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But I tempered myself very well, so as that though we went to bed with discontent she yielded to me and began to be fond, so that being willing myself to peace, we did before we sleep become very good friends, it being past 12 o'clock, and so with good hearts and joy to rest. 3rd.
I considered myself unfortunate, but not guilty; and this fond persuasion so pacified my alarms, that, by the time I reached Portsmouth, I almost thought as lightly of what I had done, as of the fate of the gallant French dragoon, whom I sabred at Salamanca. But ever and anon, during the course of our long voyage to India, sadder afterthoughts often came upon me.
I forgot to inform him that I had put up the trick, but as he was always fond of a good joke himself, he did not get very angry. I had picked up McCarthy's hat and gun which I returned to him, and it was some time afterwards before he discovered who was at the bottom of the affair. When we returned to Fort McPherson we found there Mr.
What was she doing down there?" "No, it was in old Rollins' room next to mine. I don't know what Pauline was doing there." "What did Pauline do when Aunt Victoria scolded her?" asked Sylvia. She had come to be fond of the pretty young maid with her fat, quick hands and her bright, warm-hearted smile for her mistress' little niece. One day, when Mrs.
That's interesting. Give me that letter. 'Do you think you have the right to speak to me like that? 'Edith, he said rather pathetically, trying to control himself. 'I beg you, I implore you to let me see the letter! Hang it all! You know perfectly well, old girl, how fond I am of you. I may worry you a bit sometimes, but you know my heart's all right.
This lady, during the life of her fond husband, was by his tender care kept from every inclemency of the air, and preserved from every inconvenience that it was possible for human nature to suffer.
Her father was rather proud than fond of her her servants did not love her she had too little consideration for others, too little blandness and suavity to be loved by inferiors she was too learned and too stern to find pleasure in the conversation and society of young ladies of her own age: she had no friends.
That just shows the amount of good the A.S.P.L. is doing in the district. It's making its power felt in every direction." "If Vittie dies " "He won't. That sort of man never does. I'm sorry for the aunt of course. She seemed a quiet, respectable sort of woman and, curiously enough, very fond of Vittie.
And, as if to emphasize more strongly this work of retribution, two months afterwards William Rufus, the Red King, the son of the Conqueror, was slain in the same manner within its leafy shades. William Rufus William II. of England was, like all his Norman ancestors, fond of the chase.
Presently Mark Armsworth came in, and Tom was seen cantering about the garden with a weakly child of eight in his arms. "Mark, the boy's heart cannot be in the wrong place while he is so fond of little children." "If she grows up, doctor, and don't go to join her poor dear mother up there, I don't know that I'd wish her a better husband than your boy." "It would be a poor enough match for her."
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