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"My master serves my Lord Hastings, the king's chamberlain, and my lord has often been pleased to converse with me, so that I venture to say, from my knowledge of his affection to all excellent craft and lere, that whatever will tend to make men wiser will have his countenance and favour with the king." "That is it, that is it!" exclaimed Adam, rubbing his hands. "My invention shall not die!"
"Me go uppee lere, and me allee samee lookee down on um other side, so be." "Great Scott!" cried Jim Dart. "Who would have thought of doing that? Hop, you are a dandy!" "Me velly muchee smartee Chinee, so be," was the reply. "Where Misler Charlie? Me takee and showee where Misler Wild is velly muchee quicken, so be."
"I can tell you what would be the counsels of that wise young prince, for I know his mind," answered Hastings. "Ay, he and you love each other well. Speak out." "Prince Richard is a great reader of Italian lere. He saith that those small States are treasuries of all experience.
"Why, a hedge-priest pretends to know Latin," said Sibyll, smiling; "my father is one of the six men living who have learned the Greek and the Hebrew." "Gramercy!" cried Marmaduke, crossing himself. "That is awsome indeed! He has taught you his lere in the tongues?" "Nay, I know but my own and the French; my mother was a native of France."
"Well, then," said the earl, dryly, "since thou hast not yet station enough for my train, nor glosing for Northumberland, nor wit and lere for the archbishop, I suppose, my poor youth, I must e'en make you only a gentleman about the king! It is not a post so sure of quick rising and full gipsires as one about myself or my brethren, but it will be less envied, and is good for thy first essay.
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