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You have been studious, obedient and careful to break no rules, and I am sure that as we become better acquainted, we shall like each other and get on well together.
Look at those turnpike gates; with what deferential hurry, with what an obedient start, they fly open at our approach! Look at that long line of carts and carters ahead, audaciously usurping the very crest of the road.
Obedient to his guide, Æneas advanced to the vast portals of the palace where Pluto, the brother of Jupiter and monarch of the infernal kingdom, had his abode with his lovely queen Proserpine, the daughter of Ceres, whom ages before he had carried off from the upper world. There he made due reverence before the goddess, and deposited the golden bough at her feet.
She herself had scarcely known which course her lover would follow, and his appearance in this quiet and thoughtful mood was a great relief to her. "That is how I feel, Anthony," she answered. "Any trial the Lord sends us we must bear for His sake with all constancy; but even He Himself was obedient and submissive, and careful in His words and acts.
He held out something to him in his hand, which Master George went out of the gate to look at. Then the man took him up into his arms, whispered something into his ear, and walked away with him. I was in the house at the time, and was told this by Miss Mary. What am I to do? Please, sir, do come over at once if you can. Your obedient servant, Sarah Williams."
It's hardly necessary to tell you again, that a nurse is a soldier, and must be not only brave, but obedient. If we decide to ... to go ahead I will be, not your friend, but your superior officer for a while, and, if my orders seem harsh and even cruel, you must not hesitate, or feel hurt. You understand that, don't you, dear?" "Yes, doctor. I understand."
The crew were rough-and-ready fellows, were tolerably obedient when they were well treated and liquor was kept out of their way; but if anything was done to displease them, they were ready to grumble and try to right themselves after their own fashion.
The photograph I enclose is from the group of the University Rifle Club prizemen, and represents him as he was when at the College. Hi am, your obedient servant, Amos Boulter. "The other letter," continued Gould in a glow of triumph, "is from the porter, and won't take long to read.
As a matter of fact, the latter were thoroughly frightened and did their best by good behavior to offset the effect of their attempt. They were obedient at drills, respectful to all, and as quiet as the crew itself. This was as Stubbs had anticipated, but he on his side gave no sign of relenting in the slightest until the day before they sighted Choco Bay, where the landing was to be made.
"Have I not always been an obedient wife?" she asked, with mock humility. "No man was ever blessed with a better helpmate," was the reply. "I await your commands, my lord." Instead of passing the child to her, he reached up his rifle. "What is the meaning of that?" she asked wonderingly. "Lay it across the saddle in front, where its weight will not discommode you. I shall carry Dot."
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