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'Let me see, said the legal authority. 'What was I a-saying, gentlemen? 'I think you was remarkin' as you wouldn't have no objection to another o' the same, Sir, said Mr. Weller, with grave facetiousness. 'Ha, ha! laughed Mr. Pell. 'Not bad, not bad. A professional man, too!

The next important case was that of a negro named Lewis. He 'had formerly, says Mr Sharp's biographer, 'been a slave in possession of a Mr Stapylton, who now resided at Chelsea.

"Yes ah yes. Three times." "But why in the world do you go to such an outlandish place as that three times?" "Oh, on research work, connected with my ah profession. There are some very interesting remains in that section." "What did you say your business your profession was, Mr. Bangs?" "I am an archaeologist, Miss Phipps." "Oh!" He went to his room soon afterwards.

Pulitzer's view of our respective spheres of greatest utility; but it was often disturbed by one or another of us going on sick leave or falling a victim to the weather when we were at sea. Subject to such chances Pollard always read to Mr. Pulitzer during his breakfast hour, and Mann during his siesta, while the reading after dinner was pretty evenly divided between Pollard, Paterson, and myself.

Harry was going to stay all night with the sick animals, and his mother would send him things to make him comfortable. She was better by the time we got home, and was horrified to hear the tale of Mr. Barron's neglect. Later in the evening, she sent one of the men over with a whole box full of things for her darling boy, and a nice, hot tea, done up for him in a covered dish.

"I'm the same as Mr. Giles, sir," said Brittles, starting violently. "Then tell me this, both of you," said the doctor. "Are you going to take upon yourselves to swear that that boy upstairs is the boy that was put through the little window last night? Come, out with it! Pay attention to the reply, constable.

He concluded with some further and more general observations on the ha character of an independent gentleman, and the hum character of a possibly too partial and admiring parent. To sum the whole up shortly, he received Mr Sparkler's offer very much as he would have received three or four half-crowns from him in the days that were gone.

There will come a tidal wave soon that will carry Mr. Seward and the hesitating President to the boundaries of Mexico." The President was not hesitating, in the weak sense of the word. Equally removed from Mr. Buchanan's timidity and Mr.

In a conversation which I had with that noble wit of Scotland, Sir George Mackenzie, he asked me why I did not imitate in my verses the turns of Mr. Waller and Sir John Denham, of which he repeated many to me.

Your Uncle John has built another room, and spoilt the look of the old house, but that's the only change I can see." "And Dornton," said Anna, "what is that like?" "Dornton," said Mr Forrest absently "Dornton is the same dull little hole of a town I remember it then." "Oh," said Anna in a disappointed voice. "There's a fine old church, though, and the river's nice enough.