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If he were eight-and-twenty, as he asserted himself, Time had dealt hardly with him: his hair was thin, there were many crows'-feet about his eyes, and other signs in his countenance of the progress of decay. If, on the contrary, he were forty, as Sam Snaffle declared, who himself had misfortunes in early life, and vowed he knew Mr.
After an hour's broad daylight, they drew rein at the inn-door at Neuchatel, having been some eight-and-twenty hours in conquering some eighty English miles. When they had hurriedly refreshed and changed, they went together to the house of business of Defresnier and Company.
Fordyce, when the first agitation, of the meeting was over. 'Positively, you look as young as you did in Brussels eight-and-twenty years ago. Just look at me. Yes, these are my daughters; and this is Gladys Graham, whom I am so anxious to see under your care.
The same night he returned to Orocotona, his own town; so as he went that day eight-and-twenty miles, the weather being very hot, the country being situate between four and five degrees of the equinoctial.
He told them he had sold two lambs there. Levee's companion said immediately, Then you have eight-and-twenty shillings about you, for lambs sold to-day at fourteen shillings apiece.
Really, Adela, I must enter a protest! Remember that you are eighteen years of age. 'I don't forget it, Alfred. 'At eight-and-twenty, at eight-and-thirty, you propose still to be at the same stage of development? 'I don't think we'll talk of it, said the girl quietly. 'We don't understand each other. 'Of course not, but we might, if only you'd read sensible books that I could give you.
Her open hand pressed down upon the rough surface of the pebbles, she leaned a little backward, her lithe body twisted sideways from the waist, while she scrutinized the man upon the sands below. And that the latter presented a gallant and even distinguished appearance, though arrayed in leather-peaked cap, blue serge reefer jacket and trousers which had evidently seen service, Tom could not but admit, as he stood just clear of the ripples of incoming tide staring idly after the receding boat with its cargo of black ribbed skeleton lobster-pots. A spirited-looking, well-made fellow, no doubt; merchant captain or more probably mate Tom took him to be about eight-and-twenty but in an altogether different rank of life to themselves and therefore a quite unsuitable object for prolonged and earnest attention. His advent should be treated as an accident, not elevated thus to the importance of an event. It was not quite good taste on Damaris' part Tom felt; and he made a show of rising, saying as he did so, by way of excuse: "It is wonderfully charming out here. I am loath to break up our little tête-
Sponge was the victor, and by nine o'clock had scored eight-and-twenty shillings against his host, when he was inclined to leave off, alleging that he was an early man, and would go to bed an arrangement that Facey seemed to come into, only pressing Sponge to accompany the gin he was now helping himself to with another cigar.
And is not our son the future Duke? Our well-beloved Conrad, is it not so? for, woman of eight-and-twenty years as you are, my child, none other name than that hath ever fallen to you! "Now it hath come to pass that age hath laid its hand upon my brother, and he waxes feeble. The cares of state do tax him sore.
A vision of the conquering Ernest, attended by "eight-and-twenty noble and pleasant females, marching two and two, half naked, each holding a torch in one hand and a laurel-wreath in the other," now swept before the dreamer's eyes.
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