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He knew the qualities of the famous bruisers of the time, cited fisty names, whose owners were then to be seen all over an admiring land in prints; in the glorious defensive-offensive attitude, England's own Touch me, if you dare! with bullish, or bull-dog, or oak-bole fronts for the blow, handsome to pugilistic eyes. The young tutor had lighted on a pet theme of Mr.

I came unsalaried, but this want is now happily repaired, and I am anxious that you and all my friends should know that, though uncheered by letter, I have stuck to the task which my friend Sir Roderick Murchison set me with "John Bullish" tenacity, believing that all would come right at last. The watershed of South Central Africa is over seven hundred wiles in length.

Up jumped the girl and down fell the hand. She seemed to hear herself excusing herself and explaining her rashness to Sadie: "I couldn't stand it. I wouldn't! I didn't care what happened." "What's the matter?" he asked, blustering, his face now very red. He kept his seat and looked up at her with a bullish stare. "Nothing is the matter, Mr. Meggison," she said.

He knew the qualities of the famous bruisers of the time, cited fisty names, whose owners were then to be seen all over an admiring land in prints; in the glorious defensive-offensive attitude, England's own Touch me, if you dare! with bullish, or bull-dog, or oak-bole fronts for the blow, handsome to pugilistic eyes. The young tutor had lighted on a pet theme of Mr.

"How many pairs of laces have you sold this morning?" he asked. "Nary a pair, charitable sir," returned the beggar. "Speaking of shoe-laces," said the plain-clothes man, "what is your opinion of head-gear?" "Bullish," said the beggar. "Straw hats will be worn next winter." The eyes of both men sparkled with a curious exhilaration.

Weather derivatives have taken off during the recent volatility in gas and electricity prices in the USA. The bullish outlook of some re-insurers notwithstanding, the market is tiny less than $1 billion annually and illiquid. Risk transfer, risk trading and the refinancing of risk are at the forefront of current economic thought.

He had read the French tragic poets and Moliere; he could even relish the Gallic-classic 'Qu'il mourut! and he spoke French passably, being quite beyond the Bullish treatment of the tongue. Writing a letter in French was a different undertaking. The one he projected bore no resemblance to an ordinary letter.

It was the rumour of the day, and before very long the pit traders began to receive a multitude of despatches countermanding selling orders, and directing them not to close out trades under certain very advanced quotations. The brokers began wiring their principals that the market promised to open strong and bullish. But by now it was near to half-past nine.

He could read, or he could understand what was read aloud to him; reading was no pleasure, but listening was. Besides, he had a true John Bullish interest in the war, without very well knowing what the English were fighting for. But in those days, so long as they fought the French for any cause, or for no cause at all, every true patriot was satisfied.

Warmed by his Bullish victory, and friendly to the vanquished, the pork-butcher told Skepsey he should like to see more of him, and introduced himself on a card Benjamin Shaplow, not far from the Bank.