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And when I argued with him he whispered to me: "Samantha, if you insist on hangin' round their meetin' house here any longer I shall say out loud, 'By Joss!" At that fearful threat I started on, I wouldn't let him demean himself before the heathen. You can see here in this country, as in Japan, native workers plyin' their different trades, mechanics, painters, jewelers, etc., etc.
I'se an ole man an' has had my shar ob 'sperence, an' I'se alus 'served dat de hitch come in at de 'plyin' part. Dere's a sight ob preachin' dat soun' as true an' straight as dat de sun an' rain make de cotton grow, but when you git down to de berry indewidooel cotton plant dere's ofen de debil to pay in one shape or oder.
"You mean that you understood Russian better than the native language?" "Not that, sir, but I knew I would feel more at 'ome there than I would with the big bugs. When I got there the band was a plyin' over at the side o' the square, the flags was aflyin', and blyme me if something didn't stick in my throat, thinkin' of old times, sir." His eyes grew soft at the recollections evoked.
'Come an' give us a ball; this chap can't bowl. 'Well, I got yer aht, any'ow, said that person. 'Ah, yer wouldn't 'ave got me aht plyin' square. But a trial ball well, one don't ever know wot a trial ball's goin' ter do. Tom began bowling very slowly and easily, so that Liza could swing her bat round and hit mightily; she ran well, too, and pantingly brought up her score to twenty.
Th' dust an' worry iv th' city with its sprinkled pavements an' its glowin' theaytres is left behind. Th' cool counthry air blows into th' car laden with th' rich perfume iv dainty food with which th' fireman is plyin' his ir'n horse. Th' thrain stops occasion'lly. In fact ye might betther say that occasion'lly it don't stop.
Call him on the deep sea, call him up the Sound, Call him when ye sail to meet the foe; Where the old trade's plyin', and the old flag flyin', They shall find him ware an' wakin', As they found him long ago! The tradition created by Drake and Hawkins was carried on by Nelson and Collingwood in a different age and under different conditions, and the same heroic spirit animated them all.
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