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He admires England, but he does not love her; for we admire things with reasons, but love them without reasons. He admires England because she is strong, not because she is English. There is no harshness in saying this, for, to do him justice, he avows it with his usual picturesque candour. In a very interesting poem, he says that "If England was what England seems" "How quick we'd chuck 'er!
He thinks that over for awhile, like it was a new proposition, and then he says, quiet and easy, "I'm not at all sure, you see, that I am satisfied." "Why not chuck it then and make another grab?" says I. "It's good luck sometimes to shake the bag." He swings his shoulders up at that, and say, he's got a good pair, all right! but he don't say a word.
"Old fellow!" exclaimed Lans, taking the cushions from the window-seat and tossing them back again from where he stood in the middle of the room; "never place sofa pillows chuck 'em! Only by so doing can you give that free and easy grace that distinguishes a Frat cosy corner from a drawingroom torture chamber." Every cushion that Treadwell tossed seemed to strike with a thud on Sandy's heart.
He wore a muffler so tightly packed between his neck and the collar of his uniform jacket, that it appeared materially to impair his respiration. His face possessed a bluish tinge, suggestive of asphyxia, and his watery eyes protruded remarkably; his breathing was noisily audible. "No, chuck it, mister!" he exclaimed. "I'm only tellin' you 'cause it ain't my line to play tricks on the police.
"I see no mist; moreover, the Cordillera is visible a hundred miles away, and by good rights we should not be more than thirty or forty miles from the coast." "It's the fault of your compass, then. The darned thing is all wrong. Better chuck it overboard and have done with it." "If you do, I'll chuck you overboard. The compass is quite correct.
The hermit looked in defiance round the listening circle. "'You're chuck full of sorrow now, I said to McMann, 'but it won't last long. He shook his head. 'Nonsense, I told him. 'Look at me. Do you see me doing a heart-bowed-down act under the palms? Do you find anything but joy in my face? And he couldn't, the lie unfolding itself in such splendor to me. 'You? he asked. 'Me, I said.
I saw nothing in the background. What'll you have to eat? There seems to be enough in the pocket-book which I ought to empty and chuck to buy up several lunch-rooms, with the Waldorf thrown in for good measure. "'How much? I asked. "'Not now, he whispered, 'not now. Wait until we get out. The proprietor is looking at us. Here's coffee, and pie, and sandwiches ice cream oh, anything you like!
Look out fur yourself, fur it's likely that the Yankees have posted sentries all along the river, and if they chuck you into the guard-house, there's no telling when they will turn you loose. It might put you to some trouble to prove that you aint a Confederate spy. And when you get into Middle River t'other side of Plymouth, you will find a friend on the bank who will tell you what to do."
"Chuck racing!" he said again. "Jake, you're mad!" "No, I guess not," said Jake imperturbably. "I'm not arguing any against racing. Played straight, it's the best game in the world. I'm just asking a personal favour of you. There's nothing to be hurt about in that." There was an ominous gleam in Bunny's eyes.
Old lady Chia, and the whole party were greatly amused; so much so, that they could not check themselves. "I wonder," shouted goody Liu smiling, "what blessings I have brought upon my head that such honours are conferred upon it to-day!" "Don't you yet pull them away," they all laughed, "and chuck them in her face! She has got you up in such a way as to make a regular old elf of you!"