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The waggish crowd pressed upon them from all sides, and while the funeral car with its canopy, its cortége, and its banners surrounded the door, one of the buxom wenches fell upon the neck of the drabant and kissed and hugged him, while a giant raven with a pointed beak forced his tankard on the headsman's assistant, and compelled him to drain it to the dregs, finally bonneting him with the empty tankard.
"Admirably," he allowed. "Quick in more than meets the eye, John. Spiritually quick. You saw me putting on my hat; you did not see love taking on the crown of pity, and me bonneting her with it, tripping her up and trampling the life out of her. Oh, a most cold-blooded business, John! Had to be done, though. No other way out.
The sage contrived to purloin the talisman while the khan and his guards slept; but not content with this he gave a further proof of his dexterity by bonneting the slumbering potentate with a bladder. This was too much for the khan.
"Not like bonneting," said the man; "ah, I see, you would like to be principal; well, a time may come those long white fingers of yours would just serve for the business." "Is it a difficult one?" I demanded.
‘Not like bonneting,’ said the man; ‘ah, I see, you would like to be principal; well, a time may come—those long white fingers of yours would just serve for the business.’ ‘Is it a difficult one?’ I demanded.
"Why, to a first-rate bonnet, as I think you would prove, I could afford to give from forty to fifty shillings a week." "Is it possible?" said I. "Good wages, a'n't they?" said the man. "First rate," said I; "bonneting is more profitable than reviewing." "Anan?" said the man. "Or translating; I don't think the Armenian would have paid me at that rate for translating his Esop."
The wan looks and gaudy finery of the thinly-clad women contrasted as strangely with the gay sunlight, as did their forced merriment with the boisterous hilarity of the two young men, who, now and then, varied their amusements by ‘bonneting’ the proprietor of this itinerant coffee-house. Mr.
'Not like bonneting, said the man; 'ah, I see, you would like to be principal; well, a time may come those long white fingers of yours would just serve for the business. 'Is it a difficult one? I demanded.
She wore a dress in which brown and yellow mingled as in woods on an autumn day, and the jacket had a high collar of fur, over which she watched him. Let us say that she was watching to see whether any of the old Tommy was left in him. His velvet jacket was to become the derision of Thrums, but Tommy took his bonneting haughtily, like one who was glad to suffer for a Cause.
'Why, to a first-rate bonnet, as I think you would prove, I could afford to give from forty to fifty shillings a week. 'Is it possible? said I. 'Good wages, ain't they? said the man. 'First-rate, said I; 'bonneting is more profitable than reviewing. 'Anan? said the man. 'Or translating; I don't think the Armenian would have paid me at that rate for translating his Esop.
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