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Sir Blaise turned to him as to a sympathizer and backer. "This Puritan dog has insulted me," he cried. Halfman nodded sagaciously. "And you would let a little of his malapert blood for him. But it may not be." He addressed Evander. "You are a prisoner on parole, wearing your sword by a lady's favor, and may not use it here."
I hope I am not liable to be called upon to account for the foolish actions of a malapert boy?" "Assuredly," said the Sub-Prior, "we shall prosecute no inquiry which is disagreeable to our guest.
"Go to, Rose, you are too malapert for a young maiden," said her father. "Once more, where is Peterkin Vorst, who should have kept this post?"
His eldest son bears the title of Viscount Culverhouse, and he is, of course, our cousin. When we were in London we saw much of these relatives of ours, and were grieved to part from them when we left. Now, is it understood?" "Yes, verily. And tell me this one thing more, fair cousin, if it be not a malapert question. Is it not true that thou art to wed with this Lord Culverhouse one day?"
"By the face of God!" he said, "Waldemar Fitzurse, much hast thou taken upon thee! and over malapert thou wert to cause trumpet to blow, or banner to be raised, in a town where ourselves were in presence, without our express command."
Mammon would never have taken his eyes off the pavement; mine soon left the contemplation of it, and fixed on St. Peter's thumb, enshrined with a degree of elegance, and adorned by some malapert enthusiast with several of the most delicate antique cameos I ever beheld; the subjects, Ledas and sleeping Venuses, are a little too pagan, one should think, for an apostle's finger.
Amazed at her own audacity she arose and said boldly: "Madam, I crave pardon, but my mother is to me the fairest woman in the world." For an instant there was dead silence in the chamber. An expression of fury crossed the queen's face. She half rose from her couch, and then sank back upon it. "We were near forgetting, Sir Malapert, that thou hadst not had benefit of court life.
Ed. Cheating, either in quality, weight, or price of commodities, is not common in Mahometan countries, where the punishment is very severe; that of nailing the dealer's ears to his door-posts. It is a foul disgrace to Christian countries that these crimes are so common. Ed. Malapert, dexterous in evil-speaking.
It is said that when Scheiner, himself a Jesuit, communicated to the Provincial of the Jesuits his discovery of the spots on the sun, the latter, a staunch Aristotelian, cautioned him not to see these things. Tardé maintained that they should be called Astra Borbonia, in honour of the royal family of France; but C. Malapert insisted that they should be called Sidera Austriaca.
"Three silver franks I win of you, fair hostess. Give me now three kisses of this white hand, and we'll e'en cry quits." "You are malapert," said the lady, with a toss of her head; "besides, they are so dirty. See! they are like ink!" and to convince him she put them out to him and turned them up and down.
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