Vietnam or Thailand ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Updated: May 28, 2025
But he does go it, don't he, when his keeper's back's turned, eh?" All this, ridiculous as it was, was not very pleasant for me. To Jack, however, it was highly amusing. "I suppose they mean that for you," said he. "I feel quite flattered to be called your keeper." "It's all a lie," I said angrily, "about my coming home drunk, and all that."
"Ahoy, there!" bellowed the skipper. "Ahoy! Can't you show a light?" came the reply, from the fog. "Aye, aye, sir. Bes ye on the rocks?" "Lord, yes! Show a light, man, for Heaven's sake, so we can get the boat away. Her back's broken and her bows stove in. She's breaking up quick."
Either I see all the hidden weakness that's in men's natures, and bring it to the surface in their figures, or else I put my own weakness into them. Either way, it's a drawback to their presenting a truly manly appearance. As long as I have one of the miserable objects before me, I can draw him; but as soon as his back's turned I get to putting ladies into men's clothes.
Poyser, running towards the table when her eye had fallen on the blue stream. "The child's allays i' mischief if your back's turned a minute. What shall I do to you, you naughty, naughty gell?"
The moment my back's turned thee's into mischief, and the young people are just as bad. Reuben, I might better have left Zillah here." "Do let her come," I exclaimed; "she'll do more good than medicine." "Well, she shall bring thee up thy chicken broth; that will please her wonderfully. Go away, Reuben, and tell Zillah to bring the broth not another word. Does thee feel better, Richard?"
Enough said. You've a riling tongue when your back's up, Herrick. Just be glad we're friends again, the same as what I am; and go tender on the raws; I'll see as you don't repent it. We've been mighty near death this day don't say whose fault it was! pretty near hell, too, I guess. We're in a mighty bad line of life, us two, and ought to go easy with each other."
"We both doze off, and then when the folks come in in the morning she'll tell what a sufferin' night she's had. She likes to have it said she has to have watchers." "It's strange what a queer streak there is running through the whole of 'em," said Aunt Polly, presently. "It always was so, far back's you can follow 'em.
The rapids on Back's River are all marked by open water, and are recognizable at a long distance by the column of black smoke arising from them like steam from a boiling caldron.
"W'en your back's at the wall, you do the best you can, don't you?" began the clerk. "I s'y that, because I 'appen to know there's a prejudice against it; it's considered vulgar, awf'ly vulgar." He unrolled the handkerchief and showed a four-ounce jar. "This 'ere's vitriol, this is," said he. The captain stared upon him with a whitening face. "This is the stuff!" he pursued, holding it up.
Enough said. You've a riling tongue when your back's up, Herrick. Just be glad we're friends again, the same as what I am; and go tender on the raws; I'll see as you don't repent it. We've been mighty near death this day don't say whose fault it was! pretty near hell, too, I guess. We're in a mighty bad line of life, us two, and ought to go easy with each other.
Word Of The Day
Others Looking