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"The arrow will only make him blind," said the Símúrgh, "but he who spills the blood of Isfendiyár will never be free from calamity during his whole life. The Kazú-tree has also this peculiar quality: an arrow made of it is sure to accomplish its intended errand it never misses the aim of the archer."
"S-seen your gal Alvy seen your gal?" Mr. Hopkins gave a glance at Wetherell. "Will don't talk," said Jethro, and resumed his inspection through the lace curtains of what was going on in the street. "Cassandry's, got him to go," said Mr. Hopkins. "It's all fixed, as sure as Sunday. If it misses fire, then I'll never mention the governorship again.
The reason, though, was, naturally, what puzzled them and, for the matter of that, the whole school. Did Bourne expect his team to play footer as though it were a game of croquet? Were drawing-room manners to be introduced on to the Acres' clay? Were the famous eleven of St. Amory's to amble about, like a swarm of bread-and-butter misses? One wit suggested wadded coats and respirators.
"Oh!" breathed Billy, assured of the other's sanity, "you mean Old '61 practicing! That's the way he does he's learning to march through Georgia without the organ, but he misses a step or two sometimes. That was the picture, was it?" "It was a beautiful one," Laura Ann said softly. "You needn't tell me you can't paint, Billy!
Over a deep ravine looked the little town that was the mother of the place, and altogether it was enclosed, silent, and secure. "The fish that misses the hook regrets the worm." If this is not a Chinese proverb it ought to be.
They are all sleepy, but the business on hand will soon cure them of this. They stand by. The helm is put down, and quickly the Chrysolite veers round in process of reaching the other tack. Will she do it? No! She trembles almost in the teeth of the wind, misses stays, and falls off again on to the old tack.
But he misses. Nacherally, I abandons them marital intentions for what you-all might call the "nonce" to sort o' look over my hand ag'in an' see be I right. Do my best I can't on earth discern no reasons ag'in the nuptials.
He is the only man on the town site whom we are afraid to tease, because he is our chief source of news; for if we ruffle his temper he sees to it that our paper misses the details of the next chicken-raid that comes under his notice. He can bring us to time in short order. When we particularly desire to please him we refer to him as "the authorities."
His manners are charming." "I am sorry you are missing him so much," Burton said. "A girl," Edith declared, with her head in the air, "naturally misses the small attentions to which she is accustomed from her fiancé." "If there is anything an unworthy substitute can do," Burton began, "Nice girls do not accept substitutes for their fiancés," Edith interrupted, ruthlessly.
If there BE such let them pardon me I, for one, my dear Heeltap, will be among you on Friday night ay, and hereby invite all pretty Tory Misses, who are in want of a partner. "I am here in the very midst of good things, you know, and we old folks like A SUPPER after a dance. Please to accept a brace of bucks and a turtle, which come herewith.
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