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Not by those knowing, esteeming not by him who loves you, and would, with his name, would, with his whole strength, envelop, shield ... certainly, certainly not. 'It is on my parents? she said. 'But to me nothing, nothing, quite nought! To confound the innocent with the guilty!... and excuses may exist. We know but how little we know!
I wouldn't have done such a thing at Eton." "I had a flush of them," I said eagerly. "And I meant to lead ace, and then get trumps out. But I put down queen by mistake." "You can make what excuses you like, Hamlyn," said the Major. "But the fact remains the same. There is one great fault in your character, the greatest fault I know of, and which you ought to study to correct.
God forgive those of my friends who have acted cruelly by me! But their faults are their own, and not excuses for mine. And mine began early: for I ought not to have corresponded with him. This last evil, although the remote, yet sure consequence of my first my prohibited correspondence! by a father early prohibited.
Not that that's an excuse!" "I'm not worrying about excuses. It's explanations I need, I had my own theories thinking it all over and wondering whether it would be you or a stranger I should find. The name was the one thing I had to go on: 'O'Malley' and its likeness to Ommalee. That was the way I heard your name pronounced, you know, when we met. I was coming back to see you and make sure.
How would he receive him upon his arrival?... What excuses could he give his father for his presence in Naples?... He trembled, recalling the image of his scowling brow and angry eyes. On the following day a sudden self-confidence replaced this uneasiness.
As to the other supposed natural disabilities which your wise men used to make so much of as excuses for keeping women in economic subjection, they have ceased to involve any physical disturbance whatever. "And the end of this physical rebuilding of the feminine physique is not yet in view.
He was unable to communicate with you before, as he had some difficulty in getting together the facts that you desired. He excuses himself for writing in English, as his knowledge of French is very slight." "What information does he send?" asked the blind man. "I have not come to that yet, sir," replied Perrine.
"Yes, it's too bad: one hates to have one's faith in human nature all balled out this way; but you never know what kind of a fact you're going ping up against where a woman is concerned." Something in the Senator's look stopped Bat mid-way. "Brydges, I thought I told you never to meddle with the damphool who makes excuses for what he's going to do.
As it is, I am hardly fit to be seen; and while I am aware that your good lady excuses me, knowing the circumstances under which I took shelter with you, yet, to strangers I would appear rather ludicrous, clad in those ill-fitting garments."
He might have seen, or conjectured, a conquest he had not sought; and hence, with manly delicacy, he had avoided naming Susan to Lucretia; and now, perhaps, sought the excuses which at times had chafed and wounded her for not joining the household circle.
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