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More than once the margravine informed me that I was not the equal of my father. 'Why, said she, 'why can't you undertake this detestable coal-mine, and let your father disport himself? I suggested that it might be because I was not his equal. She complimented me for inheriting a spark of Roy's brilliancy.
And above the chamber of this chariot that the emperor sitteth in be set upon a perch four or five or six gerfalcons, to that intent, that when the emperor seeth any wild fowl, that he may take it at his own list, and have the disport and the play of the flight, first with one, and after with another; and so he taketh his disport passing by the country.
There is great sin in quarrelling with friends. They that are thy grandsires are theirs also. Give away in charity on occasions of sacrifices, gratify every dear object of thy desire, disport in the company of women freely, and enjoy thou peace.
After waiting some time a walrus thrust its ungainly head up through the young ice that covered the hole, and began to disport itself in elephantine, or rather walrusian, gambols. Tiring of this in a few minutes, it dived, and the natives ran to the edge of the hole to be ready when it should come up again. The animal was a female, and a small one.
"Ay, but consider the accomplishments in the culinary art in re vel in arte culinaria which will be necessary for my housekeeper to know. How would you, for instance, dress a dinner for the bishop if he happened to pay me a visit, as you may be certain he will? How would you make pies and puddings, and disport your fancy through all the varieties of roast and boil?
Sympathetic and imaginative criticism is so apt to be stamped upon by the erudite, who cry out so lamentably over errors and minute slips, that the novel seems to be the only safe vantage-ground in which the amateur may disport himself. But if the specialist is to the amateur what the hawk is to the dove, let us go further, and in a spirit of love, like Mr.
For long minutes he hung entranced above a tray of jeweled side combs, and for other long minutes he critically weighed the charms of a spangled fan against those of one that was merely painted before he suddenly awoke to the realization that he was looking for something for Uncle Harold, and that Uncle Harold did not wear side combs, nor disport himself with gauze fans.
Your friends, the Thespians, would be only too happy to disport themselves in return for all your " "It would be useless, Mr. Sprouse. They will not come." "I am perfectly aware of that, but it won't do any harm to ask them, will it?" Barnes chuckled. "I see. Establishing myself as an innocent bystander, eh?" "Get O'Dowd on the telephone and ask him if they can come," said Sprouse.
Once the Hebraic shoals and snags were safely passed, both examiner and examined could disport themselves with a jaunty self-confidence born of a thorough acquaintance with the Shorter Catechism received during the plastic years of childhood. It was, however, just in these calm waters that danger lurked for Boyle. On the side of scholarship he was known to be invulnerable.
"If I were seeking innocent recreation from my labours, that is not exactly the spot I would choose to disport myself in," replied Claudius. "The scenery is good, but the people are detestable." "I agree with you; but it is a nice place for all that. You can always gamble to pass the time." "I never play games of chance, and there is no play in Baden now." "Principle or taste, Professor?"
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