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He was always missing good opportunities by no fault of his own, and always living longest in service with amiable people who were not punctual payers of wages. "Unlucky Isaac" was his nickname in his own neighborhood, and no one could say that he did not richly deserve it.
"M. De Beauxchamps," he responded, grasping his friend warmly by the hand, "I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your amiable intention, and I assure you that nothing could afford me greater satisfaction than to see once more that mighty city, even though it can now be but an awful ruin, tenanted by no life except the terrible creatures of the deep.
He was, in fact, a trap-drummer: and it was his amiable practice, after he had done a few minutes trap-drumming, to rise from his seat and make a circular tour of the tables on the edge of the dancing-floor, whimsically pretending to clip the locks of the male patrons with a pair of drumsticks held scissor-wise. And so it came about that, just as Mr.
It was a just regret due to that distinguished man, in whom very extensive information was united with great courage and amiable disposition. On the 10th of May; when an assault took place, Bonaparte proceeded at an early hour to the trenches. Croisier, who was mentioned on our arrival at Damanhour and on the capture of Jaffa, had in vain courted death since the commencement of the siege.
"I heard," he said in a good-natured, slightly nasal tone, "you made a sunrise call on us one day last week." "And I want to say," returned de Spain, equally amiable, "that if I had had any idea you folks would take it so hard I mean, as an affront intended to any of you I never would have gone into the Gap after Sassoon.
"I wish it to be said: Amour de Gerfaut," said he, tenderly. "You are right to be amiable and say pleasant things to me, for I need them badly to-night. I am sad and weary; the darkest visions come before my mind. I think it is the storm which makes me feel so. How doleful this thunder is! It seems to me like an omen of misfortune." "It is only the fancy of your vivid imagination.
"Of course not," I admitted; "but my feeling is that, though Taft is an able and amiable man, he is not a born leader." Pine Knot is a secluded place in the woods. One evening as we sat in the lamplight, he reading Lord Cromer on Egypt, and I a book on the man-eating lions of Tsavo, and Mrs.
That amiable prince was sensible of the obligation; but as his gratitude was restrained within the limits of reason and justice, they soon were more dissatisfied with the virtues of Alexander, than they had ever been with the vices of Elagabalus.
Field did not reply; she gazed past her down the road, her face all one pale frown. The girl looked curiously at her. "I hope Lois is pretty well this morning?" she said, in her amiable voice. Mrs. Field responded with a harsh outburst that fairly made her start back. "No," she cried out, "she ain't well; she's sick. She wa'n't fit to go to school. She couldn't hardly crawl out of the yard.
I separated from him with the keenest regret. He was an amiable, tactful man of commanding ability and unimpeachable integrity, actuated by the best of motives and loyal to the highest ideals. He constantly sought to avoid not only evil but the appearance of evil. I count it one of the great privileges of my life to have been associated with him.
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