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"I was aye sure ye was for fair play, my lord." "It's little enough I've ever had," said the marquis. "Sae lang's we gie plenty, my lord, it maitters less hoo muckle we get. A'body likes to get it." "That doctrine won't carry you far, my lad." "Far eneuch, gien 't cairry me throu', my lord." "How absolute the knave is!" said his lordship good humouredly.
Rise, and please tell thy friend the exact matter." Hugh answered, "Good father, and my most kind nurser, the law of sin and death in my members troubles me even to the death, and except I have thy wonted help, thy lad will even die." "Yes, I will help thee."
Talbot, lad, you shouldn't plunge so deep into the mysteries of being." After this there was another silence, and then Talbot looked up at Brooke with her deep, dark glance, and began to speak in a calm voice, which, however, did not fail to thrill through the heart of Brooke as he listened. "Brooke," said she, "you have your own way.
If we had been coming home after a voyage it might have been different. One or two sails were blown to shreds, but the old ship behaved nobly." "I wish I had not been so ill," said Mark thoughtfully. "So do I, my lad; but why do you speak so?" "Because I should have liked to be on deck." "Ah! well, you need not regret your sickness, for you would not have been on deck.
She had scarcely recovered herself even when, after prolonged efforts, she succeeded in restoring animation to the prostrate figure under her hands. The heavy eyes opening met hers in piteous appeal and protest. "I thowt it wur death comn," said the lad. "I wur hopin' as it wur death." "What ha' yo' done as yo' need wish that?" said.
Don Tomas Castro, the doctor's wife, and others, declared they recognised the features of this lad in the portrait of the Claimant; and being shown two daguerreotype portraits of Roger Tichborne, taken in Chili when he was there, said that the features were not like those of any person they had ever known.
Why, lad, who but thy own mother would a' done for thee what I have? And thou never thinking of it all these years! Blind lad!" "Good God!" said George. "And if I had only known that before, how differently I'd have gone on. How I'd have sneaked and truckled, and fetched and carried for him! Bah, it's enough to drive one mad. All this hide-and-seek work don't pay, old woman.
Caw! caw! caw! caw! caw! caw! Ain't I a crow? And where's the scare-crow? There he stands; two bones stuck into a pair of old trowsers, and two more poked into the sleeves of an old jacket." "Wonder if he means me? complimentary poor lad! I could go hang myself. Any way, for the present, I'll quit Pip's vicinity.
"Well, I'll think about it," said Sir Morton; and when Master Rayburn walked home that day, Ralph bore him company part of the way, and chatted the matter over with him. "I'm getting ashamed of your father, Ralph, lad. He has plenty of weapons of war, and he could arm a strong party, and yet he does nothing." "I wish he would," said the lad.
The lad was still living with his mother under the rich widow's roof, and only spent his working days at the governor's house, he was industrious and clever during office hours, though between whiles he busied himself with things altogether foreign to his future calling.
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