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Indeed, his golden rule was the Arabic maxim, Agitel lil Shaitan Hurry is the Devil's so, in the flirtations which were the serious business of his life, he always let his fish hook themselves, just exerting himself enough to play them afterward.
So that, with every opportunity for being kept on the alert, there was small prospect of serious danger; and all promised an easy life, with only enough of care to make it pleasant.
"And am I really so weak that I cannot depend upon myself?" Fear magnifies danger. By the time Andrey Ilyitch was finishing the last course, she had firmly made up her mind to tell her husband everything and to flee from danger! "I've something serious to say to you, Andrey," she began after dinner while her husband was taking off his coat and boots to lie down for a nap. "Well?"
For many centuries we shall look in vain for any serious study of human life except in conformity to the Christian mythology. The Roman world was submerged by the invasion of the northern tribes.
"I have had more experience in these seas than you, young gentlemen, and the slightest want of care may send such a craft as this to the bottom!" he observed. Without a word, they set to work to pump and bale. Even Trundle grew serious.
I sincerely hope that the basis may be found for a speedy adjustment of the very serious divergence of views in the interpretation of the fishery clauses of the treaty of Washington, which, as the correspondence between the two Governments stood at the close of the last session of Congress, seemed to be irreconcilable.
Yet in spite of these serious charges I make against the Colorado, it is peculiar in that it is the most useful of the large rivers of the world in another domain. The United States Reclamation Service has spent millions of the people's money in making it of use.
The old memories are crowded with pleasures. You can name dozens if you have been brought up in good literary society. These love affairs may be owned freely, as being perfectly honorable, even if hopeless. And, of course, there have been gallantries mere affaires du jour such as every man occasionally engages in. Sometimes they seemed serious, but only for a moment.
"Suppose I bring some books, and read to you?" "Oh, Preston! how nice." "Well, I'll do it then. What shall I bring?" "I wish you could bring something that would tell about these things." "These things? What is that?" "It is a trilobite. Captain Drummond got it the other day. It was a fish once, and now it is a stone; and I would like very much to know about it." "Daisy, are you serious?"
Of course he had wasted her morning to a serious extent, but what mattered arrears of work compared with the peace of mind the talk had brought her? Never once since the day on which her father had confided to her the secret trouble which was weighing him down had Katherine been so light-hearted.
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