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Returning from the door, old Zack offered opportunity for battle to the reverend gentlemen which they prudently declined. The lawyer re-entered, covered with snow, for old Zack had dropped him into a drift outside.
This employment reminded him of those happy days when he handled great sacks of wheat and bundles of hides on the ranch. Whenever his son noticed that he was looking thoughtfully at a monumental sideboard or heavy piece, he prudently betook himself to other haunts.
To be out of harm's way he prudently thinks is something too, and therefore he accepts your brother's offer. Brass, Mr Swiveller is yours. 'I am very glad, Sir, said Mr Brass, 'very glad indeed. Mr Swiveller, Sir, is fortunate enough to have your friendship. You may be very proud, Sir, to have the friendship of Mr Quilp.
But he who returns with a rankling sense of unmerited, unintelligible delay most prudently, of course, ordained goes back with "cold feet" and a sullen or revolting spirit. What men will stand under the shadow of a great danger from a sense of imminent duty, they will furiously chafe at when that danger and sense of duty are no more. The duty will then be to their families and to themselves.
They are often in Perth, both alone and in numbers, and you ought to keep peace with them so long as they will keep peace with you." An answer of defiance rose to Henry's lips, but he prudently suppressed it.
"And you were " "The Mikado, of course. I always come in for the 'Turrible Turk' proposition." "We have to select the scenes this evening," remarked Dorothy prudently. "Then I'm going to get Ned to let me come over," said her companion. "It will help fill in; our folks are just choked to death in Christmas stuff. Aunt Emily is interested in the hospital benefit, too, I believe."
In his last annual report the Postmaster-General recommended a reduction of postage to rates which he deemed as low as could be prudently adopted unless Congress was prepared to appropriate from the Treasury for the support of the Department a sum more than equivalent to the mail services performed by it for the Government.
"We have in our conscience armour as well tempered as that with which Lord Lindsay is so prudently covered, although, to the shame of justice, we no longer have a sword. Continue, my lord," the queen went on, turning to Lord Ruthven: "is this all that my subjects require of me? A date and a signature?
"Nay," returned Brown, prudently, "I cannot exactly pretend to decide the question: all I know is that Squire Glumford said to me, at his own house, five days ago, as he was drawing on his boots, 'Brown, said he, 'Brown, mark my words, we shall do for those rebellious dogs!" "Did he say so?" muttered Wolfe, between his teeth.
We divided them into two companies, issued arms and clothing, and began a regular system of drills and instruction, as well as the regular recitations. I had moved into my new house, but prudently had not sent for my family, nominally on the ground of waiting until the season was further advanced, but really because of the storm that was lowering heavy on the political horizon.
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