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"Well, I should say that, for the improvements Mr Holt has made, a hundred dollars would be a fair compensation." "A hundred dollars?" "Yes in cash, of course, I mean." "Will you be satisfied with that sum?" said I, turning to Holt for the answer. "Parfitly satisfied so long's it's in cash." "I agree to give it then." "All right, strenger! a bargain's a bargain.
"Now, that bein' the case, an' the baggage all wet, an' the day parfitly beautiful, an' the sun about hot enough to bile the sea, we can't do better nor stay where we are, an' mend the canoes, dry the goods, an' start fair to-morrow mornin'." Stanley looked at Prince, as if expecting a remark from him; but the grave countenance of the silent bowman indicated that he was absorbed in contemplation.
When these preparations had been made, those men, who had never seen turtle-turning performed, were instructed in their duties by an experienced hand. The process being simple, the explanation was short and easy. All that you've got for to do is to keep parfitly still till the turtles comes out o' the sea, d'ye see? then, as the Dook o' Wellin'ton said at Waterloo Up boys an' at 'em!
James is in an awful stew, and I cannot blame him; but then he should consider the hyoscyamus which I was taking, and the anxious botheration about the money-market. However, as Chaucer says: "There is na workeman That can bothe worken wel and hastilie; This must be done at leisure parfitly." January 12.
Langland, in the Vision of Piers Plowman, makes the first mention of his popularity: "I kan not parfitly my paternoster, as the priest sayeth, But I kan rymes of Robyn Hode and Randolf, Earl of Chester". Again, in John Fordun's Scottish Chronicle, written about 1360, we find him described not only as a notorious robber, but as a man of great charity.
It strengthens the wind, and adds to a horse's power of endurance. You understand?" "Parfitly, squoire," replied the groom. "By th' mess! that's a secret worth knoain'. Onny more orders?" "No," replied Nicholas. "We shall set out in an hour or it may be sooner." "Aw shan be ready," said Peter.
W'y that, havin' wisely given up yer idols, an' taken to the true God, the next best thing you can do is to go off at once to Raratonga, an' git the best adwice you can from those wot are trained for to give it. I can't say no fairer than that, for, as to askin' adwice on religious matters from the likes o' me, w'y the thing's parfitly ridiklous!" Jarwin sat down amid a murmur of applause.
In the first place, I am agent to Lord Non Resident's estate, if you ever heard of that nobleman, and am on my way from Castle Ruin, the seat of his Lordship's Incumbrances, to Dublin. My name you have already heard. Are you now satisfied?" "Parfitly, your honor," replied Ned, "and I am much obliged to you, sir."
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