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Dat are niggar is so rumbustious, she jerks my close so, sometimes I tink in my soul she will pull 'em off. Den she shut her eye, and she gabe a cold shiver all ober. "'Sorrow, sais she, 'I am goin' to take a long, bery long journey, to de far off counteree. "'Oh dear me!

The chamberlain hastened towards Euergetes' couch, and soon returned to the queen who meanwhile had exchanged a few friendly words with Onias, the Hebrew commander and informed her in a low tone that the king was interpreting a passage from the Timaeus of Plato, in which Solon celebrates the lofty wisdom of the priests of Sais; he was speaking with much spirit, and the Egyptians received it with loud applause.

"So I goes up stairs, as slowly as I cleverly could, jist liftin' one foot arter another as if it had a fifty-six tied to it, on pupus to spend time; lit a cigar, opened the window nearest the rooks, and smoked, but oh the rain killed all the smoke in a minite; it didn't even make one on 'em sneeze. 'Dull musick this, Sam, sais I, 'ain't it?

Notwithstanding these defects, notwithstanding her board-like carriage, she had by birth and education a grand air, a proud demeanor, in short, everything that has been well named le je ne sais quoi, due partly, perhaps, to her uncompromising simplicity of dress, which stamped her as a woman of noble blood.

He subscribed to a music publishing house in Paris, and they sent him the latest music, and from time to time he sent invitations after this fashion to the elite of the town: "You are invited to be present on Monday evening at the house of M. Saval, notary, Vernon, at the first rendering of 'Sais." A few officers, gifted with good voices, formed the chorus. Two or three lady amateurs also sang.

Indeed were I to follow the dictates of my own heart, Nitetis should never leave us for Persia. But Egypt stands in need of peace, and I was a king before I became a father!" The other members of the Persian embassy had returned to Sais from their excursion up the Nile to the pyramids.

Here she found her sais squatting on his heels; and springing from the saddle, dismissed Yorick without his customary lump of sugar. On the steps of the trellised verandah she paused, nerving herself to recount her astonishing adventure in the right tone of voice, and instinctively her brain noted every detail of the view outspread before her.

Well, now, Massa, de question is, what will you ab; clam soup, clam sweetbread, clam pie, clam fritter, or bake clam?" "Which do you tink best, Sorrow?" sais I. "Well, Massa, dey is all good in dere way; missus used to fection baked clams mighty well, but we can't do dem so tip-top at sea; clam sweetbread, she said, was better den what is made ob oyster; and as to clam soup, dat pends on de cook.

The Pharaoh seemed desirous of atoning for the imprisonment of his friend's son by doubling his favors, for on the same day Gyges received from the king a magnificent chariot drawn by two noble brown steeds, and was begged to take back with him to Persia a curiously-wrought set of draughts, as a remembrance of Sais.

With him therefore the blushing modesty and unaffected simplicity of Charlotte passed unnoticed; but the forward pertness of La Rue, the freedom of her conversation, the elegance of her person, mixed with a certain engaging JE NE SAIS QUOI, perfectly enchanted him.