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"Objection, sir!" said the old man; "it will be my pride to prefer him to such a noble gentleman; I will make no terms for him, but leave it to your honour to do for him as he shall deserve." "Very well," said Sir Philip, "you shall be no loser by that; I will charge myself with the care of the young man." The bargain was struck, and Sir Philip purchased a horse for John of the old man.

If the game possessed a weakness, it was the unshaken courage of our troops, who faced the most terrific odds and endured defeat upon defeat with an intrepidity rarely seen on the actual field. An attempt was made to correct this with the dice, but the innovation was so heart-breaking to the loser, and so perpetual a menace to the best-laid plans, that it had perforce to be given up.

I feel an ambition to arise in me of contributing to the instruction of mankind, and of acquiring a name by my inventions and discoveries. These sentiments spring up naturally in my present disposition; and should I endeavour to banish them, by attaching myself to any other business or diversion, I feel I should be a loser in point of pleasure; and this is the origin of my philosophy.

Callender, as became his age and experience, told the young men many clean and amusing stories. Though the clouds were thick about his head he had recovered his poise and his twinkling eye of the good loser.

"I'm sorry, Lyman, but I can't do as you say. We can't will whom we will love. I know you and I would never be happy together." "But perhaps it will come to you." He was no easy loser. "I'll just keep on hoping that some day you'll care for me." "Don't do that. I'm positive, sure, that I'll never love you. You and I were never made for each other." But he refused to accept her answer as final.

This offer, coming from one who had been a heavy loser by his father's bankruptcy, was highly appreciated, and the young student had allowed no false delicacy to prevent his acceptance of the generous proposal, though with a stipulation to repay all sums, with interest.

He sought out and entertained scores of mediums, psychics, sensitives, inspiritual speakers, and natural healers all were welcome at his hearth. He might have been called, and was called, "the prey of harpies," but, as his interests now were in these matters, and as he had the means wherewithal to amuse himself, surely he was not a loser.

We have an opportunity of judging how far it would be convenient or agreeable to do so, in the conduct of some soi-disant contemners of forms; we perceive that such contempt is equally the offspring of selfishness with slavish regard: it is only the exchange of the selfishness of vanity for the selfishness of indolence and pride, and the world is the loser by the exchange.

Severne," said Fanny, apropos of a church on a hill they were admiring, "did you get your winnings?" "My winnings! You are sarcastical." "Am I? Really I did not intend to be." "No, no; forgive me; but that did seem a little cruel. Miss Dover, I was a heavy loser." "Not while we were there. The lady and gentleman who played with your money won, oh, such a deal!" "The devil they did!" "Yes.

"Dat's anudder member of de gang," the bell-boy replied. "Dat's Mr. Rabiner. He quit a big loser about one o'clock dis mornin'." Abe handed his informant a dime. "Take me to his room," he said. The bell-boy led the way to the seventh floor and conducted Abe to the door of Rabiner's room. "Dat's a pretty said spiel dat guy is tearin' off," he commented. "It makes me tink of a dago funeral."