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"Hush, hush!" said his father, "take yourself off, if you cannot maintain civility. And your mother does not like fishing-tackle at the breakfast-table go! I believe," he said as Ransom bounded away, "I believe conceit is the normal condition of boyhood." "I am sure," said Mrs. Randolph, "girls have enough of it and women too." "I suppose it would be rash to deny that," said Mr. Randolph.
"Psho! the bark's worse always than the bite. The fear worse than the danger! Suspense is the very d l! Did you ever hear of the Scotch parson's charity? He prayed that God might suspend Napoleon over the very jaws of hell but 'Oh, Lord! said he, 'dinna let him fa' in! To my mind, mortal lips never uttered a more malignant prayer!" This dialogue was broken by a summons to the breakfast-table.
One paper said that the British breakfast-table lived in that poem "in all its tiniest most insignificant details," as no breakfast-table, save possibly that of Major Pendennis at the beginning of Pendennis has lived before. One paper said, "Mr. Bohun merits that much-abused word 'genius." The young author carried these notices about with him and I have seen them all.
Harker was practically exhausted by the excitement and the news, persuaded him to spend the remainder of the night with them, and travel back to town in the morning. After reflection the old man agreed to this; and it was a very happy little party that met at the breakfast-table next day. Mr.
We must now leave Netta and her husband for a time, and return to the morning when Netta left her home to go forth in search of a new one. The breakfast-table was spread at the farm, and all were assembled except Netta. 'Owen, go and call Netta, said Mr Prothero, seating himself before some smoking rashers of bacon; 'she's always late, I'll say that for her.
He came down and seated himself at the breakfast-table, with a surly scowl on his salmon-coloured bloodshot face, strangling in a tight, cross-barred cravat; his linen and his appointments so perfectly stiff and spotless that everybody at once recognized him as a dear countryman.
I thought you were going to catch the eight forty-five." "I felt lazy," answered Thresk. "I sent off some telegrams to put off my engagements." "Good," said Dick, and he sat down at the breakfast-table. As he poured out a cup of tea, Thresk said: "I think I heard you were over thirty." "Yes." "Thirty's a good age," said Thresk. "It looks back on youth," answered Dick.
His enthusiasm at the breakfast-table became almost wearisome, though his passengers listened to him with the most indulgent good-nature; but it was a distinct relief to them when he rose from the table to superintend on deck the setting of the larboard studding-sails, which had now become possible through the wind drawing dead aft.
NEVER in his whole life had the mind of Sir Peter been so agitated as it was during and after the perusal of Kenelm's flighty composition. He had received it at the breakfast-table, and, opening it eagerly, ran his eye hastily over the contents, till he very soon arrived at sentences which appalled him.
Taking hands the sisters ran to the house. In the passage, Sarah was busy roping a battered tin box. With their own hands the little boys had been allowed to paste on this a big sheet of notepaper, which bore, in Mother's writing, the words: Miss Laura Tweedle Rambotham The Ladies' College Melbourne. Mother herself was standing at the breakfast-table cutting sandwiches.
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