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Holding the book almost at arm's length, for she was somewhat long-sighted, and making suitable gestures with her free hand, she began to read, slowly, dramatically. "'What are thousand pound fur coats, what are quarter million incomes?" She looked up from the page with a histrionic movement of the head; her orange coiffure nodded portentously. Denis looked at it, fascinated.
I had committed grave offence against God, but perhaps if, putting gewgaws aside, I should give my all for this cross, he would call the account even. I knew nothing of the value of a carving such as this, but I remembered I was not moneyless, and I said, albeit somewhat shyly: "I cannot take the rosary. But I should like well the crucifix. But then, I have only ten pistoles."
This was to have been shown forth, in wish at least, as somewhat akin to, or congenerous with 'The Doctor, &c., that rambling wonder of strange and multifarious reading: or 'The Rectory of Valehead, or 'Vicar of Wakefield, or 'The Family Robinson Crusoe, still unwrecked; or many another hearty, cheerful or pathetic tale of home, sweet home: and yet as to design and execution strictly original and unplagiaristic.
Now comes the cut to my vanity, a sad confession, but perhaps better "in the breach than the performance." Good faith, my dear Allan, I have not, neither dare I, for I know not what to say; excuses I might have for writing it badly, but whether I could find excuses for writing it at all I cannot say. I should be somewhat in the case of the lady, who excused her faulty book before the rude Dr.
He came in, however, just before the meal was over, still in an unshorn condition, somewhat flushed and very loquacious. "Say!" he exclaimed genially. "That Simpson's the right sort, ain't he? Him and me took a shine to each other from the go-off. He's been West himself and he's got some width to him. He's no psalm singer." "Humph!" commented the captain, with delicate sarcasm.
They all left the room together; they were in the hall; the gentlemen who brought the news looked somewhat depressed, but Mr.
In the Eastern States the movement had made little progress; in the South it had become somewhat more popular; in such States as Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Montana, Idaho, and Oregon, it had developed into almost a dominating influence.
His leading conclusions as to the teaching of the Scriptures on the subject were somewhat as follows: First, that the possession of riches is a disadvantage to a man as to his entering the kingdom of heaven. Indeed, that it would render it impossible but for the grace of God with whom all things are possible.
But with what sweet dignity did the clerk's daughter kiss the somewhat stern lady's hand as I had bidden her, and how modestly, though with due self-respect, did she go through Dame Jacoba's inquisition.
These were somewhat primitive in construction: The shafts being about five feet long, and of hickory or oak, with crosspieces, one of them serving for a handle, forming the bed of the cart, under the centre of which was a wooden axletree, the wheels being also made of wood, with a light iron band, and the entire weight of the vehicle about sixty pounds.
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