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We affected with mild philosophy to study a situation that not only did not require study but scarcely permitted it by candid souls. But we affected to agree that something must be done, which sounded very well indeed.

So many men appeal to a minister with some such formula on their lips, and at times with a calculated timidity, that at the first blush of his request I was inclined to bid him come to me at the proper time; and to remove to another part of the room. But curiosity, playing the part of his advocate, found so much that was candid in his manner that I hesitated. "What is it?" I said stiffly.

"I am afraid there has been an accident," he said with concern when he saw Diavolo's head tied up in a handkerchief. "Oh, no, thank you, sir," that young gentleman assured him. "It is only a scratch." "I did it," said the candid Angelica; "and it looked unpleasant, so I tied it up." "Oh," the bishop ejaculated, glancing inquiringly at his wife and daughter. "You wanted to see me?"

Every candid mind however must acknowledge that the language of the Constitution is clear and explicit.

From this conclusion, no candid mind can dissent; but in this conclusion we have a general answer to the question before us, "What constitutes the mark of the beast?" We now inquire what that change is.

"Indeed," he himself says, "he is a lamb, an excellent, worthy man whom I esteem and am very fond of." An improvised tete-a-tete may probably prove effective with this gentle, candid and tender spirit.

Other information on the subject of the finances will be found in the report of the Secretary of the Treasury, to whose statements and views I invite your most candid and considerate attention. The reports of the Secretaries of War and of the Navy are herewith transmitted.

Whether or not if I may be quite candid it was a blessing either for India or for Great Britain that this great responsibility fell upon us, whatever the ultimate destiny and end of all this is to be, at any rate I know of no more imposing and momentous transaction than the government of India by you and those like you.

He was then about nineteen or twenty: he was all vivacity, presumption, and paradox; he was enthusiastic in support of his opinions; but he was at the same time the most candid man in the world, for there was no set of tenets which could be called exclusively his: he adopted in liberal rotation every possible absurdity; and, to do him justice, defended each in its turn with the most ingenious arguments that could be devised, and with a flow of words which charmed the ear, if not the sense.

She is hardly a relation at all; so little, in fact, that I was not in the least surprised to have no answer to my letter. I expected as much." "H'm! you spent your postage for nothing, then. H'm! you are candid, however and that is commendable. H'm! Mrs. Epanchin oh yes! a most eminent person. I know her. As for Mr.