protegee was subject, her proclivity for adventures at the most unseasonable times greatly enhanced the danger ...
— The Green Eyes of Bast • Sax Rohmer
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