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"Because, my worthy sir," interrupted Fabia, not however raising her voice in the least, "you are weary of Greek flute-players for sweethearts or such Roman young ladies as admire either the ointments or the pimples of your face, and consequently seek a little diversion by laying snares for a sacred Vestal." Gabinius at last found free use for his tongue.
Gudrun said in that case he must console himself as best he could at home. After this Thorgils rode from Holyfell with his foster-brothers. He got home to Tongue to his manor mightily ill at ease over his lot. Osvif and Gest die That winter Osvif fell ill and died, and a great loss that was deemed, for he had been the greatest of sages.
You deny being English, yet you have all the silence of that nation. I am hungry, Monsieur, for the sweet sound of the French tongue." "'T is a language of which I know little," I answered, striving to speak pleasantly, although his manner was becoming less and less to my liking.
In the fulness of his vanity and wit, Wylo began to make gratuitous fun of Yan-coo, who fretted and fumed and terrified the piccaninnies with still more hideous debils-debils. I saw one of them. It resembled a span-long plesiosaurus, afflicted with elephantiasis, and a forked, lolling, tongue extruded from a head that swayed ominously right and left.
In Irish, too, Deluain, Monday, moon's day, shows Pagan origin of names of week days. The literal translation of the Latin Dies Dominica, the Lord's Day, is not found in the name given to the first day of the week in any European tongue, save Portuguese, where the days of the week hold the old Catholic names, domingo, secunda feira, terca feira, etc. Rom. in VI. lect. St.
Here began my first experience of the difficulties of conducting a mission at the same place for two different races of natives speaking totally different languages. Although the Indian language spoken here is the same as at Tanana, and much of the liturgy, etc., had been put into that tongue by Mr.
All the afternoon of that day Ina sat and saw the long files of captives pass before him, and I was there to question any he would, for he knew little or none of the Welsh tongue. Many of these captives were of high rank, men who had only yielded when they must, and here and there I knew one of these by sight.
Even Grace could not help laughing at the mischief of the one, and the earnest seriousness of the other. "Now, Bessie, I entreat that you will not make a ridiculous story of a most simple affair," implored Rachel. "I promise not to make one, but don't blame me if it makes itself." "It cannot, unless some of us tell the story." "What, do you expect the young Alcides to hold his tongue?
"Lilian Miss Roseblade, something has come between us lately; you will tell me what that something is, won't you?" "Do you want to know really?" she said, looking up at me through her tears. "Then I'll tell you; it it's Bingo!" I started back overwhelmed. Did she know all? If not, how much did she suspect? I must find out that at once. "What about Bingo?" I managed to pronounce, with a dry tongue.
To this peremptory command the lady seemed about to make a sharp reply; but she checked herself, and pressing her lips strongly together, as if to secure the words from bursting from them which were already formed upon her tongue, she made a deep reverence, partly as it seemed in reproach, partly in respect, and left the room as suddenly as she had entered it.
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