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He made a hideous face as he spoke, and the admiral looked as if he were half inclined to quarrel at that early stage of the proceedings. "Dear friends!" he said; "well, well it's no use squabbling about a word or two; but I tell you what it is, Mr. Varney, or Sir Francis Varney, or whatever your d d name is " "Hold, my dear sir," said Varney "after breakfast, if you please after breakfast."
To the minds of many people no victory in the West could save the Union, for Lee was already in Pennsylvania, sweeping northward toward Harrisburg and Philadelphia, and even threatening New York. Hooker, in the field, and Halleck, in Washington, were squabbling as to what should be done, and the Union army was groping blindly after the invaders without any leadership worthy of the name.
Touchett's always squabbling with his wife; she lives away from her husband, you know, in that extraordinary American way of yours. If you want a house where there's always something going on, I recommend you to go down and stay with my sister, Lady Pensil, in Bedfordshire. I'll write to her to-morrow and I'm sure she'll be delighted to ask you.
Down in this squabbling nursery of the race, the name of Mary Magdalene may be degraded even to a subject for pictorial sentimentalities; but the woman herself is with that Jesus who set her free. To the end of time they may call her what they please: to her it is worth but a smile of holy amusement. And just as worthy is the applause of posterity associated with a name.
Essad then was induced to resign by being promised he should be president of the delegation which was to meet the newly-elected Prince, of Wied. After months of squabbling the Powers in their united wisdom had chosen this man. Why, it is hard to see. The feelings of the Albanians were not considered.
A few months later we hear an opponent complain that Luther's teaching had given rise to so much squabbling, discord, and rebellion among the people, that 'there was absolutely not a town, village, or house, where men were not ready to tear each other to pieces on his account. Luther returned to Wittenberg full of dejection.
I should have liked, however if indeed I shouldn't have feared to see him the next morning, or when he unmasked that night over his hard-earned supper in a smoky <i>trattoria</i>. As the evening went on the crowd thickened and became a motley press of shouting, pushing, scrambling, everything but squabbling, revellers.
So soon as the archduke was known to be approaching the capital there was a most ludicrous race run by all these grandees, in order to be the first to greet his Highness. While Mansfeld and Fuentes were squabbling, as usual, Arschot got the start of both, and arrived at Treves. Then the decrepit Peter Ernest struggled as far as Luxembourg, while Fuentes posted on to Namur.
And we're all going to be good friends and have a lovely summer together. Think of the games we can have! But if you go squabbling you'll spoil it all. Peter, what are you going to do to-day?" "Harrow the wood field and dig your Aunt Olivia's flower beds." "Aunt Olivia and I planted sweet peas yesterday," said the Story Girl, "and I planted a little bed of my own.
'The worthy Donna Teresa Lopez confronted me as I entered the inner door: ''Plenty of news, is there not? she asked; 'I heard a good deal of squabbling, last night; that man in the cloak was noisy. ''Yes; they had an interesting discussion. ''You can not make me believe that was all. Discussion, indeed!
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