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He's a good boy, and I don't believe that scandal about him any more than I would about Bernard; but he's Amos Burr's son, after all, though he has raised himself a long way above him, and, as poor Aunt Griselda used to say, 'When all's said and done, a Battle's a Battle." Eugenia was looking into the fire. "Yes," she repeated slowly, "a Battle's a Battle, after all." "That's right, dear.
COLUMBIA and BRITANNIA Have ceased from Warfare wild; No more in battle's rage they meet, The parent and the child. Each gallant nation now lament The heroes who have died. But the brave, on the wave, Shall yet in friendship ride, To bear BRITANNIA'S ancient name, And swell COLUMBIA'S pride.
No one makes the tour of our southern metropolis, or describes the manners of the last age, so well as Mr. Lamb, with so fine, and yet so formal an air. How admirably he has sketched the former inmates of the South Sea House; what "fine fretwork he makes of their double and single entries!" With what a firm yet subtle pencil he has embodied Mrs. Battle's opinions on Whist!
It was doubtful whether they could break through with so little loss of way as to produce no detention; and the mere presence of so many hulls on a dark night and under the added gloom of the battle's smoke was liable to increase a confusion which could redound only to the advantage of the defense. It became necessary, therefore, to remove the schooners in whole or in part.
Battle's Opinions on Whist," "Mackery End," "Grace Before Meat," "Dream Children," and many others being chosen apparently at random, but all leading to a delightful interpretation of the life of London, as it appeared to a quiet little man who walked unnoticed through its crowded streets.
All this Lord George repeated that evening to the Dean, and the Dean merely said that it had been a matter of course. Early on the next morning the Dean and Lord George went together to Mr. Battle's chambers. Lord George felt that he was being driven by his father-in-law; but he felt also that he could not help himself. Mr.
From the time when the Emperor came on the scene to the first swell of the battle's roar, there was a space of more than four hours. This delay was doubly precious to the allies.
A man, seeming of thirty years of age, very tall, with a countenance as lofty as mournful, marked by the black eyebrows meeting, had thrown himself during a battle's height between a gun of a park which General Simon was charging and that officer.
I shouldn't wonder if we found that he had been for years a lunatic." Almost all this the Dean communicated to Lord George, being determined that his son-in-law should be seen to act in co-operation with him. They met occasionally in Mr. Battle's chambers, and sometimes by appointment in Munster Court.
Then he begged that he might have a week to consider the matter, and requested that the two gentlemen would call upon him again. A day or two after the meeting at Mr. Battle's office there came to Lord George a letter from that gentleman suggesting that, as the Dean had undertaken to come up to London again, and as he, Mr.
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