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Nor was it uncommon to meet what was called the cream of society at the celebrated rendezvous of Ben Caunt, which was the Coach and Horses, St. Martin's Lane, or at the less pretentious resort of the Tipton Slasher; and what will our modern ladies think of their fair predecessors, who in those days witnessed the drawing of a badger or a dog-fight on a Sunday afternoon?
Fullback Jeffries Quarterback Hopkins End Tackle Guard Center Guard Tackle End Douglass Badger Hemming Griffin McGuffey Jackman Jones Quarterback Lighthart Halfback Halfback Collins Trowbridge Fullback Budge Of course, as the sides faced each other the left end of Chester, Jones, found himself confronting the right end of Marshall, Haldy.
Wellmouth's a fairly prosperous town, and the paupers had died, one after the other, and no new ones had come, until all there was left in the poorhouse was old Betsy Mullen, who was down with creeping palsy, and Deborah Badger, who'd been keeper ever since her husband died.
Digger the Badger stopped watching his shadow, and turned to stare at Peter. Then he laughed until finally he choked. Peter looked at him in surprise. "What's the matter with you, Mr. Badger?" asked he. "What is there to laugh at?" "Only you, Peter. Only you," replied Digger faintly, for he had laughed so hard that he had almost lost his voice.
'We want to LEARN 'em learn 'em, learn 'em! And what's more, we're going to DO it, too! 'Oh, very well, have it your own way, said the Rat. He was getting rather muddled about it himself, and presently he retired into a corner, where he could be heard muttering, 'Learn 'em, teach 'em, teach 'em, learn 'em! till the Badger told him rather sharply to leave off.
Inspector Badger came to our house and took her. My God! I shall go mad!" Thorndyke laid his hand on the excited man's shoulder. "Don't distress yourself, Mr. Curtis," said he. "There is no occasion, I assure you. I suppose," he added, "your daughter is left-handed?" "Yes, she is, by a most disastrous coincidence. But what are we to do? Good God! Dr.
with our pistols and swords and sticks shouted the Rat. and rush in upon them, said the Badger. and whack 'em, and whack 'em, and whack 'em! cried the Toad in ecstasy, running round and round the room, and jumping over the chairs. 'Very well, then, said the Badger, resuming his usual dry manner, 'our plan is settled, and there's nothing more for you to argue and squabble about.
Evening talks On the construction of sheep-folds Making hurdles Devil's guts Character in sheep-dogs Sally the spiteful dog Dyke the lost dog who returned Strange recovery of a lost dog Badger the playful dog Badger shepherds the fowls A ghost story A Sunday-evening talk Parsons and ministers Noisy religion The shepherd's love of his calling Mark Dick and the giddy sheep Conclusion
'My lord, they report, 'he has her in his strong tower on the plain of Saint-André, some ten leagues from here. Then cries the old King, 'Smoke him out, you fools! What! a badger. Draw the thief. Then Gilles the elder flattened his lips together and afterwards pursed them. 'Lord, he said, 'that we dare not do without your express commandment.
And he has ordered a large and very expensive motor-car." The Mole had long wanted to make the acquaintance of the Badger. He seemed, by all accounts, to be such an important personage and, though rarely visible, to make his unseen influence felt by everybody about the place. But whenever the Mole mentioned his wish to the Water Rat, he always found himself put off.
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