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Updated: May 17, 2025
He might lack style; he might be barren of poetry; he might be void of philosophy; his psychology might be pitifully inadequate; his outlook on life might be petty; but he was pastmaster of the theater, and from him were hidden none of the secrets of that special art.
Kendrick?" asked Mrs. Stephen in her husband's ear as they stood looking on. "There's certainly no criticism of his manner toward her," Stephen replied. "I'll say for him that he's a pastmaster at adaptation. I'll wager he's enjoying himself, too. It's a new experience for the society youth." "Stevie, why do you all insist on making a 'society youth' of him?
"Not without reason, perhaps. It is idle to deny that you are a pastmaster in the ungentle art of rejection. What have you to say in self-defense, Dickie?" "That talking nonsense appears to be highly infectious and that it is a disagreeably oppressive evening."
"But that's to be expected of a man who's been a pastmaster all his life in understanding and dealing with human nature." "When it was not too near me, Cal. When it came to the dearest thing I had in the world, I made a mistake with it. It was only when the boy came under this roof that he received the stimulus that has made him what he is. That was sure to tell in the end."
Still another baneful lie that keeps the American from seeing America first is that our New World West lacks "human interest;" lacks "the picturesqueness of the shepherds in Spain and Switzerland," for instance; lacks "the historic marvels" of church and monument and relic. If there be any degree in lies, this is the pastmaster of them all.
But Richardson was a pastmaster at judging when he was well out of range, and equally clever at getting into such a position. Once Harry had seen a fascinating duel between Richardson and a Boche plane, in which the latter retired before a decision was reached.
The Thursday night was the exception that did not see Charles Whibley at Henley's right hand even as he was in the pages of the National Observer, not merely ready for the fight but provoking it, insisting upon it, forcing it, boisterous in battle, looking like an undergraduate, talking like a pastmaster of the art of invective, with a little stammer that gave point to his lightest commonplace.
To an Englishman, who was a pastmaster in the noble art of using fists and knees to advantage, the situation was neither uncommon nor very perilous. The crowd was noisy it is true, and was no doubt ready enough for mischief, but Clyffurde's swift and scientific onslaught from the rear staggered and disconcerted the most bold.
The boy was always talking about the business these days, and he found always a ready listener in the old man who was such a pastmaster in the whole difficult subject. "It's the mildest sort of weather bright sun, good roads most of the way, and something worth seeing at the other end. Put on your fur-lined coat, sir, will you? and come with me up to Eastman. I want to show you the new shop." Mr.
As for the dishes themselves here St. George with Jemima's help was pastmaster: dishes sizzling hot; dishes warm, and dishes stone cold.
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