United States or Kiribati ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Mr. Purnip took the arm of the new recruit and hung over him almost tenderly as they walked along; Mr. Billing, with a look of conscious virtue on his jolly face, listened with much satisfaction to his friend's compliments. "It's such an example," said the latter. "Now we've got you the others will follow like sheep. You will be a bright lamp in the darkness."
"Poor thing, what with the others being ill she's 'ad a dreadful time, and she said if I'd take Charlie for a few for a night, she might be able to get some sleep." Mr. Billing choked. "And what about my sleep?" he shouted. "Chuck it outside at once. D'ye hear me?"
He subsided into silence, and, undressing with stealthy care, crept into bed and lay there, marvelling at his self-control. He was a sound sleeper, but six times at least he was awakened by Mrs. Billing slipping out of bed regardless of draughts to her liege lord and marching up and down the room with the visitor in her arms. He rose in the morning and dressed in ominous silence.
But Mrs. Lovell, she settled the case a lady, Farmer Wainsby, with your leave. There's the good of having a lady present on the field. That's due to a lady!" "Happen she was at the bottom of it," the farmer returned Stephen's nod grumpily. "How did it end, Stephen, my lad?" said Butcher Billing, indicating a "never mind him."
During the days of their courtship at our house, they had perhaps indulged in billing and cooing a little too freely when in company with others, for sober middle-aged lovers like themselves; thereby lying open to animadversions from prim spinsters, who wondered that Miss Constance and Mr Danvers made themselves so ridiculous.
O'Grady called to him. "I'm afraid," he said, "that you got your photograph wrong." "Mistake about the house," said Mr. Billing. "Well, it can't be helped. Which is the right one?" "Not exactly that," said Dr. O'Grady. "You've got the proper house, but the Major has just reminded me " "I did not," said Major Kent. "Well, if it wasn't you it was Thady.
From some hidden bough, a robin voiced his happiness, and yellowbirds flew hither and thither, and there was billing and cooing and nesting. Along the low stone wall a wee chipmunk scampered. "What place do you like best in this beautiful old world?" she asked, drawing down a snowy bough. Some of the blossoms fell and lay entrapped in her hair. "This," he answered frankly.
"This was my wife's present to me on the first anniversary of our wedding day," he said to Mme. Vauquer, as he put away a little silver posset dish, with two turtle-doves billing on the cover. "Poor dear! she spent on it all the money she had saved before we were married. Do you know, I would sooner scratch the earth with my nails for a living, madame, than part with that.
'They are amorous, and fond, and billing, Like Philip and Mary on a shilling. I have promised to pay him a visit; Stewart, or some of the tutors, I believe, will accompany me, and I hope you will too. "Since commencement I have been at a Dutch wedding, and expect to be at one or two more very shortly. There was drinking, and singing, and fiddling, and dancing. I was pleased extremely.
Here was no billing and cooing, certainly, but a terse, biting phraseology, about which there could be no misconception. By the same messenger the Queen also sent a formal letter to the States-General; the epistle 'mutatis mutandis' being also addressed to the state-council.
Word Of The Day