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Updated: June 10, 2025
"If you had allowed yourself by reason of your great love to be ridiculed, made a fool of, and bantered a few more times, you might have made an impression on me, like the others." Thereupon Carandas commenced to laugh, though inwardly raging all the time.
I know only, poor Quintus was bantered about it, all his life after, by this merciless King; and at Potsdam, in years coming, had ample time and admonition for what penitence was needful. "The case was much canvassed in the Army," says poor Kuster; "it was the topic in every tent among Officers and common Men.
Presently an idle baker, whose shop adjoined the bridge, came out and leaned upon the parapet, and bantered the girls. "They are drawing the prettiest," he said, at which they all bridled a little; and she who knew herself to be prettiest hung her head and rubbed furiously at the linen.
Sometimes he bantered Carrie and sometimes lounged in contented quietness, watching her while she sewed. Carrie was generally occupied. "How is your mother getting on?" he asked when she put down the letter he had given her. Carrie smiled. "She is getting on very well. My cousin keeps store satisfactorily, and I don't know if I'm pleased or not.
He had overheard the concluding part of the conversation; and looked as if pleased at the way in which I had bantered the "colonel," who, as I afterwards learnt from him, was the grand swaggerer of Swampville. A word was sufficient.
So far was I from it, that I frequently bantered Miss J y T o about you, and told her how feelingly you spoke of her. There is scarcely any thing now going on here. W. Bland and Betsy Yates are to be married Thursday se'nnight. The Secretary's son is expected in shortly.
Sometimes he would whisper, and affect to talk mischievously with them, and, if bantered on the subject, would turn it off with a laugh, though it was evident he liked to be suspected of being a gay Lothario amongst them. He had much to say to the farmers about their farms; and seemed to know all their horses by name.
Al laughed, looking over his shoulder at Tom while he loosened the latigo. "If you can throw a scare into Lance, you sure are a dinger," he bantered. "That youth is some heady." "Looks to me like it runs in the family," Tom retorted. "You're some heady yourself, if you ever took notice.
Blankinship and read Isaiah at a gulp. Then he had sought out his boys and bantered them on their new clothes. Margaret sat very still for a long time after the interview with her father. She knew that Bul, whom she loved best of her brothers, was going to be killed.
"And again," Barney hurried below to secure a native harpoon and skin-rope. Bruce provided himself with a high-power magazine rifle. "We're off!" Barney shouted joyously to the Major, as he gulped down a cup of steaming coffee and took a last bite of sour-dough bread. "Good luck! And may you come back!" bantered the Major.
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