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Sandsome would say and I have even known him teach things then. More frequently, with a needless bitterness, he set us upon impossible tasks, demanding a colossal tale of sums perhaps, scattering pens and paper and sowing the horrors of bookkeeping, or chastising us with the scorpions of parsing and translation.
With an impatient gesture Cyril turned on his heel. Bertram fell once more into his pompous attitude. "Before you is the Man's workshop," he orated. "At your right you see his instruments of tor I mean, his instruments: a piano, flute, etc. At your left is the desk with its pens, paper, erasers, ink and postage stamps. I mention these because there are er so few things to mention here.
An occasional investigation reveals the work of ex- Congressmen, who hover about the Capitol like birds of prey, and of correspondents so scantily paid by the journals with which they are connected that they are forced to prostitute their pens. But the most adroit lobbyists belong to the gentler sex.
Sleek, unwieldy porkers were grunting in the repose and abundance of their pens, whence sallied forth, now and then, troops of sucking pigs, as if to snuff the air.
He wrote to his father on Christmas Eve about the examination in English literature: "The students were numerous, and so were the questions; the room was hot, the papers long, the pens bad, the ink pale, and the interrogations difficult. It lasted only three hours.
I exclaimed, "this is indeed a problem, which can only be solved by admitting their own assertion, that the Spirit of God directed their pens, and that all they wrote was divinely inspired." Such, my children, was my conclusion after this examination of the morality laid down in the Gospel. Thus I recognised the divine origin of the New Testament, and took my first step toward Christianity.
Was it to be utterly wasted? There were hundreds of impersonal, sexless women, equipped for nothing else, with pens as keen if not keener than hers. That was not the talent with which she had been entrusted for which she would have to account. It was her beauty, her power to charm, to draw after her to compel by the mere exercise of her will.
You will not object to my bringing them a few good things?" "I? Oh, no." "I would not act in so serious a matter without asking you. Can I be of any use to you in the village? Or perhaps you may want some pens mended before I go?" "No, I thank you." "Then I will not interrupt your letter any longer. Good morning." It was a wonder that the letter was written at all.
After I had paid the sequin I had promised her, I gave her a parcel containing sealing-wax, paper, pens, and a tinder-box, which she promised to deliver to C C . My darling had told her that I was her cousin, and Laura feigned to believe it.
"Certainly! cer-tain-ly! ha, ha, ha!" backing out of the door "certainly! Ah! Mossy, you are right, to be sure; to make a complete world we must have swords and pens. Well, my son, 'au revoir; no, I cannot stay I will return. I hasten to tell my friends that the pen of Dr. Mossy is on our side! Adieu, dear son." Standing outside on the banquette he bowed not to Dr.
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