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Well, my dear Sir, I have been pleased against my will, I could almost say; for I must own I went out in very ill humour, which I think you cannot wonder at: but the music and the singing were charming; they soothed me into a pleasure the most grateful, the best suited to my present disposition in the world. I hope to persuade Mrs. Mirvan to go again on Saturday. I wish the opera was every night.
That he was weary of polemics, and dissatisfied with himself for letting them distract him from better things, appears from his last pathetic letter to the old friend he loved and valued most, Mendelssohn. "And in truth, dear friend, I sorely need a letter like yours from time to time, if I am not to become wholly out of humor.
What she gave Ray Limbert her fine, abundant needs made him then and ever pay for; but the gift was liberal, almost wonderful an assertion I make even while remembering to how many clever women, early and late, his work has been dear. The greatest strangeness was that she didn't want him to do something different.
His farewell to Miss Delande impressed that thrifty dame with the golden fortunes which had descended upon her sister. "Should you return to India, Major," she sibillated, "I will give you a confidential letter to Justine, for I know there is no one more fitted to remain in charge of sweet Nadine than my dear sister!"
By the end of the week she had not only finished the portion she had been expected to write, but also much of what Ellen was to have done; and the parts were distributed among the children. There were still wanting, however, the opening address and a dialogue, both of which Ellen had completed. "Oh, dear," cried Marion, "that address of Ellen's is so pretty and appropriate!
A pretty thing, for young ladies to be accepting offers while papa is out of the way. Eh, Laura? Amy knew this was a manifestation of extreme delight; but it was not very pleasant to Laura. 'So you have made a conquest! proceeded Mr. Edmonstone; 'and I heartily wish you joy of it, my dear.
'That she will never do, said I; 'a more resolute little maiden never yet had right upon her side; although it was a mere accident. I might have said the same thing myself, and she was hard upon you, mother dear. After this, we said no more, at least about that matter; and little Ruth, the next morning, left us, in spite of all that we could do.
There was too great a stake at issue between those two that they should ever love each other very cordially. As long as one man keeps another out of twenty thousand a year, the younger must be always hankering after the crown, and the wish must be the father to the thought of possession. Thank Heaven, there was no thought of money between me and our dear mother, Laura."
Do you remember her my dear Thomas?" "Not distinctly," he replied; "something of a pale, handsome woman comes occasionally like a dream of my childhood to my imagination a graceful woman, with auburn hair, and a melancholy look, I think."
I paid a visit to my old friend John Brown the other day, as I thought he would be able to tell me something about the harvest feasts of bygone days. He is a dear old man of some seventy-eight summers, though somewhat of the laudator temporis acti school; but what good-nature and sense of humour there is in the good, honest face!
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