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But as Nelly entered the flagged kitchen, with its joints of bacon and its bunches of dried herbs, hanging from the low beamed ceiling, its wide hob grate, its dresser, table and chairs of old Westmorland oak, every article in it shining with elbow-grease, she saw that Mrs. Grayson looked particularly tired and pale.
"'Twas conspirator very conspirator," assented Old Zeb, screwing up his A string a trifle, and turning con spirito into a dark saying. "What's that?" "Greek for elbow-grease. Phew!" He rubbed his fore-finger round between neck and shirt-collar. "I be vady as the inside of a winder." "Such a man as you be to sweat, crowder!" exclaimed Calvin Oke.
You won't find any polished wood and gilding, squire," he continued, turning to Brace, with a dry smile. "Do you suppose I expected any?" said Brace shortly. "Well, no, I suppose not. But there is some polish, because the lads put that on with elbow-grease. No stuffing neither on the seats." "Of course not," said Brace. "We did not try to find a fancy yacht."
But, more to the subject, he's a foreign noble that's lived in England so long as to be without any true country: some of his letters call him Baron, some Squire, so that 'a must be born to something that can't be earned by elbow-grease and Christian conduct. He was out this morning a-watching the fog. "Postman," 'a said, "good-morning: give me the bag."
This world ain't a benevolent institution, an' the folks in it don't go throwin' their elbow-grease away unless they look to get somethin' out of it. This Morton boy has boned down here like a slave. What's in it fur him?" "Why, it's his vacation an' " "Vacation!" interrupted Janoah scornfully. "You call it a vacation, do you, for him to be workin' away here with you?
He understood it all, but as he was really desirous of working at his canvas, and was rather averse to having a scene at the moment, he made a little attempt to disconcert her. "It is the heart that gives success," she said, while he was considering how he might best put an extinguisher upon her romance for the occasion. "Not at all, Mrs Broughton; success depends on elbow-grease."
"Laws, honey, dey need elbow-grease," and the old woman laughed heartily. "I do wish my name was Anna," she said, with a sigh. "Well, you just need to put another a to the Ann," said her brother confidently. "And I don't like being called Han and Hanny." "I'd a heap rather be called Jim than James.
He dropped a few drops into the boy's mouth, then, stripping him, put an open box of ointment between himself and the negro. "Now, Mark," he said, "rub that stuff into his body. Don't be afraid of it. Go after him as if you were grooming a horse. Put some elbow-grease into it. The ointment has got to soak in, and the skin has got to be kept warm. See, he's getting cold, now!"
Everyone seemed to be too busy to notice 'Zekiel as he stood half in the doorway. Two of the dogs were scouring the floor with a pair of Dame Fossie's best scrubbing brushes, another was dusting the ceiling with a feather broom; whilst several, seated round the four-post bedstead, were polishing it with bees' wax and "elbow-grease."
Astor brought to London, according to our quaint Lutheran, "a pious, true, and godly spirit, a clear understanding, a sound youthful elbow-grease, and the wish to put it to good use." During the two years of his residence in the British metropolis, he strove most assiduously for three objects: 1. To save money; 2. To acquire the English language; 3. To get information respecting America.
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