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"But why," she said with her head still slightly turned away toward a figure a sturdy-looking woman, which, for the first time, Hoffman perceived was walking in a line with them as the chasseur had done "why did you come here at all?" "The first time was a fool accident," he returned frankly. "I was making a short cut through what I thought was a public park.

While they rebuke the indiscriminating bigotry with which some of our countrymen admire and imitate every thing English, merely because it is English, let them frankly point out what is really worthy of approbation.

From appearances, though, the place seemed more like a large, private mansion than anything else. "Just one word more before we proceed," continued the other. "I do not wish you to labour under any illusion. Here we are frankly criminals. This is our home.

The association has lasted for ten years, so it is to be presumed that Dr. Leyds has changed his opinion of President Kruger, and frankly realized his position.

"If you were just an ordinary, stupid, stolid Englishman," she whispered, "why did you risk your honour and your safety for my sake? Will you tell me that, dear man of steel?" Julian leaned even closer over her. She was smiling now frankly into his face, refusing the warning of his burning eyes. Then suddenly, silently, he held her to him and kissed her, unresisting, upon the lips.

Shallum grated on his taste, but she was as open to inspection as a shop-window, and he was sure that time would teach his wife the cheapness of what she had to show. Roviano and the Englishmen were well enough too: frankly bent on amusement, but pleasant and well-bred. But they would naturally take their tone from the women they were with; and Madame Adelschein's tone was notorious.

As I entered he looked up from his case and inquired, with an air of benevolence "Well, my lad, what can I do for you this morning?" "If you please, sir, I want to learn to be a printer," replied I, boldly. "Ah, indeed! Well, I was just thinking of taking an apprentice. But give an account of yourself how old are you, and who are you?" I frankly communicated to Mr.

For an American plenipotentiary to remain silent, and by his silence to give the impression that he approves a course of action which he in fact believes to be wrong in principle or contrary to good policy, constitutes a failure to perform his full duty to the President and to the country. It is his duty to speak and to speak frankly and plainly.

Anne of Austria, naturally affable, gladly released them from the etiquette which was imposed upon every one else. These young ladies played and laughed, sang or frolicked, after the manner of their years, and the young King lived frankly and gaily in their midst, as one lives with agreeable sisters, when one is happy enough to have such.

First, in the amazing delivery of almost frankly indecent songs a delivery so extraordinarily fine as to convert them for the moment into works of art the image of beautiful iridescent scum on foul water suggests itself.