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Something nearer home is necessary to make men work, and deny themselves what they like. "The gentleman has told us of a sort of political leap-year that is to regulate the social calender. I understand him to mean that when property has got to be unequal, it must be divided up, in order that men may make a new start.
"I just can't see a reason in the world why I shouldn't invite Henry Mann to take me to the leap-year party at the beach. Every girl in the crowd is asking a fellow to take her.
In shaking hands with the newly-married couple the minister reminded them that it was leap-year, and wished them "three hundred and sixty-six happy and God-fearing days." Sam'l's station being too high for it, Tibbie did not have a penny wedding, which her thrifty mother bewailed, penny weddings starting a couple in life.
How soon shall I be big enough?" This was getting embarrassing. But the tutor was in a tender mood, and had it not in his heart to thwart the little Leap-year maid. "Time flies fast," said he; "you'll be grown up before we know where we all are." She sighed. "I know you'd sooner have Rosalind. But she doesn't care for you as much as I do.
As it was in a Kansas paper, which spoke of some one's 'blowing large chunks of melody out of a flute. But the charm of these Winsted gems is the entire unconsciousness of the writer. For instance, here: 'The élite lingerie of Winsted invited their gentleman friends to a leap-year ball!" "O, see here!" cried Hannah, turning the pages joyfully. "'The hall was decorated with syringe blossoms!"
Thus Pope Gregory got rid of three days out of the Julian calendar, or civil year, in every 400 years, since 1600 was retained as a leap-year, but 1700, 1800 and 1900, though according to the former law leap-years, were made common years, whilst 2000 will be a leap-year.
'And make your fortun' out of hand? added the Dodger, with a grin. 'And so be able to retire on your property, and do the gen-teel: as I mean to, in the very next leap-year but four that ever comes, and the forty-second Tuesday in Trinity-week, said Charley Bates. 'I don't like it, rejoined Oliver, timidly; 'I wish they would let me go. I I would rather go.
If it was leap-year fifty times over, I wouldn't offer myself to you!" And the young lady tossed her head in a very decided manner. "Now don't get mad, Maria!" implored Jedidiah, feeling that at the prompting of jealousy; he had put his foot in it. "I didn't mean nothing." "Then you'd better say nothing next time," retorted the young lady.
From Theon's astronomical observations we learn that the Alexandrian astronomers still made use of the old Egyptian movable year of three hundred and sixty-five days only, and without a leap-year. Paul the Alexandrian astrologer, on the other hand, uses the Julian year of three hundred and sixty-five days and a quarter, and he dates from the era of Diocletian.
As leap-year is drawing to a close it is expected that this opportunity will be extensively embraced. There are no side-saddles in any of these islands; all the ladies ride like men, and sit their horses very well. They wear long riding-dresses, cleverly and elegantly adapted to the exigencies of the situation, generally of some light material, and of very bright colours.
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