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'Thank you, said he, smiling, 'you are on the same errand as myself. 'Exactly so, said Lily; 'it will do capitally; how pretty Long Acre looks, and what a beautiful view of the church! 'This room used once to be pretty, said William, looking round, disappointed; 'it is very forlorn. 'Ah! but it will look very different when the chairs do not stand with their backs to the wall.
There's something even in those names which is pleasant to write down; to have passed only two hours in Cadiz is something to have seen real donnas with comb and mantle real caballeros with cloak and cigar real Spanish barbers lathering out of brass basins and to have heard guitars under the balconies: there was one that an old beggar was jangling in the market, whilst a huge leering fellow in bushy whiskers and a faded velvet dress came singing and jumping after our party, not singing to a guitar, it is true, but imitating one capitally with his voice, and cracking his fingers by way of castanets, and performing a dance such as Figaro or Lablache might envy.
"Hurrah, men! capitally done!" shouted the skipper; "you have her now," as the lugger, under her mizzen only, shot up into the wind, plunging heavily. "Ready about! and stand by to rake her with your starboard broadside as we cross her stern. Helm's a-lee! Load your port guns again as smartly as you please, my lads. Topsail haul!
Then I'm almost ashamed to confess it after what you said about luxury; but after all you needn't eat it unless you like "What is it?" said Priscilla. "Not milk chocolate, surely." "No. A loaf of bread." "Oh, bread's all right It'll go capitally with the soup. Frank was clamouring for bread yesterday, weren't you, Cousin Frank?
Codrington and Mr. Bice, under whose instructions some of the lads made evergreen ornaments, &c., large white arums and red flowers also. 'At 7 A.M. Morning- Prayers, as usual. At 9.30 the wedding. All the Melanesians in their places in Chapel; and as we came into the Chapel from my room, the 100th Psalm was chanted capitally. Mr.
Godfrey of the Manor House, near Cookham?" she asked "Colonel Godfrey's wife?" Malcolm nodded assent. "Do you know her too? What a small world this is after all! Mrs. Godfrey is a great friend of mine. We hit it off capitally on most subjects. In my opinion she is the cleverest and pleasantest woman in London." Then Dinah fairly beamed. "I am so glad you like her. She is a great favourite of ours.
At midday he heard the headman's servants complaining that the rice which had been given them for breakfast was so dirty and muddy that some of them had not been able to eat it at all; then he asked how they were usually fed "Capitally," they answered "we get most varied meals, often with turmeric and pulse or vegetables added to the rice; but that is only for the morning meal; for supper we get only plain rice."
Romfrey said, he had no objection to one rascal's backing another, and Shrapnel might hit his hardest, only perhaps Nevil might somehow get mixed up in it, and Nevil was going on quietly now he had in fact just done capitally in lassoing with a shot of the telegraph a splendid little Jersey bull that a Yankee was after: and on the whole it was best to try to keep him quiet, for he was mad about that man Shrapnel; Shrapnel was his joss: and if legal knocks came of this business Nevil might be thinking of interfering: 'Or he and I may be getting to exchange a lot of shindy letters, Mr.
He went into a little inn for travelling artisans, and engaged a room. "It's easy to see that you've been away from this country for a day or two," said the landlord. "Have you been far?" Oh, yes, Pelle had seen something of the world. And here at home there had been a good many changes. How did the Movement get on? "Capitally! Yes, awfully well!
"That will do very well," Bob said, encouragingly, "except that you are a great deal too fair and clean. "Look here, I have been mixing some paint. I think a wash of that will make all the difference. Now, sit down while I colour you. "That will do capitally!" he said, when he finished. "I think, when it dries, it will be just about the right shade for a Spanish sailor boy.
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