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Have his powers been wasted? I do not dare to say it, for I see Bourne on the pinnacle of prosperity, but still looking sadly for his castles in Spain; I see Titbottom, an old deputy bookkeeper, whom nobody knows, but with his chivalric heart loyal to children, his generous and humane spirit, full of sweet hope and faith and devotion; I see the superb Auriel, so lovely that the Indians would call her a smile of the Great Spirit, and as beneficent as a saint of the calendar how shall I say what is lost and what is won.
He was very strong on all economic and sociological questions, displaying in a marked degree the intellectual stimulus he had derived from his association with Professor Sumner. He was a born controversialist and liked to argue. "The appetite comes in eating" is a French saying, and with Bourne his knowledge seemed to be best evolved by the actual joint working and collision with another mind.
'tis not yet invested these be divers of Benedict's spies out of Bourne, to grace thy gibbets. Come, unbar down with the drawbridge; open I say must I wait thy rogue's pleasure?" "Not so, noble lord. Belsaye this night doth welcome thee with open arms and ye be in sooth Sir Robert of Hurstmanswyke." "Ha, do ye doubt me, knave? Dare ye keep me without?
His chapter on Magellan is thoroughly interesting. The treatment of Columbus and Magellan shows what Bourne might have achieved in historical work if he could have had leisure to select his own subjects and elaborate them at will.
Beaufort changed colour, hesitated, and finally suffered two fingers to be enticed into the grasp of the visitor, whom he ardently wished at that bourne whence no visitor returns. The stranger smiled, stalked to the door, laid his finger on his lip, winked knowingly, and vanished, leaving Mr.
She was flushed and eager beyond her wont, when they first came in sight of the distant city of Nikosia, and he laid his hand upon her bridle and lowered his voice. "Let us not hasten," he said entreatingly; "the journey hath been so beautiful; and our bourne is all too near." "Nay not too near for Her Majesty may well be weary."
I apologize for striking you in your own room, but necessity, you know " "Bourne, you'll regret that blow!" "Never," said Phil, emphatically, and with cutting contempt. "I have asked Carr to second me. I dare say Vercoe would do the same for you. He has the merit of being a perfectly straightforward fellow, and since he does not go home like the rest to-morrow " "Thanks.
Do you think I brought you down here to be moral instructor to young Bourne, you grey old badger? Couldn't you bag an innocent of sixteen or so? Besides, what the deuce do you mean by tipping me the wink as Bourne and I used to get on our 'bikes'? You always did it, and I thought you were winding up the youngster hand over hand."
We then wound along among provision grounds and coffee fields, through forests where hardly a track was to be seen, and over hedges, which the horses were obliged to leap, till we issued on the great path which leads from the plantation to Kingston. Peter's Rock has one hundred apprentices, and is under the management, as Mr. Bourne informed us, of a very humane man.
Acton said quietly, "All right, Bourne. Thanks, awfully." Then he added under his breath to Phil, "If I can come as a friend?" "On that condition," said Phil, "I'd like you to come." The trio walked back along the road a happy trio they were, too and a melancholy procession of injured horses and an angry coachman closed their rear.
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