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The man that is tame in times of peace is a skulking woman in times of war. For the rest, whence came the wine they drank? It was of Messer Gonzaga's providing." "You lie, hound!" blazed Gonzaga. "I provided wine for Madonna's table, not for the men." "Yet some found its way to them; which is well. For water on the stomach makes a man poor-spirited.
King Robert III was a feeble, sickly, and poor-spirited king, and he had a prodigal son of that gay, brilliant, attractive, and impracticable kind which is so well known in fiction and romance, and, alas! also so familiar in common life.
At length, starting on her feet, and changing the monotonous tone in which she had chanted, as it were, the praises of the province of refuge, into the short, stern language of eager passion "I am a fool," she said, "to spend my words upon an idle, poor-spirited, unintelligent boy, who crouches like a hound to the lash.
The poor-spirited ones whine, with an eye on my pocket, and where I used to get welcoming smiles I now only get expectant grins. And the high-spirited ones are so afraid that I'll offer them help that their time is spent in snubbing me and keeping me in my place." "It's no use getting down about it," Pamela told her.
You do not imagine him so vile that this offer could tempt him?" Peppe looked up, his great, whimsical face screwed into an expression of cunning doubt. "You do not think, lord, that he invited it?" "Now, shame on you for that thought. Messer Gonzaga may be an idle lute-thrummer, a poor-spirited coward; but a traitor ! And to betray Monna Valentina! No, no." But the fool was far from reassured.
"Great dangers have threatened me, but I have escaped them all with great luck; it is poor-spirited of me to despair. And it must be that witches had thinned my blood with water that I should have thought of running away. To do that would be to lose my revenge forever. I should become a creature without honor, like the girl with the necklace. To stay is no less than my duty.
And for all this, the thanks they got were cuffs and contempt; and so poor-spirited were they that they took even this sort of attention as an honor. Inherited ideas are a curious thing, and interesting to observe and examine. I had mine, the king and his people had theirs.
It is a foolish poor-spirited weakness, as though my heart has been only half formed in the making. Do you be stronger, John. A man should be stronger than a woman." "I have none of that sort of strength." "Nor have I. What can we do but pity each other, and swear that we will be friends, dear friends. There is the oak-tree and I have got to turn back.
Only a moment did Mr. Edwards need for the reading of Greg's note. Then the cadet lieutenant frowned at Dick. "Mr. Prescott, what do you mean by perpetrating a poor-spirited joke under the guise of making an official communication?" In an instant Dick saw clearly that be had made a military mistake. "I beg your pardon, sir," he said meekly. "This may all be a joke to you, Mr.
As I went on talking, I pretended to be somewhat sleepy; Nanette being the first to notice it, said, "Go to bed without any ceremony, we will lie down on the sofa in the adjoining room." "I would be a very poor-spirited fellow indeed, if I agreed to this; let us talk; my sleepiness will soon pass off, but I am anxious about you.
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