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"My friends," says Simon, "there can be scarce any hope at all if thou wilt not hazard thy money for such a prodigious advantage." Then turning to Peter as his last hope, he asks in despair, "What shall we do, my brother?" "We can keep on a-praying, friend Simon," replies Peter, in a snivelling voice. "A blessed thought!" exclaims the steward in glee.
Even in death his aspect was so terrific that the people along the way were set a-shaking and a-praying as his body was carried on to Puerto Principe.
Gerzson wrapped his bunda round his shoulders and went towards the bee-house, but the priest returned to his chamber, blew out the light, lay down fully dressed on his bed, took up his rosary and fell a-praying like one who does not expect to see the dawn of another day. He knew his man; he knew what was coming.
It isn't my notion of what's right and proper to say nothing of Christian to be a-dancing when everybody ought to be a-praying. Not a day passes without something in the way of a warning. Now there is the big hole that they've just found in the earth right over yonder a hollowness without end or bottom, and as dark as the bottomless pit.
After watching him closely for a little while, Allan puts his mouth very near his ear, and says to him in a low, distinct voice: "Jo, did you ever know a prayer?" "Never knowed no think, sir!" "Not so much as one short prayer?" "No, sir. Nothink at all, sir. Mr. Chadbands he wos a-praying wunst at Mr. Snagsby's, and I heerd him, but he sounded as if he wos a-speaking to hisself and not to me.
I'm a-praying for you to be able to say His will be done." For one instant the singer woman went white to the eyes and swayed back against the vine, then she asked huskily, "Did HE say so?" "Yes," answered the Doctor's mother gently with her deep eyes looking into the girl's very soul.
I didn't know anybody that I dared trust with a secret like that." "I hadn't reformed then, eh?" queried Fred. "You? why you're one of the very fellows I dodged! Just as I got aboard the boat I came down late, on purpose I saw you out aft. I tell you, I was under my blankets, with a towel wrapped around my jaw, in about one minute, and was just a-praying that you hadn't seen me come aboard."
"Johnny Eastman," said she, with a trembling voice, "how do you think it will look to be holding flowers up to your nose when the minister's a-praying? I'd be so 'shamed, so 'shamed, Johnny Eastman!" "You want the bouquet-holder yourself, you know you do," said Johnny; "you want everything you see; and if folks don't give right up to you, then there's a fuss."
My wife is adown on her knees, mixing up prayers and crying at a great rate; and says I to her, 'You've been a-praying about this some years back; I'd loike to know what good it's done. Get up and tell madame the news; and says she that she couldn't, and she says that in the morning you're to tell her."
It is not possible to speak to him now because he is a-praying. He prays regularly for a whole hour at a time, and then it is not well then to disturb him. That is why you two are crouching in the kitchen here. You, my pretty mistress, are Master Zudár's wife, and this young man is his 'prentice. I know you very well also." "But who are you yourself then? Speak!
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