United States or Mayotte ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
"If we took the day before Christmas an' had it for Christmas," observed Tab Winslow, "would that hurt?" "Eat your oatmeal," said Mis' Winslow, in the immemorial manner of adults. "Would it, would it, would it?" persisted Tab, in the immemorial manner of youth. "And have Theophilus Thistledown for dinner that day instead?" Mis' Winslow suggested with diplomacy.
See Hooker's Musci Exotici, 1818 tab. 2. Of the phaenerogamous plants, those which prevail in the woody spots are the mimosa, ficus, and laurinea. This fact is the more characteristic as, according to the observations of Mr. Brown, the laurineae appear to be almost entirely wanting on the opposite continent, in the equinoctial part of Africa.
Find out who made it, and go and ask in the shop if I bought it." "How can I find out who made it?" asked Denzil, who was beginning to feel that Lydia was one too many for him. "Here! I'll show you!" said Lydia, and picking up the cloak she turned over the tab at the neck, by which it was hung up. At the back of this there was a small piece of tape with printed black letters.
But Tab slipped out the kitchen door, to the corner of the barn, where the great turkey gobbler who had been named held his empire trustingly. "Oh, Theophilus Thistledown," said Tab to him, "you're the only one in this town that's goin' to have a Christmas. You ain't got to be et."
Maybe Her bookkeeper was a drunken guy who didn't know a ledger from a scrap book. Now if She'd engaged you an' me to keep tab of things for Her, we'd have done a deal better.
At Mis' Moran's house on the other side of the square, the children were waiting for her Bennet and Gussie and Tab and Pep and little Emily. They ran before Mary in the road, all save little Emily, who walked clasping Mary's hand. "Aren't you staying up late, Emily?" Mary asked her. "Yes," assented the child, contentedly. "Won't you be sleepy?" Mary pursued.
After breakfast, we went ashore to the market, to get a couple of lion-monkeys, which had been kept for us, and which Tab was to take home with him to present to the Zoological Gardens. At one o'clock the steam-launch from the 'Volage' came alongside and embarked the luggage and servants. Half an hour later it returned for us; then came many tearful farewells to the crew, and we set off.
A very inconspicuous ordinary-looking little shell, its upper surface recalling the aspect of H. alliaria but with more convexity and no lustre, and its base that of H. crystallina. It was found, apparently gregarious, under dead leaves in an islet in Trinity Bay. Balea australis. Tab. 2 fig. 9. a, b.
If it is senses, well, then, I know it is the best thing in the World, and a woman of my age can't have everything. I adore Jim! We are going to be married the first moment he can get leave again and I shall 'wangle' him into being a 'red tab' he has fought enough." "And if meanwhile he should get maimed like me what then, Nina?" She actually paled. "Don't be so horrid Nicholas Jim Oh!
A bird was nesting in the wisteria vine above the door and her soft whirring bespoke an interesting domestic event as near at hand. It did not in the least disturb Tab, and I wondered at the harmony between traditional enemies that I met on Mother Spurlock's very doorstep.
Word Of The Day