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Stand under the window of the upper chamber and whistle; whereupon she will let herself down to thee; then do thou take her and carry her whither thou wilt. He thanked her for her good offices and repeated the following verses, with the tears running down his cheeks: Let censors cease to rail and chide and leave their idle prate: My body's wasted and my heart weary and desolate; And from desertion and distress my tears, by many a chain Of true traditions handed down, do trace their lineage straight.

"Silence," said her father, "one word more will make me chide you, girl! What! an advocate for an impostor! You think there are no more such fine men, having seen only him and Caliban. I tell you, foolish girl, most men as far excel this, as he does Caliban." This he said to prove his daughter's constancy; and she replied, "My affections are most humble. I have no wish to see a goodlier man."

Of the last she spoke humbly, penitently, as though she expected her sister to chide her for her waywardness. But Effie had no thought of chiding her. As she went on to tell of Mrs Lee's illness and of her many cares with the children, she quite unconsciously revealed to her interested listener the history of her own energy and patience of all that she had done and borne during these long months.

I care but little for the vanity of those who would chide me, and am unwilling as well as ashamed to be guilty of anything that would lead you to think 'all is not gold that glitters'; so be no rash in your resolution. It is better to repent now, than to do it in a more solemn hour. Yes, I know what you would say.

"'If they do not pay me well for this great wrong, I shall go down among the dead and give them light, but I will give no light to the living. 'Shine on, O Sun, in the bright sky, said Zeus, 'for I will cut their ship to pieces with a thunder-bolt, as it tosses on a black sea. I could only chide my comrades. I could not think of any sufficient redress, for the cattle were dead.

I care but little for the vanity of those who would chide me, and am unwilling as well as shamed to be guilty of anything that would lead you to think 'all is not gold that glitters'; so be not rash in your resolution. It is better to repent now than to do it in a more solemn hour. Yes, I know what you would say.

Mother and son entered the study, Ensal perceived at once that his mother had something of importance to say to him. "My boy," she began, "I know of the noble purpose that moves in your bosom and have ever been proud of it. I shall not chide you now that it turns your face to the fatherland. But I would have you marry." "No! no! no! mother.

He was an Adams; very definitely an Adams, but, though his ghost may revisit the glimpses of the moon and chide me for saying so, with an English "cut to his jib." No three brothers could be more unlike than Charles Francis, John Quincy and Henry Adams. Brooks Adams I did not know.

The man would certainly rejoice at the transfer; or he must be a greater fool than I take him to be. O but your fierce lover would knock him o' the head I forgot that! What makes me incapable of seriousness when I write about Hickman? Yet the man so good a sort of man in the main! But who is perfect? This is one of my foibles: and it is something for you to chide me for.

He mumbled a few medical terms, felt his pulse, examined the invalid's tongue, unsuccessfully sought to make him speak, prescribed sedatives and rest, promised to return on the morrow and, at the negative sign made by Des Esseintes who recovered enough strength to chide the zeal of his servants and to bid farewell to this intruder, he departed and was soon retailing through the village the eccentricities of this house whose decorations had positively amazed him and held him rooted to the spot.