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Courtney smiled approvingly. "That's the reasonable point of view. Now, stick to it, and give Lotzen no quarter you may be sure he will give you none." "I shall countenance no violence," I insisted. "One is permitted to repel force by force." "I shall not hesitate to do that, you may be sure." "Good!" said he. "Now we understand the situation and each other; and I can assist you more effectively."

A Select Committee of the House of Lords, on the operation of the Poor Law in Ireland, spoke approvingly of emigration as a relief to the labour market at home, and it therefore recommended, "that increased facilities for the emigration of poor persons should be afforded, with the cooperation of the Government."

Kenelm smiled approvingly. The fairy was rapidly deepening her spell upon him. If Lily had been his sister, his betrothed, his wife, how fondly he would have kissed her! She had expressed a thought over which he had often inaudibly brooded, and she had clothed it with all the charm of her own infantine fancy and womanlike tenderness.

Augustus sat down, and as much by glance as by words began the discussion. "Why did you not salute me when you entered?" Lazarus answered indifferently: "I did not know it was necessary." "You are a Christian?" "No." Augustus nodded approvingly. "That is good. I do not like the Christians. They shake the tree of life, forbidding it to bear fruit, and they scatter to the wind its fragrant blossoms.

He moves down, and there is a green hillside; far below, a glimpse of the stream, and a hare bounding across. The man nods his head, as it were approvingly the stream is not so broad but that a hare may cross it at a bound. A white grouse sitting close upon its nest starts up at his feet with an angry hiss, and he nods again: feathered game and fur a good spot this.

"What would you do, Henry?" asked the skipper very quietly. "Go back an' fetch Miss Gething, o' course," said the boy, "an' take her down to the ship. That'll settle it." "By Jove! the boy's right," said the mate "if there's time." But the skipper had already started. "You're a very good boy, Henry," said the mate approvingly.

Uncle Lance at once questioned him to know if they had set the day, and was informed that the marriage would occur within ten days after Lent, and that he expected first to make a hurried trip to San Antonio for a wedding outfit. "That's all right, John," said the old ranchero approvingly, "and I expect Quirk might as well go with you.

Pancras on a bracket over the fire, and a clear-written copy of rules for guests hung by the low oak door. Dom Anthony nodded approvingly at the table, took up a knife and rubbed it delicately on the napkin, and turned round. "We will look here," he said, and went towards the second door by the fire.

"He's a guy with a tall-shaped hat," volunteered Master Maloney, "an' he's wearin' a dude suit an' shiny shoes." "Comrade Parker," said Psmith approvingly, "has evidently not been blind to the importance of a visit to Cosy Moments. He has dressed himself in his best. He has felt, rightly, that this is no occasion for the old straw hat and the baggy flannels. I would not have it otherwise.

Then he pointed to himself again, and said "Jack," and laying his finger on the breast of the chief, looked inquiringly into his face. The chief instantly understood him and said "Tararo," twice, distinctly. Jack repeated it after him, and the chief, nodding his head approvingly, said "Chuck."