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In her own sitting-room at home which had opened, like this, out of her bedroom the rugs were soft and the chairs sumptuous with springs and satin damask. One such chair had been saved from the wreck the one at the end of the strip of carpet. Day by day and month by month the years passed. The frail little woman walked the Axminster path and sat in the tufted chair.
It is the duty of every good citizen to do his best to score off men with whiskers. "You don't understand me, sir," he said excitedly. "When I said we didn't know where we were, it was a manner of speaking. We want to know how we stand." "On your heels," I replied gently, "as I pointed out before." "I am Brass, sir, of Axminster. My account with Mr.
I don't pay her enormous sums to go to Axminster. You knew I was coming this evening." "No, sir." "What!" "No, sir." "Beale," said Ukridge with studied calm, the strong man repressing himself. "One of us two is a fool." "Yes, sir." "Let us sift this matter to the bottom. You got my letter?" "No, sir." "My letter saying that I should arrive to-day. You didn't get it?" "No, sir."
The duke of Albemarle, son to him who had restored the royal family, assembled the militia of Devonshire to the number of four thousand men, and took post at Axminster, in order to oppose the rebels; but observing that his troops bore a great affection to Monmouth, he thought proper to retire.
Axminster a steady, piercing look of inquiry. "Pray, sir," I said, "could you meet that one hundred pounds bill, supposing it could not be paid by the accepter?" "Meet it!" The poor fellow wiped from his forehead the perspiration which suddenly broke out at the bare hint of a probability that the bill would be dishonored "Meet it? O no!
What think you of the army which hath just passed before you? 'If it please your Majesty, Saxon answered, 'it is like so much uncarded wool, which is rough enough in itself, and yet may in time come to be woven into a noble garment. 'Hem! There is not much leisure for the weaving, said Monmouth. 'But they fight well. You should have seen them fall on at Axminster!
We were told that the Duke had been proclaimed King of England in every town of Dorset and of Somerset; that he had won a great battle at Axminster, and another at Bridport, and another somewhere else; that all the western counties had risen as one man for him, and all the militia had joined his ranks; that Taunton, and Bridgwater, and Bristowe, were all mad with delight, the two former being in his hands, and the latter craving to be so.
We lodged that night at Dorchester: on Friday the 15th we lay at Axminster, and Saturday the 16th at Exeter, and went to prayers at the Cathedral church, accompanied by the principal divines of that place.
Mr Battiscombe took with him a couple of stout serving-men, well mounted on strong horses. Farewells were uttered, and they set out. Leaving Axminster and Chard to the west, they proceeded northward along green lanes, the hedges on either side rich with flowers of varied tints.
He entered, simply saying to the footman who lifted him in, 'To Mundus; and shortly the vehicle stopped before the most palatial mansion in the entire extent of the Fifth Avenue. I pause a moment before I attempt the portraiture of the young wife of Mundus. The boudoir where she sat was draped with the fairest pinks of the Saxony loom, and the carpet confessed an original Axminster workmanship.
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