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Now, however, men have learned to congregate upon its shores, and admire. Then they cross it carefully, they have enough respect left for that with their cunningly nailed shoes and a rope; an hour or two they dally with it, till at last, being hungry and cold, they walk to the inn for supper.
The chancellor was wise; it would be better to dally with the truth than needlessly to sacrifice ten thousand lives. But what had the lieutenant further to conceal? The ambassador wanted no dinner. He rang for his hat and coat, and twenty minutes later he was in the chancellor's cabinet. "You seem out of health, Baron," was the chancellor's greeting. "I am indeed that, Count.
But in all things man sows upon the wind, which bloweth just there whither it listeth; for ill or good, man cannot know. Often ill comes from the good, as good from ill. When Hunilla Dire sight it is to see some silken beast long dally with a golden lizard ere she devour.
I took, nevertheless, my walk before breakfast, though the weather was not inviting; and here I am, wishing you a finer day, and seeing you peep over my shoulder, as I write, with one of your kindest looks, when your eyes glisten and a suffusion creeps over your relaxing features. But I do not mean to dally with you this morning. So God bless you!
And Anderson quoted, rather imperfectly, I thought: Oh, but life went gayly, gayly In the house of Idah Dally; There were always throats to sing Down the river bank with spring. Mr. Sklarz beamed. "Yes, yes," he said, "down the river benk mit spring." And he stood up and bowed and summoned the waiter. "See vat all the gentlemen vant," he ordered, "and give them vat they vant mit my compliments."
"If," muttered she, "if he should write, what then? Do you meditate pleasure in replying? Ah, fool! I warn you! Brief be your answer. Hope no delight of heart no indulgence of intellect: grant no expansion to feeling give holiday to no single faculty: dally with no friendly exchange: foster no genial intercommunion...." "But I have talked to Graham and you did not chide," I pleaded.
He was the native whom we have already introduced as having been met by George Dally, though of course the Brook household were not aware of this. A few other savages entered the cottage soon after, and were about to follow the example of their chief and help themselves, but he sternly ordered them to quit, and they submissively obeyed.
"Dally not with me, friend," continued Oliver; "I profess to thee in sincerity I am no trifler. What guests have you seen at yonder house called the Lodge?" "Many a brave guest in my day, I'se warrant ye, master," said Joceline. "Ah, to see how the chimneys used to smoke some twelve years back! Ah, sir, a sniff of it would have dined a poor man."
Dally not let us on time is brief, and judgment is certain." She resumed the path which led to the Abbey a path which, in ancient times, was carefully marked out by posts and rails, to assist the pilgrim in his journey these were now torn up and destroyed.
To have one day each week free from the steady grind of one's dally work is a great relief, but to have a holiday is something still better, for it usually means a day set apart for general rejoicing. Why do all housewives persistently disregard the right of the household employee to have legal holidays?
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