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Was thinking to-day, for whilst travelling with slaves the subject is most disagreeably pressed upon you, even to nausea, of the reasons offered by American Consuls in vindication of slavery in the United States. Mr. P thus apologized: "I once spoke to a male slave who earned plenty of money. I said, 'Do you want to be freed? 'Oh no, he replied, 'I get fifty dollars a month.
It is hoped that they will, by better behavior, preserve themselves from the punishment of God, and, in case of the contrary, must solely blame themselves should they find themselves disagreeably covered. Marin by the rosy-colored blood. She is to have prayers read in both parishes, and is to let the sub-landlord give my friends soup, meat, and half a bottle of wine each.
She spoke quite gravely. Amelius, a little to his own astonishment, found himself answering gravely on his side; assuring her, in the most conventional terms, that he was entirely at her service. Something in her manner affected him disagreeably.
So great was her disgust that she feared lest she should break out in rage and denounce him. Following after her scene with Geoffrey the very intensity of his passion wrought disagreeably upon her nerves. She felt the irony of fate. Yet the reflection steeled her purpose and gave her strength to smile and seem to accept his advances. She placed her hand, glistening with rings, upon his sleeve.
Marian had called on Martin in his room a short time before to announce her engagement, during which visit she had playfully inspected Martin's palm and told his fortune. On her next visit she brought Hermann von Schmidt along with her. Martin did the honors and congratulated both of them in language so easy and graceful as to affect disagreeably the peasant-mind of his sister's lover.
That is, yes, indeed, it is splendid, Edna. Benny, why haven't you taken off those back shutters?" Miss Derwent laughed softly. Miss Martha often told people that the surf did not affect her at all disagreeably, and Edna's experience had taught her to appreciate this.
'Why, Maciek, that sounds as if you had a bad conscience, said the gospodyni disagreeably. 'It makes one feel bad, to see such wretchedness, he murmured. 'The man whose fault it is would feel it most! 'It isn't my fault, but I'm sorry for them all the same. 'Why don't you take the child, then, if you are so sorry? sneered Slimakowa, 'you'll give him the child, Zoska, won't you? Is it a boy?
I do not assassinate boys." "But supposing I should kill you by chance?" Beauvais laughed again. "That is not possible." Maurice had faced death before, but with more confidence. The thought that he had poked his head into a trap stirred him disagreeably. He saw that Beauvais possessed a superabundance of confidence, and confidence is half of any battle.
Ruffiano told me that he had left word at Brunow's lodgings that he might be found here, and we ate our simple dinner, drank our half-flask of Chianti together, and had already reached our coffee and cigars when Brunow came to keep his appointment. He was astonished to find me there, and, I thought, disagreeably astonished.
Cash had laughed disagreeably and asked Bud what he was going to do draw a chalk mark, maybe? Bud, half drunk and unable to use ordinary good sense, had said yes, by thunder, he'd draw a chalk line if he wanted to, and if he did, Cash had better not step over it either, unless he wanted to be kicked back. Wherefore the broad, black line down the middle of the floor to where the table stood.
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