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Her husband's ideas were hers. If he thought the room was too hot, or that business was slack, she thought the same. Her husband did not care for entertainments, and on holidays he stayed at home. She did likewise. "You are always at home or in the office," her friends said to her. "You should go to the theatre, darling, or to the circus."
Paris itself was full of fascination; then there were wonderful excursions far afield holidays in Brussels, in the South of France, even winter sporting in Switzerland. Aunt Margaret was determined that her nurselings should miss nothing that she could give them.
This would appear to be a simple matter, even in Russia, but it has taken me three weeks to get a teacher. The first to come required a rest, and must decline; the second was recalled by an old employer; the third had too many engagements; the fourth came and then holidays began, as they always do!
His father observed it too, and, after some thinking on the subject, made up his mind that he would allow Bert to finish the spring term at Mr. Garrison's, and then, after the summer holidays, send him to some other school. The winter passed away and spring drew near. Spring is the most dilatory and provoking of all the seasons at Halifax.
The game is so called because each proverb begins with a letter of the Japanese alphabet. Japanese children have many holidays and festivals, and they enjoy themselves very much on these joyous occasions. With their beautiful dresses of silk shining in the sun, a crowd of them looks like a great bed of flowers. Mr.
He knew that death was at hand, and he said, 'He will save me' not from it, but through it 'into His everlasting kingdom. And so in the words of my text we may say though Paul did not mean them so as we see the distance between us, and that certain close, dwindling, dwindling, dwindling: 'Now, as moment after moment ticks itself into the past, 'now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. Children, when they are getting near their holidays, take strips of paper, and tear off a piece as each day passes.
In Egypt, Christian festivals were also regarded to some extent as holidays by the Muhammedan population. We have but to imagine these conditions reversed in a Christian kingdom of the early middle ages and the probability of my theory will become obvious.
At nine they were required to go to bed. There were no vacations and few holidays. Visits to and from parents were prohibited, and letters sent or received had to be submitted to the Intendant. Whoso transgressed received a 'billet', which he took to headquarters. Punishments were numerous, if not very severe, and were sometimes administered by his Highness in person.
"That's our cook," explained Patty. "It's a lovely name," observed Kenneth, "but just a bit lengthy for every-day use." "Oh, it's only for Sundays and holidays," said Patty; "other days we contract it to Mancy." Seated at table in a bright and beautiful restaurant, Patty and her new friend began to chatter like magpies while Mr. Fairfield ordered dinner.
When he gets into the House, he will be heard of. He will perhaps make his mark on Canada." "You and he are old friends?" "Since our student days. I was of course at the French College and he at McGill. But we saw a great deal of each other. He used to come home with me in his holidays." "He told me something of his early life." "Did he?
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