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"But did not the gnat tell you?" began the fox, humbly. "The gnat told me a great deal," said Kapchack. "But did he not say I sent him?" "No, indeed," said Kapchack, for the gnat, not to be outdone, had indeed delivered the fox's message, but had taken the credit of it for himself. The eight magpies immediately departed, and there was no one left but the weasel.
But our travelers were from New England, and they were not willing to be outdone in the matter of Sunday observances by such an out-of- the-way and nameless place as Baddeck.
Except that the point round which everything had centred in Belfast, the signing of the Covenant, was of course missing in Liverpool, the Unionists of Liverpool were not to be outdone by the Ulstermen themselves in their demonstration of loyalty to the Union. The packet that carried the group of leaders across the Channel happened to be, appropriately enough, the R.M.S. Patriotic.
Regarded as pure music, one strain of the hermit thrush is to my mind worth the whole of it; just as a single movement of Beethoven's is better than a world of Liszt transcriptions. But in its own way it is unsurpassable. Still, though this is a meagre and quite unexaggerated account of the ordinary song of the brown thrush, I have discovered that even he can be outdone by himself.
This, it is true, was more striking and constant in her than in Glendower; for in love, man, be he ever so generous, is always outdone.
Then grim Stetson suggested that they drink again "to our success"; and cowboy Buck, not to be outdone, proposed another toast "to the necktie party after." The big bottle, empty now, dinned on the surface of the bar. "By God! I hope we get him," flamed Grover. "He ought to be hung, anyway. He killed his wife and burned up the body, they say, before he left!"
The mule always appears to me a most surprising animal. That a hybrid should possess more reason, memory, obstinacy, social affection, powers of muscular endurance, and length of life, than either of its parents, seems to indicate that art has here outdone nature. Of our ten animals, six were intended for riding, and four for carrying cargoes, each taking turn about.
This plenty kept both the army and city in good health, as well as in good heart; whereas nothing was to be had of us but blows, for we fetched nothing from without our works, nor had no business without the line but to interrupt the enemy. The manner of the king's encampment deserves a particular chapter. He was a complete surveyor and a master in fortification, not to be outdone by anybody.
The new knight, in turn, not wishing to be outdone, invited them all to dinner for the following Sunday, at his place at Asnieres. The house, decorated with Moorish ornaments, looked like a cafe concert, but its location gave it value, as the railroad cut through the whole garden, passing within a hundred and fifty feet of the porch.
Last time it was in the ice-box," snapped she, as coolly, not to be outdone. "So you did remember know me us!" "How could I help remembering that icy train-wreck?" He was slipping the rope in a noose under her arms. "Perhaps, some day.... Well! I'm glad to be 'Jack at a Pinch' again, anyway." "R-ready!" he shouted then. And Pem was drawn up, to face a Highland squall from Andrew.
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