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Kneebone," observed Shotbolt, as he emptied his tenth tumbler; "I'm sure he's meditating an escape, and hopes to accomplish it to-night." "Poh! poh!" rejoined Ireton; "it was mere idle boasting. I examined the Condemned Hold myself carefully this morning, and didn't find a nail out of its place.
She could not let a slave know of her trials and misery. "Poh ting!" ejaculated the old woman in a compassionate tone, but too low for Mrs. Wentworth to hear her. "I 'spec her husband been treatin' her bad. Dem men behave berry bad sometime," and with a sigh she resumed her silence.
So I'll go and stir you up some pills in my marble mortar." "O, dear me, doctor; don't you now! Bring me some lemonade and nuts, for I'm drefful sick; but don't bring me no pills nor molters!" "Poh, only brown bread, Dotty! what do you suppose?" Upon the whole, Miss Dimple, being petted to her heart's content, had quite a comfortable day of it. In the evening she asked,
They are difficult to understand; and I would rather not meddle with what I can't understand." "Poh, poh, man; you must get over that. You might be of great use to me, Jack, in a very delicate affair for you know how it is with women; they must be handled as a man would handle this brig among breakers; Rose, in partic'lar, is as skittish as a colt."
"Poh! crying about that?" said Horace; "you're a nice little girl if you do talk too much, so don't you cry." Horace rather enjoyed seeing Grace and Susy in tears, but could never bear to have Prudy cry. "I'll tell you what it is," said Horace, when Prudy's eyes were clear again, "I don't think I make much playing hookey."
"Poh! he never bites," said Jonas. "There is only one danger to guard against, in unfastening such a horse as that." "What danger?" said Rollo. "Danger that he may step and tread on your foot." Rollo looked down at his feet, and began to consider this danger; but just then his father and mother came out, followed by the two girls, and took their seats in the carryall.
"He made a strange mistake in the day of appointment, and was compelled to leave town this morning. The package which he wished to deposit in the Mather Safe I hold in my hand." "Poh, poh! I thought that sort of philosophy had long ago been handed over to the limbo of fallacies."
There'll be something come and eat you up, sure as you live," said Lucy, who had a vague notion that camping out was connected in some way with wild animals, such as coyotes and mountain lions. "Poh! you don't know the least thing about Castle Cliff, Lucy! And Uncle James has talked and talked! Tell me what he said, now do."
"Poh, poh! Jack; there is no need of refining at all, to come at the merits of such a question. This is a civilized country, or it is not. If it be a civilized country, it will respect the rights of property, and its own laws; and if the reverse, it will not respect them.
In parliament, now, we say we'll be hanged if we do, and here you say you'll be hanged if you don't." "Poh, poh! Dashwood; no one expects this Raoul Yvard will come to that fate, for no one thinks he will hold out. We shall get the lugger, and that will be the end of it. I'd give a thousand pounds to see that d d Few-Folly at anchor within pistol-shot of my stern at this blessed moment.
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