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He had the same subtle air of the court which I had observed both in Monmouth and in Sir Gervas, which, with his high bold features and large piercing eyes, marked him as a leader of men. His private scrivener sat beside him, taking notes of his directions, while the others stood behind in a half circle, or took snuff together in the deep recess of the window.
For a day you must be content to follow without question or remark. Is that agreed! 'With all my heart, cried Sir Gervas. 'Then here's a bumper to our better acquaintance, cried Saxon, raising his glass. 'I pledge ye all, quoth the gallant. 'Here's to a fair fight, and may the best men win. 'Donnerblitz, man! said Saxon. 'I believe there's mettle in you for all your gay plumes.
James White and Gervas Say were justices of the peace in the old county of Sunbury and have already been frequently mentioned. One of the Abbe Bailly's registers is preserved at French Village in York county and another, which seems a continuation of the first, is at Caraquet, Gloucester county. During the year of his sojourn on the River St.
'Your strong opinions, friend, said Sir Gervas quietly, 'are borne out doubtless by your full knowledge of the subject. How often, prythee, have you been in these playhouses which you are so ready to decry?
It will be three years next Whitsuntide that hearing a great outcry as of a woman maltreated as I passed in the street, I made my way into the house and found Gervas verily beating his wife with a broomstick.
'I can see them over yonder in the direction of Westonzoyland, as bright as the poppies among corn. 'There are more upon the left, near Chedzoy, quoth Sir Gervas. 'One, two, three, and one yonder, and two others behind six regiments of foot in all. Methinks I see the breastplates of horse over there, and some sign of ordnance too. Faith!
John, which is of much local interest. He claims that the majority of the settlers, despite their late submission to Colonel Goold, were friendly to the American cause, although some were "great Zealots for Britain." Gervas Say and Lewis Mitchell are said to have been instrumental in bringing Col. Goold to the river, and Allan endeavored to seize them.
No doubt it was that of our undaunted friend, Sir Gervas Jerome, a name which shall ever be dear to my heart.
'By the Mass! whispered Sir Gervas, 'it is magnificent! An hour of this is worth a year in the Mall. The old Puritan bull is fairly at bay. Let us see what sort of sport the bull-pups make in the baiting of him! I'll lay five pieces to four on the chaw-bacons! 'Nay, it's no matter for idle betting, said I shortly, for his light-hearted chatter annoyed me at so solemn a moment.
It was a blow to find that she must part from her servant-woman, who, as well as her husband Gervas, was a native of Hull. Not only were they both unwilling to leave, but the inland country was to their imagination a wild unexplored desert. Indeed, Colet had only entered Mrs.
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