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The sunrise was as familiar to her eyes as the sunset, and early and late the activity of her mind was rivaled by the ceaseless industry of her hands. She pays a tribute to the memory of Miss Peabody, of Newburyport, who went to Star Island in 1823 and "did wonders for the people during the three years of her stay.
If a man wishes for treasure in heaven, he can have it if he will, and enjoy it as long as it lasts. God deals fairly with both, and pays both what they have earned. Some set their hearts on this world; some want money, some want power, some want fame and admiration from their fellow-men, some want merely to amuse themselves.
It's little he's troubled to work or think, Wherever devotion leads him; A "pater" pays for his dinner and drink, For the Church good luck to her! feeds him. From the cow in the field to the pig in the sty, From the maid to the lady in satin, They tremble wherever he turns an eye. He can talk to the Devil in Latin!
"And when you get him," went on Sinclair, "tell him to go back and take up his life where he left off, because they's no harm coming to him." "Great guns, man! No harm coming to him with a murder to his count and a price on his head?" "I mean what I say. Break it to him real gentle." "And who pays for the killing of Quade?" Sinclair smiled.
But some people carry counterfeit money without knowing it. Do they all pay in cash?" "Only two of them." "Men or women?" "One girl Katy Wynn." "Where does she work?" "Down in Wall Street." "Not much chance we're interested. This money has been turning up around Times Square." "The other's a man quiet, no trouble, pays his rent right on the dot every week.
"They play the old game now more than ever at home; but the name has been changed, and the rules modified since October 19, 1901. They call it now 'Man flies! and he who does not raise his finger at the word pays the forfeit." The story of Santos-Dumont affords a curious instance of a boy being obsessed by an idea which as a man he carried to its successful fruition.
In "Ward No. 6" Chekhov pays his respects to Tolstoi's creed of self-denial, through the lips of the doctor's favourite madman.
As Proprietor he sends a Deputy, whom he pays, and appoints all Judges, but ministers are chosen by their own congregations in every County.
"So he's been complaining to you, has he?" Charley said significantly. Carmintel flushed painfully. "You'd better leave him alone, I tell you," he repeated. "He's a dangerous man, and it won't pay to fool with him." "Yes," Charley answered softly; "I've heard that it pays better to leave him alone."
Perhaps she pays a few visits; perhaps she goes to chapel; or, perhaps, she enters some store where her husband deals, and ventures to order a few notions; and then she goes home again no, not home I will not give that name to a boarding-house but she re-enters the cold heartless atmosphere in which she dwells, where hospitality can never enter, and where interest takes the management instead of affection.
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