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Dicey has written bears honorable testimony to the accuracy of his observation, as well as to his powers of comparison and judgment. As has been already remarked, we cannot be blind to the fact that our only supporters in England are those men who recognize at the heart of our contest that genuine principle of Liberty which is not to be limited to caste or to race.
Tennessee, her chuffy hand on his shoulder, for she could reach it as he knelt, held her head close to his, and looked at them too with wide black eyes. His mother placed the supper on the table, and twice she called to him to come, but he did not hear. She turned and looked down at him, then broke out sharply in indignant surprise. "Air ye bereft o' reason, Birt Dicey!
The little promoter showed his teeth in an impotent snarl. "What do you want me to do?" he asked, weakening. "First, I want you to give back every cent of the money that you got out of Dicey Fairfax. Second, I want you to give up to every one of those Negroes that you have cheated every cent of the property you have accumulated by fraudulent means.
Dicey, one so appreciative of the moral tone which Northern society demands of its representatives, should join in an accusation whose absurdity is only lost in its infinite offence. There are small inaccuracies, as well as occasional instances of carelessness or repetition, in these volumes, which, had circumstances allowed time for revision, might have been avoided.
Wellington, Despatches, etc., viii., 206; Parker, Sir Robert Peel, ii., 207. Parker, Sir Robert Peel, ii., 206. Goldwin Smith, United Kingdom, ii., 354; Dicey, Law and Opinion in England, p. 85. C. Creighton, History of Epidemics in Britain, ii., 768, 793-97, 860-62.
He passed on through the upper hall and down the stairs, then on out to the veranda, where he found a group of servants of whom Aunt Dicey was one excitedly discussing the very occurrence he wished to inquire about. They did not share the reluctance of Violet and Max, but answered his questions promptly, with a very full and detailed account of the affair.
He had a dozen witnesses there to prove that they had known the woman as Jane Callender. "But did you not give your name as Jane Callender?" "I object," thundered the defence. "Do, hush, man," Sis' Dicey exclaimed, and then turning to the prosecutor, "La, honey, you know Jane Callender ain't my real name, you knows dat yo'se'f. It's des my bus'ness name.
Dicey, much surprised, went off to obey these orders; and Mansell, with the assistance of Butts, fitted the second kite for the intended journey. He made a rough guess at the strength of its pull, and loaded the sledge accordingly. Two tail ropes were fastened to the last bar of the sledge for the men to hold on by and check its speed.
An' so, of co'se, thinkin' it might encour'ge him, we thess had it did over tryin' to coax him to consent after each one, an' makin' pertend like we enjoyed it. Then, nothin' would do but the nigger, Dicey, had to be did, an' then he 'lowed thet he wanted the cat did, an' I tried to strike a bargain with him thet if Kitty got vaccinated he would. But he wouldn't comp'omise.
He left all his money with me: some to pay for Masses for his father's soul, some to buy things for for our home; and the rest to keep till he came back." "Yes, yes," said Pomfrette, his eyes fixed painfully on her face "yes, yes." "The day after Luc went away John Dicey the Protestant come to me. I'd always liked him; he could talk as Luc couldn't, and it sounded nice. I listened and listened.
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