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Do you remember what the old gypsy woman foretold of me last year: 'A great but short career after many difficult struggles; and my line of life is broken! That will all happen as predicted, and my mother can recite that lovely poem of Freiligrath's or Anastasius Grun's, or whosever it is 'Love as long as thou canst, love as long as thou mayst.
"Captain Strong, how old do you have to be to get into Space Academy?" Strong's eyes twinkled. "Since Roger doesn't seem to be too busy, why don't you ask him for all the Academy dope?" "Would you help me, Roger?" pleaded Billy. "I can recite the whole book of Academy 'regs' by heart!" Roger glanced around the table with a sheepish grin.
Trent laughed good-humouredly as he received his coffee cup. "Well you can't point a moral with Miss Wilde," he rejoined, "you'd be at liberty to recite her to anybody who had the sense to understand her." "Is she very deep?" "She's profound she's wonderful she's a genius." Mrs. Trent shook her head a little doubtfully. "I don't see that a woman has any business to be a genius," she remarked.
"Settling down comfortably?" Mr. Cream continued. "Oh, yes, thank you," said John. "I went out all day yesterday and had my first look at London!" "And what do you think of it? Great place, eh?" John confessed that he had been disappointed in London, and in a few moments he began to recite a list of the things that had disappointed him. "Wait 'til you've been here a few months," Mr.
This question, instead of offending the class, amused them, and many laughed it was a daily occurrence. But the sleeper did not laugh; he arose with a bound, rubbed his eyes, and, as though a steam-engine were turning the phonograph, began to recite.
There was a very good little boy once who wanted to go to sea. And the captain asked him what he could do. He said he could do the multiplication-table backward and paste sea-weed in a book; that he knew how many times the word "begat" occurred in the Old Testament; and could recite "The Boy Stood on the Burning Deck" and Wordsworth's "We Are Seven."
Having turned the chair with its back towards us, he jumped into it on his knees, and excitedly addressed his small congregation of three from an impromptu pulpit. The time has come I recite my good news I speak at last." "Hear, hear!" said my mother, humouring the joke. "The next thing he will break, mamma," whispered Sarah, "will be the back of the best arm-chair."
There were also an elderly lady from the back-parlour, and one more young lady, who, next to the collector, perhaps was the great lion of the party, being the daughter of a theatrical fireman, who 'went on' in the pantomime, and had the greatest turn for the stage that was ever known, being able to sing and recite in a manner that brought the tears into Mrs Kenwigs's eyes.
I am desirous of again hearing the recital of some history full of religious instruction, and it behoves thee to gratify me. O lord of Earth, tell me if any householder has ever succeeded in conquering Mrityu by the practice of virtue. Do thou recite this to me with all details!"
Zbyszko instantly climbed higher and looked through the thicket toward the water; the beaver plunged into the water, then reappeared on the surface, turning somersets. "I hit him hard! He will soon be quiet!" said Jagienka. The movements of the animal grew slower, and then before one had time sufficient to recite one "Ave Maria," he was floating on his back on the surface of the water.
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