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But what amazes me most is this: however much I may wish to pray for those graces which our Lord sees not to be expedient, I cannot do it; and if I try, I do so with little earnestness, force, and spirit: it is impossible to do more, even if I would. But it is not so as to those which His Majesty intends to grant.
Mademoiselle's bête noir, the marquis, who was a debilitated roue in search of a fortune, attached himself to them upon all occasions. "Bah!" said Clélie with contempt, "she amazes one by her imbecility this woman.
And that amazes me most in you, Steerforth that you should be contented with such fitful uses of your powers. 'Contented? he answered, merrily. 'I am never contented, except with your freshness, my gentle Daisy. As to fitfulness, I have never learnt the art of binding myself to any of the wheels on which the Ixions of these days are turning round and round.
The General's voice rose, but his big hand stroked his white beard twice with an effect of venerable calmness. "Si, senores! Women are ready to rise to the heights of devotion unattainable by us men, or to sink into the depths of abasement which amazes our masculine prejudices. I am speaking now of exceptional women, you understand..."
But it amazes me that you should have been able to induce her to part with 'im. In Paris she has refused all my offers. He has paused, embarrassed. 'The fact is, he has said, 'there is between her and Alexander a certain coolness. He 'as deceived 'er, and she loves him no more. Immediately upon arrival in London, he had the misfortune to 'ave six fine kittens.
What amazes them always is to find that Southern California has the most perfect summer climate in the world, if you keep near the sea. No rain many are the umbrellas I have gently extracted from the reluctant hands of doubting visitors; no heat such as we know it in the East.
"I hardly know. Perhaps they would hardly do that. However, I think that we ought to make it legal now as soon as you are able to go out." "You think we ought?" "Certainly." And Jude fell into thought. "I have seemed to myself lately," he said, "to belong to that vast band of men shunned by the virtuous the men called seducers. It amazes me when I think of it!
For many years the world has known me under the title of 'the good old fool. I would employ the remainder of my days in excising the word 'fool' from that title." Master Boltay slowly arose from beside the table. "Sir, your honour's offer flatters and amazes me. You are a gentleman, with an annual income of a million and a half; you are incalculably wealthy, like the rich man in the Bible.
It amazes one to find in the midst of ruins such noble buildings, overflowing with wealth. Pictures, statuary, marbles, and precious metals, dazzle, and at last weary, the traveller, and form a strange contrast to the desolate fields, the undrained swamps, the mouldering tenements, and the beggarly population, that are collected around them.
"What do I think, my poor friend? Why, just what you yourself think. I don't understand it at all, not at all. What you politely call my learning is not worth a cent. And why shouldn't I be all mixed up? This living in caves amazes me. Pliny speaks of the natives living in caves, seven days' march southwest of the country of the Amantes, and twelve days to the westward of the great Syrte.
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