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Hence to write fluent verses was no merit at all; to write epigrammatic verses was worth doing; but to extemporize a poem of from one to two hundred lines, of which every line should display a neat turn or a bon mot, this was the most deeply coveted gift of all; and it was the possession of this gift in its most seductive form that gave Statius unquestioned, though not unenvied, pre- eminence among the beaux esprits of his day.
"The hardships of a military life, Mademoiselle. Ah, for the beaux fours and the peace we insisted on destroying under the Empire which we destroyed for listening to us! But you thrive well, I trust. I have seen you better dressed, but never in greater beauty." The girl blushed as she replied, "Do you really think as you speak?"
Looking back over the scenes of village life I had witnessed in France and Germany the neat vine-covered cottages, the little flower-gardens, the orchards and green lanes, the festive days, when the air resounded to the merry voices of laughing damsels and village beaux "The hawthorn bush, with seats beneath the shade, For talking age and whispering lovers made"
He had worked at several studios before Amitrano's, at Julian's, the Beaux Arts, and MacPherson's, and was remaining longer at Amitrano's than anywhere because he found himself more left alone. He was not fond of showing his work, and unlike most of the young men who were studying art neither sought nor gave advice.
Waitstill don't seem to have no beaux; what with flyin' around to keep up with the Deacon, an' bein' a mother to Patience, her hands is full, I guess." "If things was a little mite dif'rent all round, I could prognosticate who Waitstill could keep house for," was Peter Morrill's opinion. "You mean Ivory Boynton?
'A' doun alang the Canongate Were beaux o' ilk degree; And mony ane turned round to look At bonny Mally Lee. And we're a' gaun east an' west, We're a' gaun agee, We're a' gaun east an' west Courtin' Mally Lee! Every corner bristles with memories.
With those of the Court she talked royalty, the humours of her Majesty, the severities of her Grace of Marlborough; with statesmen she spoke with such intellect and discretion that they went away pondering on the good fortune which had befallen one man when it seemed that it was of such proportions as might have satisfied a dozen, for it seemed not fair to them that his Grace of Osmonde, having already rank, wealth, and fame, should have added to them a gift of such magnificence as this beauteous woman would bring; with beaux and wits she made dazzling jests; and to the beauties who desired their flatteries she gave praise so adroit that they were stimulated to plume their feathers afresh and cease to fear the rivalry of her loveliness.
I think I'll tell Gill to clean out the work-room before they come." "Are we to see the drawings for the competition?" his mother asked. He shook his head smilingly. "Can't I've asked one or two of the Beaux Arts fellows, you know; and besides, old Darrow's actually coming." "Impossible!" Mrs. Peyton exclaimed. "He swore he would last night." Dick laughed again, with a tinge of self-satisfaction.
And there's Curnil Hateful Slowboy, that went from here last year you'd ort to know him, Prudence, coz he was one of your old beaux wall, now, they say he's one of the richest men in Calliforny. I tell you I'm bound to make my fortin' there." "And so am I," said Prudence, resolutely. "You!" exclaimed Mose. "Yes.
And she ain't lookin' for beaux yet, I can tell you." But the old Irishwoman only bobbed her wide cap borders to and fro and giggled again, as if not wholly convinced.
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