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Moreover, he observed that the master was looking "peartish" and hoped he had got over the "neuralgy" and "rheumatiz." He himself had been troubled with a dumb "ager" since last conference. But he had learned to "rastle and pray." Pausing a moment to enable the master to write this certain method of curing the dumb "ager" upon the book and volume of his brain, Mr.
The young man, without turning away from his discontented, peevish brooding over the fire, vaguely reached backward for the whiskey-bottle and Uncle Billy's tin cup, to which he was assisted by the latter's hospitable hand. But on setting down the cup his eye caught sight of the pill-box. "Wot's that?" he said, with gloomy scorn. "Rat poison?" "Quinine pills agin ager," said Uncle Jim.
Each of these five towns had, doubtless, its dependent ager attributus, which may have been as large as an average English county, and each provided the local government for its territory. That implies a definitely Roman form of local government for a considerable area a larger area, certainly, than received such organization in northern Gaul.
Frugibus alternis, non consule computat annum; Auctumnum pomis, ver sibi flore notat; Idem condit ager soles idemque reducit, Metiturque suo rusticus orbe diem, Ingentem meminit parvo qui germine quercum Aequaevumque videt consenuisse nemus are in grace and feeling like the very finest work of Tibullus; and the concluding couplet
They were parcels of the ager publicus, land belonging to the state, which, in spite of a law forbidding it, the great lords and commoners had appropriated and divided among themselves. Five hundred acres of state land was the most which by statute any one lessee might be allowed to occupy. But the law was obsolete or sleeping, and avarice and vanity were awake and active.
Moreover, he observed that the master was looking "peartish," and hoped he had got over the "neuralgy" and "rheumatiz." He himself had been troubled with a dumb "ager" since last conference. But he had learned to "rastle and pray." Pausing a moment to enable the master to write his certain method of curing the dumb "ager" upon the book and volume of his brain, Mr.
I say, don't you want the doctor?" "Yah! what should I do with a doctor?" growled the man, scowling at all in turn. "To do you good," said Dick, laughing good-humouredly. "He couldn't tell me nothing I dunno. I've got the ager." "Well, aren't you going to ask us in?" "Nay, lad. What do you want?" "That basket," said Dick briskly. "Here, how is Dave?" "Badly! Got the ager!" "But is he no better?"
Linkern?" I heard him make a speech over at Havaner against Douglas. Then Mitch said, "How did he look?" But when he got up to talk, he changed. His face got lively like, and he took everybody right off their feet." So I, bein' the States Attorney's son, was interested in Duff's case, and I asked John if he heard the trial. "No, sir," said John, "I didn't. I had the ager and couldn't go.
But I ain't well, miss. Times I get a sort o' dumb ager, it's the ditches, I think, miss, and I don't seem to hev my wits about me." Instantly Miss Arnot was all sympathy: her quick woman's heart was touched. "Can I can any thing be done?" she asked more timidly than she had before spoken. "No not onless ye remember suthin' about these pills." He exhibited a box containing about half a dozen.
"No; they're out of season, John!" cried Dick. "You don't want us here, then?" "Nay; what should I want you here for?" growled the man. "Can't you see I've got the ager?" "Yes, I see!" cried Dick; "but you needn't be so precious cross. Good-night!"
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