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But even Mr Cutts does not know how strangely my labours have been interrupted. What an episode was mine! A year of exaltation to high and princely rank a year of love and battle and then a return to this cold and heavy occupation!
Sir Edmund was a highly worthy man, but not in his first youth, and ponderous a Whig, moreover, and an intimate friend of the masterful governor of the island, Lord Cutts, called the "Salamander."
"It can't be roses," he ses, in a puzzled voice, "be-cos there ain't no roses hereabouts, and, besides, it's late for 'em. It must be Mr. Cutts, the clever new keeper." He put his 'ead over the fence and bid 'im good evening, and said wot a fine night for a stroll it was, and asked 'im whether 'e was waiting for Frederick Scott's aunt. Mr.
For an excellent description of the organization of the Catholic Church, see Andre Mater, L'eglise catholique, sa constitution, son administration . The best edition of the canon law is that of Friedberg, 2 vols. . On the social work of the Church: E. L. Cutts, Parish Priests and their People in the Middle Ages in England , and G. A. Prevost, L'eglise et les campagnes au moyen age . The most recent and comprehensive study of the Catholic Church on the eve of the Protestant Revolt is that of Pierre Imbart de la Tour, Les origines de la Reforme, Vol.
Had that interval lasted longer, gentlemen, believe me, that ere now I should have carried the victorious banners of Wallachia to the gates of Constantinople, plucked the abject and besotted Sultan from his throne, and again established in more than its pristine renown the independent Empire of the East!" "Hurrah! hurrah! hurrah! Well said Mandeville!" shouted Cutts.
There was a kind of native dignity about the man which impressed me favourably, notwithstanding the reserved manner in which he exchanged the preliminary courtesies. Cutts did the honours of the table with his usual alacrity. The dinner was a capital one, and the vine not only abundant but unexceptionable. At first, however, the conversation flowed but languidly.
As to Miriam, she went back to Cowfold without any self-accusation or self-applause. She did not know that there was anything criminal or generous in her attempt on behalf of Cutts. We may say in parting that he was acquitted, to her great delight; and Mr.
I cannot help putting my own construction upon the conduct of a gentleman who makes a direct profit out of the misfortunes of his friends." "You affect me deeply," said Cutts, applying himself diligently to the decanter; "but you don't drink. Do you know you put me a good deal in mind of Macready? Did you ever hear him in Lear,
Smith 'eld him down on the ground while Mr. Cutts kept pointing out places with 'is finger for Lewis to walk to. The last place 'e pointed to wanted a much taller man, but it wasn't found out till too late, and the fuss Keeper Lewis made when 'e could speak agin was terrible. "You'd better come out," ses Mr. Cutts; "you ain't doing no good.
"Yes," ses Bob, smiling; "I should know you a mile off on the darkest night." "We shall see," ses Mr. Cutts, taking up 'is beer and turning 'is back on him. "Those of us as live the longest'll see the most." "I'm glad I've lived long enough to see 'im," ses Bob to Bill Chambers. "I feel more satisfied with myself now." Bill Chambers coughed, and Mr.
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