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In the neighbourhood of Edmonton from three to twelve dollars of gold have frequently been "washed" in a single day by one man; but the miner is not satisfied with what he calls "dirt washing," and craves for the more exciting work in the dry diggings where, if the "strike" is good, the yield is sometimes enormous.
Not long after he had gone, Tobias Platt, the Colonel's serving-man, who performed the duties of butler, valet, and general factotum, entered the hall. "Master Thomas Handscombe, cloth-merchant of London, who has just come down from thence, craves to see Mr Roger Willoughby," he said. "Do you know him?" asked the Colonel of his brother-in-law.
"Well, but," continued the King, striking the paper with his finger as he proceeded, "this bold scroll proceeds to say that our trusty mute is charged with a message from Saladin to the Lady Edith Plantagenet, and craves means and opportunity to deliver it. What thinkest thou of a request so modest ha, Neville?"
"Love o' Lordy," he pleaded, "don't act that way. It's apt to go off go off any time. I know the stuff better'n you do I've dealt in it. Ain't I usin' you square on goods?" "Mebbe so," admitted Mr. Luce. "Fur's you know, you are. But the trouble with me is my disposition. It ain't been made supple yet. If you've got in stock what my appetite craves I may be more supple next time I come."
"You seek news, Doctor Craig." "That is true." "News of one who has long been lost; news concerning a member of our holy order; the dear sister who has consecrated her life to charity, and who, under my fostering care, has long since redeemed her past Sister Magdalen." The words almost unnerve John; he has a feeling that perhaps Heaven means to be kind and allow him the bliss he craves.
Just at this moment that door was quickly opened, and a page appeared. "Your Electoral Highness," was his announcement, "the imperial envoy, Count Martinitz, craves an audience for himself, a special messenger from the Emperor, and his attendant." "Admit his Majesty's envoys," replied Frederick William, as he again crossed the room and seated himself in the armchair before his writing table.
Mother, my stomach craves its matutinal supply I'm in excellent condition for breakfast." "It's ready. Jemmy, you'll Misther Burke, I mane you'll pay for Misther Hycy's mare." "If I do you'll live to see it, that's all. Give the boy his breakwhist." "Thank you, worthy father much obliged for your generosity
Every one will confess that when he had least to do, when mornings came and went, and suns circled, and seasons rolled, and brought no serious business, then time was a burthen; existence a weariness; and the hungry soul, which craves some outward satisfaction, was found fallen back upon itself and preying upon its own vitality. Are not the idlest of men proverbially the most miserable?
But there is no doubt that the chief pleasure of their life in New York was from its quality of foreignness: the flavor of olives, which, once tasted, can never be forgotten. The olives may not be of the first excellence; they may be a little stale, and small and poor, to begin with, but they are still olives, and the fond palate craves them.
The expression in his chief's blue eyes apparently encouraged him. 'But, indeed, Mr. Rogers, the proofs are there. Those moments of sudden strength and joy that visit a man, catching him unawares and unexplained every solitary man and woman knows them, for every solitary man and woman in the world craves first of all to be loved. To love another, others, an impersonal Cause, is not enough.
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