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It was a case of fighting the devil with fire; for had Nickleby not believed that he was dealing with men who were as greedy as himself they would never have succeeded in uncovering the evidence they were after.
He was not new at the trade and was confined some little time. But to return to M. le Duc d'Orleans. His curiosity, joined to a false idea of firmness and courage, had early led him to try and raise the devil and make him speak.
But if your worship looks into it, you will see it was your worship alone that put me on to this business of governing; for I know no more about the government of islands than a buzzard; and if there's any reason to think that because of my being a governor the devil will get hold of me, I'd rather go Sancho to heaven than governor to hell."
Where's the other one?" He came up and stood quite close to her so close that Val took a step backward. He did not speak loud, but there was something in his tone, in his look, that drove the little remaining color from her face. "Manley," she said, with a catch of the breath, "why did you do that horrible thing? What devil possessed you? "I asked you 'where is that other calf'? Where is it?
"Aw, what's the use o' trying to educate you guys?" "You swallowed a mosquito just now, but I cannot swallow that devil bug," Pedro grinned. Tim rumbled something, solaced himself with a cigarette, then squatted and joined the others in their frugal breakfast of coffee and chibeh a handful of farinha mixed with water in a gourd.
The night cab comes down by the run, the night cabman tumbles off, breaking his nose or neck, as it may happen, and you drive off as if the devil kicked you.
You may be all at peace, but perhaps the devil has lulled you asleep into a carnal lethargy and security, and will endeavor to keep you there till he gets you to hell, and there you will be awakened; but it will be dreadful to be awakened and find yourselves so fearfully mistaken when the great gulf is fixt, when you will be calling to all eternity for a drop of water to cool your tongue and shall not obtain it.
Once the devil pretended to be dead, that he might see whether his people regretted him. They instantly set up a loud wail, and wept three tears each for him, at which he was so pleased, that he jumped up among them, and hugged in his arms those who had been most obstreperous in their sorrow.
It isn't as it he's a philosopher, or tries to solve the riddle of existence. And he's got money of his own." Thus thinking, he fell asleep. Meanwhile Rickie hurried away from him, and slackened and stopped, and hurried again. He was due at the Union in ten minutes, but he could not bring himself there. He dared not meet Miss Pembroke: he loved her. The devil must have planned it.
"The world is indeed wicked and wretched, and one must despair of it, or consider it a merry jest, with which the devil tickles our noses.
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