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As far as it was possible she put her husband also into Coventry. She held daily consultations with Mr. Greenwood, and spent most of her hours in embracing, coddling, and spoiling those three unfortunate young noblemen who were being so cruelly injured by their brother and sister.
Their form remains just what it was when woman was esteemed a pretty, desirable, and incidentally a child-producing, chattel. Against these time-honoured ideas the new spirit of womanhood struggles in shame, astonishment, bitterness, and tears.... I confess myself altogether feminist. I have no doubts in the matter. I want this coddling and browbeating of women to cease.
He then adds: "I am not fond of coddling; but as Paddy gave his pig the best corner in his cabin because 'shure, he paid the rint' I feel bound to take care of myself as a household animal of value, to say nothing of other points." Although he was never strong after this long illness, Huxley began in 1889 to be much better.
The husband was probably unaware of it; however, the wife gratefully kissed Florent's hands. This charity afforded him the greatest pleasure, and he concealed it as though it were some forbidden selfish indulgence. "That rascal Verlaque is making a fool of you," Gavard would sometimes say. "He's coddling himself up finely now that you are doing the work and paying him an income."
The whole room was turned to stone, motionless, expectant, awaiting the releasing moment of arousement all, that is, but the creeping sunshine, sliding nearer and nearer the crossed feet of the kitchen gods; and the hissing steam fire, warming, coddling the hearts of the gods. Sun at their feet, fire at their hearts, food before them, and mortals turned to stone!
Dundee commanded in a harsh whisper. No time for coddling these people now! Dexter Sprague's face took on a yellower tinge, but he obeyed. "Greetings!" he called in the jaunty, over-cordial tones of a man who knows himself not too welcome. "Where's Nita and everybody? Isn't that the cocktail shaker I hear?"
The leaves are ovate-oblong, and pubescent on the undersides. It is a valuable as well as ornamental little tree, and is worthy of a great amount of coddling and coaxing to get it established. Japan. This is a very distinct and beautiful flowering shrub.
Over Lena she crooned and hovered, petting and coddling her, and longing to speak some words of hope and comfort, but not daring to do so lest she should betray herself and the dishonorable way in which she had become possessed of the child's secret.
Thus Fortune had led him to the beginning of old age, coddling and caressing him. Under the influence of the beautiful day, which he knew was glowing without, Bertin sought a poetic subject.
But no one was seriously hurt, though Coddling had to leave the field because of a broken finger and Harper was replaced at the Columbia right guard because he was so disabled from a fierce piling-on of players that he was useless in the line. Ten minutes more to play, and the score tied!
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