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He became convinced that while the favors of the State lay in Bute's hands they would only be given to Tories, and more especially to Tories who were also Scotchmen. If Bute could have known, it would have been a happy hour for him which had seen Wilkes starting for the Golden Horn or sailing for the St. Lawrence.
I'm ready to start again. I will organize a company of town builders, not brewery builders. You must not look for favors in a whisky-ridden place like this. There'll be no saloon to rule our town." Virginia listened interestedly but not understandingly. "What of this?" Jacobs continued. "I have some means. I'm waiting for more. I'll invest them in Grass River.
"David has blue eyes the bluest I ever saw," observed Polly. "He probably favors his father," replied Mrs. Jocelyn. The Doctor's entrance put a stop to the talk, and presently Polly said good-bye, and went upstairs. Not many days afterwards she was sent with a message to Mrs. Jocelyn's nurse, and the little lady caught sight of her at the door. "Can't you come in and stay a while?" she called.
By these gifts, his revenues almost equalled those of the crown; and he squandered them in a style of unparalleled extravagance. He dressed in purple and gold, supported a train of eight hundred persons, and built Hampton Court. He was the channel through which the royal favors flowed.
The gentlemen of the colonies were leaders; but if they accepted too many of the governor's favors or voted for too many of that officer's measures, they found themselves left out of the assemblies by their independent constituents. The power over territory, the right to grant wild lands, was also peculiar to the New World, and led to a special set of difficulties.
Malicious tongues have whispered that this is all ye have to expect from me; but I tell you, that if we conquer, fresh favors will be shown to you and your descendants; I shall call you the supporters of my throne. Ye are fighting to-day, not for me alone, but for the freedom of your own distant homes.
Men, with their families wives, sons, and daughters work for themselves, on their farms, in their houses, and in their shops, taking the whole product to themselves, and asking no favors of capital on the one hand, nor of hired laborers or slaves on the other.
The consideration for these favors was the sum of three millions of dollars to be expended, with the approval of the Secretary of State of the United States, in paying the public debt of Nicaragua and for other public purposes to be agreed on by the two contracting parties.
"So if you have a picture, I wish you'd show it to me." "I haven't any." "Is that right?" "That's right. I've only seen her two or three times, and she isn't the kind that distributes her favors." "So it seems. And yet you're just the kind of figure to catch a girl's eye. She likes you I could see that, but you've got a good opinion of yourself. You're an educated man do you intend to marry her?"
There is likewise here a young American, named A , who has been at a German University, and favors us with descriptions of his student life there, which seems chiefly to have consisted in drinking beer and fighting duels. He shows a cut on his nose as a trophy of these combats. He has with him a dog of St.
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