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This generosity seemed neither to surprise nor satisfy Raoul. "According to our agreement," he said sullenly, "I was to have more than this." "Of course: this is only part of your share." "And when am I to have the rest, if you please?" "The day I marry Madeleine, and not before, my boy.
General Scott, however, by his kindness and generosity, won the confidence of the Indians, and was not compelled to resort to any act of violence. Twenty-four thousand five hundred and ninety-four were removed, two hundred and thirty-six having lost their lives on the steamboat Monmouth. Only seven hundred and forty-four remained east of the Mississippi River.
Upon which, contenting himself with one half of Bagshot's share, so that he had three parts in four of the whole, he took leave of his companion and retired to rest. The next morning when our hero waked he began to think of paying a visit to Miss Tishy Snap, a woman of great merit and of as great generosity; yet Mr.
"Well did he say that, had this good knight fallen by my mandate, I should have wished the deed undone though it had cost me a limb. A limb! I should have wished it undone had it cost me my life -since the world would have said that Richard had abused the condition in which the heir of Scotland had placed himself by his confidence in his generosity."
It was impossible, therefore, to bring Nelson to a court-martial, composed of men who agreed with him in opinion upon the point in dispute; and luckily, though the admiral wanted vigour of mind to decide upon what was right, he was not obstinate in wrong, and had even generosity enough in his nature to thank Nelson afterwards for having shown him his error.
"That sort of generosity is nothing," she said. "With you men it is different. You are all risking something. You are actually helping, while I must sit still and wait. I hope, Father," she said, smiling, "it is not wrong for me to wish I were a man." "Wrong!" exclaimed Kalonay, in a tone of mock dismay; "of course it's wrong. It's wicked."
I consider the treatment I have received under your roof, as one almost uninterrupted scene of kindness and generosity. I shall never forget my obligations to you, and will never betray them. "I remain, Sir, "Your most grateful, respectful, "and dutiful servant, Such was my employment of the evening of a day which will be ever memorable in the history of my life. Mr.
"But that is right! that is generous!" exclaimed Laetitia, glad to approve him for the sake of escaping her critical soul, and relieved by the idea of Clara's difficulty solved. "Capable of generosity, perhaps," he mused, aloud. She wounded him by not supplying the expected enthusiastic asseveration of her belief in his general tendency to magnanimity.
He is helping us to struggle for that which is our own; but he would mar his generosity if he put a taint on that which he is endeavouring to restore to us." "Put a taint, mamma!" "Yes; a taint would rest upon your rank if you as Lady Anna Lovel were familiar with Daniel Thwaite as with an equal. His father understands it, and will speak to him." "Mamma, Daniel will be very angry."
Shroth what they thought of such generosity until she found herself blushing with pleasure. "It's such a little thing," she said, as she stood on the porch to say good-bye to them, "that I feel almost guilty to take thanks for it. Good luck." The girls went on down the street with singing hearts and a warm sense of friendliness and love for all their fellow beings.
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