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"'It certainly is silver, said the minister. 'Don't think that I would deceive you. You should not be afraid of being glad. "'Glad! said Pers Persson, 'should I be glad? I thought it was fool's gold, so it seemed better to take a certainty for an uncertainty. I sold my share in the mine to Olaf Svard for one hundred dollars.
Non equidem hoc studeo bullatis ut mihi nugis Pagina turgescat, dare pondus idonea fumo. PERS., Sat. v. 19. 'Tis not indeed my talent to engage In lofty trifles, or to swell my page With wind and noise. There is no kind of false wit which has been so recommended by the practice of all ages as that which consists in a jingle of words, and is comprehended under the general name of punning.
In the midst of the applause and the laughter that filled the parlor, the Baroness de Pers drew gently nearer to Lucan on the sofa which they were jointly occupying, and said to him in a whisper: "Tell me, my dear sir, what in the world is the meaning of this new system? Do you know that I still preferred the old style myself?" "How, dear madam? And why so?" said Lucan simply.
Well, it's too late now, so you might as well come on over to breakfast." "You didn't forget it, any such thing! You locked me in here on purpose! You had no right to do it, and my father will pers persecute you, or whatever you call it!" "Well, anyhow the train's gone, and you can't get it back, so make the best of things and smile and come along."
Lapham to accept; but he had remained swelling behind his newspaper during her prolonged struggle with her note, and he could no longer hide his elation when Irene followed her sister upstairs. "Well, Pers," he demanded, "what do you say now?" Mrs. Lapham had been sobered into something of her former misgiving by her difficulties with her note. "Well, I don't know what TO say.
Or if thou hadst no thought of me, Nor what I have endured for thee, Yet shame and honour might prevail To keep thee thus from turning tail: For who would grudge to spend his blood in His honour's cause?" Quoth she, A pudding. Part I., Cant. 3, 183. Third Paper. Hoc est quod palles? Cur quis non prandeat, hoc est? PERS., Sat. iii. 85.
"'Do you come now from Falun? "'Yes, and I can tell you that things turned out better than we thought. The mineralogist said that it was silver ore. "Pers Persson looked as if the earth had opened to engulf him. 'What is it you say? Is it silver? "'Yes, we shall all be rich men now and able to live as royalty. "'Oh, is it silver? repeated Pers Persson, in still greater dejection.
On witnessing the gracious attentions which she lavished upon Monsieur de Lucan, Madame de Pers manifested the liveliest satisfaction, in the midst of which, however, could be seen at times some slight traces of her former prejudices against her grand-daughter.
QUANTI: 'how valuable! but the word may have exactly the opposite meaning if the context require it; thus in N.D. 1, 55 and Rep. 6, 25 the sense is 'how worthless! STIPENDIIS: 'campaigns'. The four words from libidinis to inimicitiarum are to be taken in pairs, while cupiditatum sums them up and is in apposition to all. SECUM ESSE: cf. Tusc. 1, 75; Pers. 4, 52 tecum habita.
After all, she only has to work them over once, and as we find them, we'll mark them out of the book. Ready, Martha?" "Can't read it." James took the little dictionary. "Um," he said. "Hadn't occurred to me." "What?" asked Mrs. Bagley. "This thing says, Three-rd pers period sing periodic indic period of Be, the last in heavy bold type. Can't have Martha talking in abbreviations," he chuckled.
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