United States or South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Well, I'll be down with you to-morrow evening; but mind now, two thirties is the very least; and you should make it more, if you want any luck in your marriage." "I'll spake to Pat, Father John; you know that's his business; but your riverence, Father John, you'll not be saying anything up there before the boys and girls about you know Betsy Cane, you know."
Occasionally he would turn around and say: "How's it goin', yer riverence?" I was in such agony that I sweat. Pains were shooting through every part of my body but I usually answered: "Fine, Jimmy, fine!" So I came back within the gates of the city rejected, defeated, deserted, and practically a pauper. It had been a long fight but the city had conquered.
"'And then, says Father McGrath, sharp, 'I suppose you went on another spree, and spent the rest of the money. "'I did not, sor axin' your pardon for contradictin' your riverence. I signed the pledge, and I'll keep it, with Maggie to help me.
A few words of preliminary explanations were sufficient to put Mike in the proper train, when he came at once to his subject. "The majjor is no way down-hearted," he said, "and he ordered me to give his jewty and riverence, and obligations, to his honoured mother and his sisters.
Sowl and body ye've been bought, and a mighty poor bargain have the blind purchasers made o' it." "Plazing yer riverence, ye know nought o' what ye are saying, and small throuble ye'll make wi' yer idle words. It's not a turkey, duck, or hen could buy Biddy Dillon. Ye've tried it yerself, father, and so ye know."
"Very well, yer riverence, I'll be sure to give Mr. Herbert the message." And Richard made a sign as though he were going. "But tell me, Richard," said Mrs. Townsend, "is Sir Thomas any better? for we have been really very uneasy about him." "Indeed and he is, ma'am; a dail betther this morning, the Lord be praised." "It was a kind of a fit, wasn't it, Richard?" asked the parson.
I never thought of that; but why can't we eat a bit of duck, yer riverence?" "Why? Because the Council of Trint won't lave us that's why." "Well, well, now, but I'm sorry fur that, fur I can only give ye a bite of bread and cheese and a glass of something hot. Would that be any harrum, sir?" "Harrum! by no manes, woman. Sure we must live any way, and bread and cheese is not forbid!"
"Oh, it's yer blissid riverence! Sure and I can tell ye the same. The purty darlin' wint out, as usual, but a bit later. And she says: 'Mother Geehan, says she, 'it's me last noight out, praise the saints, this noight is! And, oh, yer riverence, the swate, beautiful drame of a dress she had this toime!
I'm bound to ease a Rendon patient out of the world. Medicine's one of their superstitions, which they cling to the harder the more useless it gets. Pill and priest launch him happy between them. 'And what's on your conscience, Pat? It's whether your blessing, your Riverence, would disagree with another drop.
"Faix, 'tis you may say that," replied Phil; "sowl, my lady, 'tis well for the masther here, plase yer haner, sir, that none o' them met wit the misthress before you was both marrid, or, wit riverence be it spoken, 'tis the sweet side o' the tongue they'd be layin' upon you, ma'am, an' the rough side to the masther himself, along wit a few scrapes of a pen on a slip o' paper, jist to appoint the time and place, in regard of her ladyship's purty complexion an' who can deny that, any way?
Word Of The Day