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Maxwell relates that one day when he was paying Johnson a visit, two young ladies, from the country came to consult him on the subject of Methodism, to which they were inclined. "Come," he said, "you pretty fools, dine with Maxwell and me at the Mitre, and we will take over that subject."
Then she fell to paying frequent visits to Nimeh and Num, who redoubled in honour and kindness to her, and she used to go in to them morning and evening, and all in the house welcomed her, till, one day, being alone with Num, she said to her, "By Allah, O my lady, when I go to the Holy Places, I will pray for thee; but I should love thee to go thither with me, that thou mightest look on the Elders of the Faith that resort thither, and they should pray for thee, according to thy desire."
It might, after all, be a little more cheerful for her forlorn patients. Perhaps she was not conscious that she was making selections, that she was paying a little more attention to her toilet than usual. Perhaps it was only the woman who was conscious that she was loved.
Perhaps the value of the claim, if value lay in it, was the secret of a few, and those few had joined forces to starve out his courage and hope. If nobody came forward with a voluntary offer for the land, it never would be worth proving up on and paying the government the price asked for it. All over that country there was better land to be had without cost.
"I don't know; till I get tired of it, I suppose. Is it nice, Madeira?" "Charming. I live there half the year." "Ah, then I can well believe that it is charming." "Mr. Heigham, you are paying compliments. I thought that you looked above that sort of thing." "In the presence of misfortune and of beauty" here he bowed "all men are reduced to the same level.
You wouldn't believe what they're paying me. The Diana company is touring in the provinces while the theatre is getting itself decorated. I hate the provinces. Leeds and Liverpool and Glasgow fancy dancing there! And so my half-sister Carlotta, y'know got me this engagement, and I'm going to stay with her. Have you met Carlotta?" "No not yet."
Sometimes it's been pretty hard sleddin' to do it, for I ain't rich; sometimes I've had to borrow the money, but I reckoned that I was only paying for my share in this here business of his bein' dead, and I did it." "And I understand you that this Jeffcourt really had no interest in your claim?" Corbin looked at him in dull astonishment. "Not a cent, of course; I thought I told you that.
Job's consideration for the poor was so delicate that he kept servants to wait upon them constantly. His guests, enraptured by his charitableness, frequently offered themselves as attendants to minister to the poor in his house, but Job always insisted upon paying them for their services.
For all her wickedness I firmly believe Kelpie has a sort of regard for me I won't call it affection, but perhaps it comes as near that as may be possible in the time to one of her temper." "Now I hope you will permit me, Mr MacPhail," said Lenorme, who had been paying more attention to Malcolm than to his words, "to give a violent wrench to the conversation, and turn it upon yourself.
And, paying his bill, he rose to go, passing his hand over his head as if his sword had been broken upon it and left a contusion, and glancing timidly into the mirrors, as if he feared to discover the image of Froloff there. It was at this moment that he discovered Prince Zilah, and rushed up to him with the joyful cry of a child discovering a protector.
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