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"What do you mean by setting on one man in that way? Hit out, sir hit out right and left! I saw you insulted; and I'm coming to help you!" With these words Zack tucked up his cuffs, and jumped into the crowd about him. His height, strength, and science as a boxer carried him triumphantly to the opposite bench.
It was the letter which Lemuel had tucked away and forgotten while he waited for her to 'get mad. She opened it eagerly. It was from Richard Everidge. 'I should like to come down and see you, he wrote, 'in Sleepy Hollow, that is, if you care to have me, and it is quite convenient. Do not trouble to write unless you want me. If I do not get an answer I shall know you do not care.
"Well, then, go to bed; and I trust you steep more soundly for the balance of the night," said the teacher; and he remained in the room until Tom was tucked in, when he went off, taking the key of the door with him. "Tom, you're a brick!" came from Frank, when the teacher was out of hearing. "What a head you have on your shoulders!" "Strong took the key of the door," said Fred.
He for it certainly was a man was nearly a half a foot taller than the girl already described; but he was plainly not much older or younger, and in build and color much the same. He was clothed neither more nor less than she, the only difference being that some leopardlike animal had contributed the material. In his belt was tucked a primitive stone hammer, also a stone knife.
William had been supposed up to the time of his accession to lean towards the Whig, or what we should now call the Liberal party. His manners were frank, familiar, and even rough. He cared little for Court ceremonial of any kind, and was in the habit of walking about the streets with his umbrella tucked under his arm, like any ordinary Londoner.
He tucked his nether garments into his shoes, thereby giving the upper portion of them a bag-like appearance, while he exchanged his helmet for another of larger dimensions, in the possession of a thin-headed brother recruit.
"Sleep, my loved angel; sleep fearlessly, my love. I am going away; sleep while I watch over you," I said. Upon my honor I felt a sob rise to my throat, and yet the idea that my last remark was not badly turned shot through my brain. I pulled the coverings over her again and tucked her up like a child.
Mercer was seated at the table in his dining-room. A napkin was tucked in his collar, his fat hands were folded across his stomach, and he was breathing heavily. "Gentlemen," spoke he, rolling his eyes around to them, "I trust you will pardon my not rising. But to exert myself after dining has a most injurious result sometimes.
She went out to the cart with them, and tucked the robes about old Mrs. Lee while Alexandra took the blanket off her horse. As they drove away, Marie turned and went slowly back to the house. She took up the package of letters Alexandra had brought, but she did not read them.
Madame spread the most charming pair of hands. "And the poet," Anne continued. Madame tucked away a rebel curl above her ear. "And last, but not least, there's the Chevalier du Cévennes. The governor was very kind to permit you to remain incognito." Madame's face became animated. "What an embarrassing thing it is to be so plentifully and frequently loved!"
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