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His heroes are divine, you must admit. And, Mr. Crocker," she concluded with a charming naivety, "I just made up my mind I would have him." "Woman proposes, and man disposes," I laughed. "He escaped in spite of you." She looked at me queerly. "Only a jest," I said hurriedly; "your escape is the one to be thankful for. You might have married him, like the young woman in The Sybarites.
'And as to Miss Lake's residing with you I speak now, you will understand, in the strictest confidence, because the subject is a painful one; as to her residing with you, as she proposes, Miss Lake is well aware that I am cognizant of circumstances which render any such arrangement absolutely impracticable. I need not, my dear Sir, be more particular at present, at least.
He writes to his friend Thomas Paine to assure him that the semi-cylindrical form of roof after the De Lorme pattern, which he proposes for his house, is entirely practicable, for he himself had "used it at home for a dome, being 120 degrees of an oblong octagon." He was characteristically American in his receptivity to new ideas from any source.
When he proposes to a woman, he in fact says: "I am able to support you; I am able to protect you from the rough usage of the world; I am strong and ambitious, and eager to take upon myself the lovely bondage of this responsibility. I offer you this love because I feel the courage and responsibility of my position." That is the manly part of it.
Suddenly he lifted his eves to the pale face of his rival, which was bowed towards the floor. "Walter!" he cried. "Marion!" was the startled response. "Choose, May! choose between us!" exclaimed Marion, with glistening eyes and extended hand. "With your leave, Mr. Cunningham," she said joyfully, speaking to Walter, but placing her hand in that of Sherwood. "Man proposes, God disposes."
He proposes that books shall be tried by their effects on manners.
As nobody knows, and as Florence in her heart is more frightened than she cares to confess, being aware through Adrian that some of the men are still up in the smoking-room, and fearing that a quarrel had arisen among them, she proposes that they should go to the smoking-room in a body and make inquiries.
The several States of the Union are by force of the Constitution coequal in domestic legislative power. Congress can not change a law of domestic relation in the State of Maine; no more can it in the State of Missouri. Any statute which proposes to do this is a mere nullity; it takes away no right, it confers none.
It is said that their Bruce, and the rest of his kinsmen, intend a new May-game, and that the outlawed king proposes to land near Turnberry, early in summer, with a number of stout kernes from Ireland; and no doubt the men of his mock earldom of Garrick are getting them ready with bow and spear for so hopeful an undertaking.
It is of very little consequence. It is a bagatelle. All she proposes to do is to purchase all the slaves in the United States out of her own funds and ship them out of America." "Great God!" "Yes. We didn't dare it. She does. We didn't begin. She has begun. And since it has begun, who knows what army of the people what new party may fall in behind her? We want you to forestall all that.
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