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Willis had an extensive connection; this, and his well-known talents, made him tolerably sure of a situation whenever he chose to seek one. He had luxurious tastes, and thoroughly appreciated self-indulgence; so he determined to devote some time and a portion of his perquisites to relaxation before going into harness again.
At an early hour, the doors were thrown open for all who chose to come. The committee of critics had ample time given them for their decision, and at one o'clock this was to be announced. Although Dennis went rather early, he found that Christine was there before him. She stood with Professor and Mrs. Leonard, Mr.
"No, I don't think I'll trouble to do so; give me any numbers just as they come." "Very good; here is the list you can choose from." He chose numbers to the amount of three thousand francs, and then asked me for a piece of paper to write an acknowledgment. "Why so? I can't do business that way, as I only dispose of my tickets for cash."
The place he chose was between the leaves of a book. He would push a pin far in out of sight, and then go after another. A match he always tried to put in a crack, under the baseboard, between the breadths of matting, or under my rockers. He first placed it, and then tried to hammer it out of sight. He could seldom get it in far enough to suit him, and this worried him.
He could not tell Ethel what he knew of those women and their history. She chose not to understand his hints did not, very likely, comprehend them. She was quite young, and the stories of such lives as theirs had never been told before her. She was indignant at the surveillance which Lord Kew exerted over her, and the authority which he began to assume.
I waited for her to add what news she chose. "It seems," she said, "that my husband has a cousin, a pupil of Mrs. Frothingham's. You can imagine!" "I can imagine Mrs. Frothingham may lose a pupil." "No; my husband says his Uncle Archibald always was a fool. But how can anyone be so narrow! He seemed to take Mrs. Frothingham as a personal affront."
You will recall that there was a county in Germany named Brandenburg, whose count was one of the seven electors who chose the emperor. The capital of this county was Berlin. It so happened that a number of Counts of Brandenburg, of the family of Hohenzollern, had been men of ambition and ability. The little county had grown by adding small territories around it.
"I therefore opened my desk, intending to choose among my old papers and destroy the majority of them. "At first I was bewildered by this array of documents, yellowed by age, then I chose one. "Oh! if you cherish life, never disturb the burial place of old letters!
There was still an hour before the time when he would have to take his part in the business of the evening. He determined to walk off his excitement, and chose the way along the edge of the river. It was now quite dark. The stars were shining in the sky and lamps were twinkling in the windows.
Within a month we had settled down to business and were incorporated, with Barrett as president, and Gifford, who chose his own job, resident manager and superintendent. The secretary-treasurership, combined under one office head, fell to me.
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