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M. Von Einingen, one of the jury, insisted that the prisoner was not guilty, because, as he said, the Syndic Doormann, when dining with him one day, having drunk more wine than usual, took away his cloak. This defence per Baccho was completely successful.
He ventured, however, upon a quotation from Terence, and delivered it thus, Sine Scelere et Baccho friget venus. The Alderman interrupted him, was very severe upon his mistake, and restored Ceres to her place in the sentence. Mr.
His accent was strongly marked, but his words were well chosen and civil enough, had his tone accorded with their sense. As it was, he might be deemed rude. Brett advanced. "Are you Signor Capella?" he inquired. "Mr. Capella. Yes." "Then you can, indeed, be of much assistance. This gentleman is Mrs. Capella's cousin, Mr. David Hume-Frazer." "Corpo di Baccho!"
I have never seen the occupants of the cottage in any of my numerous visits to this open air restaurant, but once, towards eleven o'clock the crowd in the square becoming too noisy, the upper windows were suddenly thrown up and a pailful of water descended.... "Per Baccho!" quoth the inn-keeper for, it must be known, the Restaurant Cou-Cou is Italian by nature of its patron and its cooking.
At length his eyes fell upon the fragment which bore his signature, and recognizing it, he sunk back on his bolster in a swoon. Anne of Austria, without strength to conceal her regret, raised her hands and eyes towards heaven. "Oh! sire," cried Mazarin, "may you be blessed! My God! May you be beloved by all my family. Per Baccho!
"It certainly does look like it," said Mr. Greene, peering over his wife's shoulder. "There's no doubt about the box," said Sophonisba. "Not the least in life," said I, trying to assume an indifferent look. "Mon Dieu!" said the Boots. "Corpo di Baccho!" exclaimed the landlord, who had now joined the party. "Oh h h h !" screamed Mrs.
Corpo di Baccho! twelve bajocchi," he exclaimed, producing those copper coins with an air of profound disgust. "It is to be hoped he is worth more to his friends. Now, young man, trudge, and remember that the first sign you make of attempting to run away, means four bullets through you."
His garden a parallelogram of seventy-two feet by twenty-three, confined by brick walls lay at the back of our domicile, which excluded all but the late afternoon sunshine. As the Mantuan would observe " 'nec fertilis illa juvencis, Nec Cereri opportuna seges, nec commoda Baccho.
"Hear me out," cried she, eagerly, and evidently not heeding my interruption, "I determined if your affections were indeed" a flood of tears here broke forth, and drowned her words; her head sank between her hands, and she sobbed bitterly. "Corpo di Baccho!" said I to myself, "It is all over with me; the poor girl is evidently jealous, and her heart will break."
"My horse is done for, signorina," cried the cabman. "It is marvellous that he Corpo di Baccho! It is a man!" Dubois felt that his feminine trappings were no longer a disguise, only a hindrance. He had torn off jacket, skirt, hat and wig.
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