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That he had accordingly done so, and to his utter surprise, found that his anonymous informant was right. He begged to enclose copies of the papers, together with the names of the families residing in the houses where they were found.
The seceding members from the Pennsylvania Assembly also published theirs. Various anonymous writers have mentioned reasons of great weight.
Gus instantly regretted the fervent wishes about the boiling oil and the public kicking for Jim Cotton, and he also determined to go and thank his old patron for what he was sure was his anonymous gift. So, after breakfast, he cashed the order and, with pockets heavier with coin than they had been for some time, he went to Jim Cotton's room.
I confessed my ignorance; and, as Lewis at Bellombre said of that ill-mannered Power, I had a great deal to confess. What I knew was, that in "American Anecdotes" an anonymous writer said a friend of his had seen the air among some Roundhead songs in the collection of a friend of his at Cheltenham, and that this air was the basis of Yankee Doodle. What was more, there was the old air printed.
"One motive has governed Mr. Bassett in all his acts, from his anonymous letter to me before my marriage which I keep for your inspection, together with the proofs that he wrote it to the barbarous seizure of my husband upon certificates purchased beforehand, and this last act of violence, which has driven me from the county for a time.
You have heard nothing, you know no one connected with this mystery. Even I must remain anonymous." The gentlemen seated around him nodded gravely. "Of course," the baronet assented, with eagerness, "of course." "We will refer to it," said the gentleman with the black pearl, "as 'The Story of the Naval Attache."
"Why should Lippity-Libby want a clack with him? . . . Just for gossip's sake? or to convey a warning?" Lippity-Libby knew, or averred that he knew, the author of yesterday's anonymous letter. . . . "Tell him I'll be out in a moment!"
So that, even as late as the fourth century, there were ancient authorities, indeed some of the most ancient and weightiest, who either did not know of this utterance, so often quoted as characteristic of Jesus, or did not believe it had been uttered. Many years ago, I received an anonymous letter, which abused me heartily for my want of moral courage in not speaking out.
"Come, come, you know you wrote me an anonymous letter, referring to some ridiculous copartnership or other that I can neither make head nor tail of. Tell me candidly what you meant." "Very good, Mr.
Sometime afterwards appeared an anonymous sheet, which instead of ink seemed to be written with water of Phelethon. In this letter I was accused of having exposed my children in the streets, of taking about with me a soldier's trull, of being worn out with debaucheries,....., and other fine things of a like nature. It was not difficult for me to discover the author.
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