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Filippo was very humorous in his discourse and very acute in repartee, as he showed when he wished to hit at Lorenzo Ghiberti, who had bought a farm on Monte Morello, called Lepriano, on which he spent twice as much as he gained by way of income, so that he grew weary of this and sold it.

They conducted me to the wood, and the first day I brought in as much upon my head as earned me half a piece of gold, which is the money of that country; for though the wood is not far distant from the town, yet it was very scarce there, for few or none would be at the trouble to go and cut it. I gained a good sum of money in a short time, and repaid my tailor what he had advanced for me.

She took another moment for thought. "It wasn't through anything you did whatever that may have been that she gained her certainty. It was by the conviction she got from me." "Oh it's very handsome," Densher said, "for you to take your share!" "Do you suppose," Kate asked, "that I think of denying it?"

"Well, what can I do for you?" Compassion held open the door through which she gained an entrance, and already Good-will, Kindness and Satisfaction had come in. "Mother is sick," said the child. "A lying vagrant!" exclaimed Suspicion, jarring the merchant's inward ear.

The Apostle Paul had preached and gained little groups of converts in Thessalonica and Philippi and other strongholds of evil, and in the year when Nero became Emperor of Rome, the first words of the New Testament were written. It happened in this way: St. Paul was in Greece, carrying on the war for Christ in the very centre of the idol-worshippers.

She wanted to find out how du Croisier had gained over this deputy public prosecutor, who had acted so promptly and so directly in opposition to the views of the central power.

Their number was few, however; and not one half of the fifteen, who commenced the ascent, ever reached or survived its attainment. Ralph gained the summit just in time to prevent the completion of the foul tragedy by its most appropriate climax.

She had then drifted high on the bank, when he leaped out of her and reached the ground. Though weak and encumbered by his wet clothes, he gained the opposite side of the bank, but on gazing on the dreary beach around him, he considered himself cast away on an uninhabited coast.

The council of state, consisting of eight members, four of whom were already in the secret, was made acquainted with the movements of the new party; and, after a little hesitation, were gained over. The King, meantime, was drawing near to his end. A few days after he had signed the new will he was at the last extremity, and in a few days more he died.

This request was gladly granted, for Nestor was anxious to talk with some one who might be able to tell him something of the movement to the east. He had his own suspicions of the motive of the march, and they were not agreeable ones. The men taken into the boat proved to be ignorant, sullen fellows, and so little information of the kind sought was gained from them.