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Nor was my lord mayor, Sir Thomas Allen, behindhand in extending hospitality to the king, whom he invited to sup with him. This feast, having no connection with the civic entertainments, was held at good Sir Thomas's house. The royal brothers of York and Gloucester were likewise bidden, together with several of the nobility and gentry of high degree.
Yap, feeling the withering influence of this scorn, tucked his tail in and shrank close to Tom's leg, who felt a little hurt for him, but had not the superhuman courage to seem behindhand with Bob in contempt for a dog who made so poor a figure. "No, no," he said, "Yap's no good at sport. I'll have regular good dogs for rats and everything, when I've done school."
That stupid fellow George is always so dreadfully behindhand with his accounts that I can never get anything settled." "I will have that matter seen to at once. Of course, business people are quite right to consider their due, and I do not blame Messrs. Cossey in the matter, not in the least.
"Fairview is a thriving town, while this place is going behindhand as fast as possible. I shall never get along if I remain here, that is certain." Rachel made no reply, but the hand that held the needle with which she was sewing moved at a quicker rate. "Are you willing to go there?" the husband asked, with some hesitation of manner.
Dad's behindhand with huskin', and the moon's goin' to be full, and Mark he said Let's have a frolic, and I'm comin' home to meet Gilbert anyhow, and so I'll be there. And Sally she said I'll have Martha and lots o' girls, only we shan't come out into the field till you're nigh about done.
And here, it seems to me, they must, in the first instance at any rate, have been of a sufficiently generous character. Ananias had seen what was going on around him, and he had determined that he must not be behindhand in this ministry of love.
The same arts which princes are constrained to use at the outset of their career, must also be used by commonwealths, until they have grown powerful enough to dispense with them and trust to strength alone. And because Rome at all times, whether from chance or choice, followed all such methods as are necessary to attain greatness, in this also she was not behindhand.
'And you think a Harrington would confess he wanted money! was her scornful exclamation. 'Evan would walk he would die rather. It was treating him like a mendicant. Andrew had to shrink in his brewer's skin. By some fatality all who were doomed to sit and listen to the Countess de Saldar, were sure to be behindhand in an appointment.
But such considerations failed to reassure Mr. Gladstone; the British Public was of a like mind; and 145,000 copies of the pamphlet were sold within two months. Various replies appeared, and Manning was not behindhand. His share in the controversy led to a curious personal encounter. His conversion had come as a great shock to Mr. Gladstone.
Now, Cornelius, you are rather behindhand, and have some heavy reading before you if you mean to get out of this next Christmas. 'I am afraid I have. 'We must soon sound the Bishop. I am sure you will get a title without difficulty when he has heard all.
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