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We 'ave purchased a green-grocer's business in Columbus Avenue you might call it a sort of general business, fruit, vegetables, hegg eggs, coal, firewood and vinous liquors, sir. We hexpect to take possession in a fortnight, sir." "We? Have you a partner?" "Yes, sir. Watson, sir." "Watson? Is is he leaving me, too? Upon my soul, Diggs this is TOO bad!" "Yes, sir, it really is.
It's not often I sleep past my dinner time." "I've kep' it for you," said Mrs. Peter. "There's some baked 'taters hot in the pan, and maybe the little master and missy'd like one of their eggs." "I'm sure they would," said Tim; "a hegg and a baked 'tater's a dinner for a king. And there's the oranges for a finish up." And he skipped back merrily to announce the good news.
Like most people who unite a strong will with an empty head, she was "wiser in her own conceit than eleven men that can render a reason:" in brief, she was obstinate. One of her settled convictions was that her little son Tommy was "as full of mischief as a hegg is full of meat."
I am very tired, and should like some tea and toast." "And a hegg, miss, or anything of that sort?" "No, thank you; just tea and toast, please. Nothing more." The woman stared after her as she went down the street. Elma got as far as the beach; she then sat down on a bench and gazed out at the waves. The tide was coming in.
I suppose her ladyship gave you my message that I wanted it back?" "Yes, my lord, and her la'ship come herself, not ten minutes after you was gone. But I've no more power over that there receptacle than a hunlaid hegg, and that's the long and short of it. I've allus said, and I say it again, 'Them as have charge of the post-office should have the key."
For, you see, Aunt Elizabeth Jane's method was to go steadily on with a text, and not distinguish titles and stage directions. So her nephew, being docile, tackled the fifty-second Psalm, and did not flinch from m, a, s, mass c, h, i, l, chill; total, Mass-Chill nor from d, o, do; e, g, hegg; total, Do-Hegg. But when he came to Ahimelech, he gave him up, and had to be told.
He was reminded that he was a good fellow, and that one of the members of the camp was notoriously a rogue. "Mootee go along a you, all asame place? That fella no good. You good fella." "Yes," he answered. "All one track me fella go. Good track blenty tchugar-bag, blenty hegg, blenty wallaby, close up. You no wan' run about. Catch 'em blenty close up. Bi'mby me go long way.
Crupp, and observed, 'We needn't trouble you to wait, ma'am. 'Shall I put a little more tea in the pot afore I go, ma'am? said Mrs. Crupp. 'No, I thank you, ma'am, replied my aunt. 'Would you let me fetch another pat of butter, ma'am? said Mrs. Crupp. 'Or would you be persuaded to try a new-laid hegg? or should I brile a rasher? Ain't there nothing I could do for your dear aunt, Mr.
'Mossoo and Madame Hostin? comprenny? and he says, 'Ya-ase, and then bursts out laughing, and looks as proud as a hen that's just laid a hegg Ya-ase, Mossoo et Madame." George Fairfax and Clarissa met very frequently after that ball at the Embassy. It happened that they knew the same people; Mr.
There is nothing like obeying the voice of conscience for taking the flesh off one's bones; and, speaking of conscience, Phoebe, whose metaphysics are of the farm farmy, says that hers "felt like a hunlaid hegg for dyes" after she had jilted the postman. As to the eggs, I am sure the birds will go on laying one a day for 'tis their nature to.
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