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I've a tidy stable, some nice shooting, a good trout-stream, and then I should have the prettiest wife in the county. 'Happy dog! Yours is the real philosophy of life. The fellows who are realistic enough to reckon up the material elements of their happiness who have little to speculate on and less to unbelieve they are right.
I think she was profoundly happy exploring the garden, making friends with the cows and horses, feeding the rabbits and chickens, and "playing at haunted castles" in the barn. Her vigour and daring when we climbed trees together were the objects of my constant admiration.
I got that copy of Treasure Island out of the library this morning, because you were telling me about it, and right there in the middle of it was your plaguy old two buckarinos!" Just for a minute I looked at him and I knew it was just like he said, because he was laughing he was so blamed happy about it. Oh, boy, didn't I feel good! "How in the dickens did it get there?" he said.
Planting cabbages, and presiding at a day-school: one son plodding in a pleader's office another cast in an election for an hospital physician a third encountering a plague in the West Indies. I give you joy!" No wonder the commissioner exulted, for he had not only provided thus rapidly for his sons, but he had besides happy expectations for himself.
"I felt the resentment in your eyes then I doubted I thought I must be mistaken because WHY should it be?" "It was because you looked so happy. Oh, you'll agree with me now that I AM a hateful beast to hate another woman just because she was happy, and when her happiness didn't take anything from me! That was why I never went to see you.
If this is a sincere confession, we can only wonder at the height of self-deception attainable by the human mind; if, however, it is meant as a justification, we cannot but be surprised at the want of skill displayed by the generally so clever advocate. In fact, George Sand has in no instance been less happy in defending her conduct and in setting forth her immaculate virtuousness.
Saltram," she faltered, after a troubled pause; "so ready to help me in my perplexities, I only wish you would allow me to be of some use to you in yours, if you have any perplexities; and I suppose everybody has, of some kind or other. I should be so proud if you would give me your confidence so proud and happy!"
Let him take heed to himself, and see to it that he run not after gold, nor set his trust on money, but let the gold run after him, and money wait on his favor, and let him love none of these things nor set his heart on them; then he is the true, generous, wonderworking, happy man, as Job xxxi says: "I have never yet: relied upon gold, and never yet made gold my hope and confidence."
There was a militant strain in her bright nature; she was really the "Happy Warrior"
He quietly laid one hand on her forehead and said pleadingly: "Olga, dear sister, if you had died without becoming reconciled to me, I should never have felt satisfied or happy, and I thank God you have been spared to us; spared to allow me an opportunity of explaining some thirds which, misunderstood, have caused you to hate me.
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