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Riches breed idleness, riches tempt one to the purchase of false pleasure. You would have been better back upon your stool in my office." "It is too late," Burton declared, a little doggedly. "I came to ask you if you wanted to join? For two more beans they would make you, too, a director, and give you five thousand shares." Mr. Waddington shook his head.
He's a good breed, that we can see; and Jack will be able to sell him if we don't care about keeping him. It was fortunate Betty did not hear this suggestion. Prince was rapidly filling a void in her little heart of which only she perhaps had been dimly conscious. She was a child with strong affections and intense feelings, and a yearning to have some one to love, and to be loved in return.
And hereupon I felt proud that I, too, was a Briton, of the same breed as these mighty ships and the splendid fellows who man them these Keepers of the Seas, who in battle as in tempest do their duty unseen, unheard, because it is their duty.
Mix 'em up, laddie, I said, 'mix 'em up. And he has, by jove. You go into the yard and look at 'em. Beale has turned them out of their crates. There must be one of every breed ever invented." "Where are you going to put them?" "That spot we chose by the paddock. That's the place.
And when there is a delay, or wait, with nothing to do for long minutes, they shoulder together, and stand and sway to the heave of deck, and dream far dreams in those pale, topaz eyes, of a country, I am sure, where mothers, with pale, topaz eyes and sandy hair, birth sons and daughters that breed true in terms of topaz eyes and sandy hair. But the rest of the crew! Take the Maltese Cockney.
Do philosophies tend also to cast those who adopt them into a mould? These were of the self-same breed, indubitably the followers of Antonelli. The men wore their hair long, affected, like their leader, soft felt hats and loose black ties that fell over the lapels of their coats. Loose morals and loose ties!
He receives personally his reward, and he delivers personally his intelligence. We in France know something of the breed. There is still a chance, MES AMIS. These men must cross the sea, and there are ships to be searched and ports to be watched. Believe me, the need is desperate for both France and Britain. Royer's grave good sense seemed to pull us together.
Flowers of the ordinary sorts do well, but delicate plants don't thrive, owing to the coldness of the nights. "Sheep thrive admirably. I saw some very fine pure Southdowns. Other breeds hybrids of Southdowns, merinos, and other stock were also in good condition, and fair in size. Black cattle do well also. The breed is a mixture of English and American, which makes very good beef.
Fane, who gave him to Nell, says it would be bad for him, he might go blind. They're that kind of eyes and need the shield from the light. Mr. Fane knows all about this Maltese breed of dogs." "Is he the same one who painted her portrait?" Dr. Tom deviated from the subject of the dog, over whose eyes the curtain was allowed to drop again. "Yes, he's an artist."
At the same time, by developing in him the workman, they thought to give him a better chance against further dishonouring and degrading his race, than his wretched father had ever had: the breed of Lestranges must, they said, be searched back for generations to find an honest man in it.
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