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He is my general, according to the rules of our service," answered the Varangian; "to me he has always shown himself a kind and good- natured man, and, his dues of rank apart, I may say has deported himself as a friend rather than a commander.
Those lessons were the germs of the inventions and babyisms the hand-clapping, arm-twisting, and the like with which the infants are so delighted in their schools, and which, at the time they were developed, about a third of a century since, were scouted, and the inventor looked upon as a good natured simpleton, or a well-meaning fool.
"I understand you," answered I; "you mean that I talk too much; it is true I own the offence nothing is so unpopular! Even I, the civilest, best natured, most unaffected person in all Europe, am almost disliked, positively disliked, for that sole and simple crime. Ah! the most beloved man in society is that deaf and dumb person, comment s'appelle-t-il?"
"I think, madam," said the master of the shop, with a shrewd, good natured look, "I could give a pretty good guess myself what will become of that guinea; but I say nothing." "No, that is right," said Miss Somers; "we leave Susan entirely at liberty; and now we will not detain her any longer. Good night, Susan, we shall soon come again to your neat cottage."
'Who, asked one, 'is this Scotch cur at Johnson's heels? 'Not a cur, but a bur, was Goldsmith's reply, 'and he has the faculty of sticking. With what effect the world was to know. 'That's from Paoli of Corsica. GOLDSMITH, 'The Good Natured Man.
It is a terrible struggle." "What? she likes him, does she? Poor Cary! After all I am glad she is coming right again, she is very good natured, and a great deal too good for Ju . Ah! you won't have him called so, I know. They have taken a good time for it now he is away and Elliot too, but what a tremendous row there will be about it. Mamma thought it was such a speculation for Caroline."
"I'm happy enough more so than what I deserve to be, God knows with them good natured women an' jolly bit things of child'n, but but I'm awful hard up for a chum! I do believe that if Bill McCoy, or even Matt Quintal, was here, I'd get along pretty well with either of 'em. Ah, poor Quintal! I feel as if I'd never git over that.
His eyes were round as saucers and his usually good natured face look troubled. "Well, not in serious danger, my boy," rejoined Mr. Bell; "but, just between us four, mind, it behooves us to use all speed in getting the title of this mine recorded. This Red Bill is as resourceful as a fox, and what Miss Peggy has told us shows that he is closer on our trail than I should have imagined possible.
She screamed affectedly and danced about shaking off the ashes. Then with feigned maidenly piquancy and many reproachful glances, she went out laughing good humoredly. He was good natured, and when she was gone he laughed boyishly. Good nature is one of the virtues of impurity. Still giggling she set the tray down in the kitchen and told Cook-mother Charity about it.
She paused, and this sentence was on the verge of utterance: "Fauchery can refuse you nothing." But she felt that by way of argument it was rather too much of a good thing. So she only smiled a queer smile which spoke as plainly as words. Muffat had raised his eyes to her and now once more lowered them, looking pale and full of embarrassment. "Ah, you're not good natured," she muttered at last.
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