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In your grandmamma's day such a thing would never have been thought of by a good woman; and even now, when there are women who actually go away and work for themselves, if their homes are unhappy " Aunt Victoria pursed up her lips, and shook her head. "It may be respectable, of course," she concluded magnanimously; "but I cannot believe it is either right or wise, and certainly it is not loyal."
He was only too ready to hand down his laurels to a younger man; but he wished to do it himself. Through the modesty that is always a quality of such a nature, he was magnanimously sensitive to the appearance of fading interest; he could not take it otherwise than as a proof of his fading power.
By this division of the Austrian conquests, every power gained either land or freedom, new possessions or security for the old; and as all gained, the balance of power remained undisturbed. France might magnanimously decline a share in the spoil, because by the ruin of Austria it doubly profited, and was most powerful if it did not become more powerful.
I want to give you the nickel." "Keep it!" I shouted back. "You found it." Another interval, and then more knocking. "Open up," he said coaxingly. "I I want to talk to you." I relented, and let him in. He pressed the coin into my hand. I refused; he pleaded. "You found it," I said, "it's yours." "But but you were looking for it." "That makes no difference," I declared magnanimously.
It began when I was twenty-three." "I don't mind it either," Sir Langham declared magnanimously; "but it's misleading." "I'm sorry," she said demurely. "I wouldn't mislead anyone for the world." "Now, what age should you think I am? But I suppose you know that's the worst of being a public character; when one gets nearly a column in Who's Who, everybody knows all about one.
Suppose it had been Bella all the time, and the real shock had been to find that she had been married! "The fault of the situation was really mine," I said magnanimously; "I quite blame myself. Only, you must believe one thing. You never furnished us any amusement." I looked at him sidewise. "The discovery that Bella and Jim were once married must have been a great shock."
And so, having stirred up his son-in-law and made him wince to his heart's content, the old statesman bade him stand no longer in the way, but tell the young gentleman that he, too, would be glad to know him; and this letter, that evening, "old Chesterfield" placed in his daughter's hand and then magnanimously gave her his blessing.
I've a special reason for wanting to make a hit with him." "Absolutely!" said Archie, magnanimously. "It's all the same to me. I only wanted to get him generally braced, as it were, if you know what I mean." "That's awfully good of you." "Not a bit, laddie, no, no, and far from it. Only too glad."
He then tenders payment of some fees previously owing to the barrister, who indeed receives the money, but magnanimously declares his intention of enrolling Rambaksh as a member of the association, and paying in the fees as a contribution from Rambaksh. "Blessed are the earnings of the virtuous which go to the service of God," said the barrister, and with this pious utterance the dialogue closes.
It's apple-jack, not a week old, and as rank as a Major General. Phew! I can smell every stick they burned to distil it. Abe, watch me closely while I drink. I magnanimously take the lead, out of consideration for you. If I ain't dead in five minutes, you try it." "O, stop monkeying, and drink," was the impatient answer. Kent put the jug to his mouth and took a long draught.
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