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Such sentiments are purely Jacobin. If His Majesty listens to the advice of such as you, all these sales of confiscated estates will be ratified. Zounds! our interests are the same. If the Revolution has deprived the nobility of their property, it has also impoverished the clergy." "The possessions of a priest are not of this world, Monsieur," said the cure, coldly.
"Why, zounds!" exclaimed Nicholas, who overheard the reply, "you do not mean to say your name is Thomas Potts? This is more wonderful still. You must be this gentleman's twin brother." "The gentleman certainly seems to resemble me very strongly," replied the reeve, apparently surprised in his turn. "Is he of these parts?"
To fight and conquer, or perish with the foe!" "To your health, Junker!" exclaimed the colonel. "Zounds, we need such youths!" "Now you are your old self again," said Wilhelm, turning to his friend. "Touch glasses to your dear ones at home." "Two glasses for one," cried Georg. "To the dear ones at home to the joys and sorrows of the heart, to the fair woman we love! War is rapture, love is life!
Now, this morning, as often before, the Emperor had already been working a whole hour in his cabinet, and had just gone out as the young man entered, and, hearing this whistling, immediately returned. "Already here, Monsieur," said his Majesty. "Zounds! Why, that is remarkable! Maret should be well satisfied with you. What is your salary?"
'Zounds, said the Justice impatiently, 'what brought you back to this coast like a madman? 'Why, all the gelt was gone, and the house was shaking, and I thought the job was clayed over and forgotten, answered the worthy skipper. 'Stay; what can be done? said Glossin, anxiously. 'I dare not discharge you; but might you not be rescued in the way?
Grivois "I hastened hither to inform you of this misadventure which may, indeed, easily be repaired as it will only be necessary to go and claim the young girl as soon as possible." At these words, Dagobert hastily seized his hat, and said abruptly to Mrs. Grivois: "Zounds, madame! you should have begun by telling us that. Where is the poor child? Do you know?"
However, I was determined to plague the guards for their impudence. My English beau, who was as pale as death, and knew I had the ribbon, kept pinching my arm, and whispering, "Show it, show it; zounds, madame, show it! We shall be sent to prison! show it! show it!" But I took care to keep my interrupters in parley till a sufficient mob was collected, and then I produced my colours.
"Zounds, my dear fellow," he added, smothering a slight yawn, "did you ever see such a beastly day? Demmed climate this." With a quaint little laugh, half of embarrassment and half of sarcasm, Marguerite had turned towards her husband, and was surveying him from head to foot, with an amused little twinkle in her merry blue eyes.
We must cover up somebody's damnable work to avert suspicion from ourselves! A pretty task for you and me, Bigot! Par Dieu! I could laugh like a horse, if I were not afraid of being overheard." "But who is to dig a grave for her? surely not you or I," replied Bigot with a look of dismay. "Yes, gentlemen as we are, you and I must do it, Bigot. Zounds!
Roger carelessly accosted him, and asked, as an idle wanderer, the name of the family he had just seen cross over from the mansion. 'Od zounds! if ye modden be a stranger here in very truth, goodman. That wer Sir John and his dame, and his children Elizabeth, Mary, and John. 'I be from foreign parts. Sir John what d'ye call'n?
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