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Quack flying in front of me on swift, strong wings, and there never was a swifter, stronger flier or a handsomer Duck than Mr. Quack, and then all in the wink of an eye he was tumbling helplessly down, down to the water below, and I was flying on alone, for the other Ducks turned off, and I don't know what became of them. I couldn't stop to see what became of Mr.
Lewin always begins her speeches with 'Eh, gud! or 'What devil! But I hope I shall be handsomer than mother" concluded Papillon, in a tone which implied a poor opinion of the maternal charms.
The festival was in honour of our Lady of Conception; and, when the people learnt that Penna had on board an image of the saint handsomer than their own, they put off in their canoes to borrow it; Marcellino taking charge of the doll, covering it carefully with a neatly-bordered white towel.
The old woman had seen the Irish giant, and "though he was a fine man," he was nothing to this woman, "for he was round, and could not have stepped out so soldierly"; "she was like Mrs. " a stately lady of the neighbourhood, "but she had no stomach on her, and was slight and broad in the shoulders, and was handsomer than any one you ever saw; she looked about thirty."
The queen, who also hated Leander, because he was handsomer than her son, replied that she had long looked upon him as a traitor, and therefore would willingly consent to his death. To which purpose she advised Furibon to go a-hunting with some of his confidants, and contrive it so that Leander should make one of the party.
"Never saw so many pretty girls under one roof in my life!" exclaimed Tom; "I'm over head and ears in love with every one of them." "`There's luck in odd numbers, cried Rory O'More," answered Desmond; "to my fancy, the girl I last danced with is handsomer than any of them.
"One had his leg broke, and the others were scratched something awful but perhaps they weren't careful!" "Say, we want to see beautiful Stackport," said one of the touts, clambering into the front seat beside Grace. "Get out of that and give your place to a handsomer man," cried another, trying to pull him out by the legs.
He had already gone some distance, when he gave a great flap! The sun shone upon his grand plumage, and his head and neck were stretched forth proudly. There was power in it, and dash! "After all, he's handsomer than any of them," said stork-mamma to herself; "but I won't tell him so." Early in that autumn the Viking came home, laden with booty, and bringing prisoners with him.
Is it true that, when we look so anxiously for help from others, the virtue has gone out of ourselves? I should hope not. As I leave Dublin, the houses grow larger and handsomer; and as I draw near the Avenue, the Mansard-roofs look down upon me with their dormer- windows, and welcome me back to the American community.
But in her heart there had always rankled a secret jealousy when she thought of The Gaffs. It had been there since she could remember a feeling cherished secretly, too, by her husband: for in everything their one idea had been that Westmoreland should surpass The Gaffs, that it should be handsomer, better kept, more prosperous, more famous. Now, Westmoreland was gone this meant the last of it.
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