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Another flagging pause. Lionel, to create a divertisement, raised a remarkably, fine specimen of coral from the table, and carried it to his mother. "It is beautiful," he remarked. "Sibylla brought it home with her." Lady Verner allowed that it was beautiful. "Show it to Lucy," she said, when she had examined it with interest.
Pepys lets us amusingly behind the scenes in the matter of his Majesty's divertisement. Dryden does not seem to see that in the condemnation of something meant to amuse the public there can be no question of degree. To fail at all is to fail utterly. "Tous les genres sont permis, hors le genre ennuyeux."
There was a perfect litter of matches on the table about the very respectable heap of chips and coin which he had accumulated but these were curiously overlooked, and what was even more remarkable, he displayed no unseemly celeritude in returning to what was plainly a very profitable divertisement.
'that neither at that time, nor for several years after, was it intended for the public view, it being written for the private divertisement of a fair young lady, and, ever since it had the honour first to kiss her hands, was so entirely hers, that the author did not reserve so much as the Brouillon to himself; however, she being prevailed upon, though with some difficulty, it was printed in 8vo. 1670.
The homage was of course to the Princess so at least the assemblage concluded; and jumping to the idea that the bear-keeper had been employed by her for their divertisement, each man in the company resolved himself into an ally and proceeded to assist him.
I am, indeed, everlasting obleeged! I wish I could prove it some way. Mother'll be so pleased." And talking all the way downstairs, Jim took himself and his delight away. Ishmael sighed, and arose to dress for dinner. His kindness had not been without its reward. The little divertisement of Jim's letter had done him good.
Bywater made a divertisement. He seized the roll, with which it was no business of his to meddle, and carried it to Mr. Pye. "The names have to be altered, sir." In return for which Mr. Pye sternly motioned him to his seat, and Bywater favoured the school with a few winks as he lazily obeyed. "Who could possibly have suspected Roland Yorke!" exclaimed the master, talking in an undertone with Mr.
My sister was in a grievous fret. The story was told the king the next day, and the court had the divertisement of laughing at it." Whilst the great minister's nieces were yet extremely young, Louis XIV. fell passionately in love with the elder, Maria, and his marriage with her was frustrated only by the united endeavours of the queen mother and the cardinal.
"Thank you, I will return, if I may." Kirkwood moved toward the door. "But there's no necessity " She seemed insistent on detaining him, possibly because she questioned his motive, possibly for her own divertisement. Kirkwood deprecated his refusal with a smile. "The truth is, Miss Calendar is waiting in a cab, outside. "Dorothy Calendar!" Mrs. Hallam rose alertly. "But why should she wait there?
Courtiers were charmed with the sea-shore at Scheveningen, where on the hard sand, admirably contrived by nature for the divertisement of persons of quality, the foreign ambassadors and their ladies, and the society of the Hague, drove in their coaches and six horses.
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