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But there was a kind of little smile, too, on his face, showin' he did some thinkin'; and I guessed he was bidin' his time. "I wasn't as sharp as I might ha' been, or I'd ha' seen what he was waitin' for, with that quiet provokin' smile on his face, and his eyes smoulderin' like.
"I'm glad you did," said the lady. "And you're easy 'side of most of 'em, Hiram. You're a real good boy." "I reckon I get all I pay for, Mrs. Atterson," said her youngest boarder. "Well, there ain't many of 'em would say that. And they was awful provokin' this noon.
'But 'e hain't got no toes to give 'im the feelin' of 'is toes in 'is mind or henywheres else. 'Dummed old fool! sez the doctor, quite losin' 'is temper, fer father is terr'ble provokin'. 'It's the feelin' 'is toes used to give 'im, an' that same feelin' of toes keeps up after 'is toes is gone. 'Well, sez father, an' me tryin' to ketch 'is eye to make 'im stop, 'I don't git no feelin' of toes till me toes is 'urt.
I wes feared when I heard o' the papers; 'Lat weel alane, says I to the Dominie; 'ye 'ill bring a judgment on the laddie wi' yir blawing. But ye micht as weel hae spoken to the hills. Domsie's a thraun body at the best, and he was clean infatuat' wi' George. Ay, ay, it's an awfu' lesson, Marget, no to mak' idols o' our bairns, for that's naethin' else than provokin' the Almichty."
Weston, "but you've a kind heart, an' while you'd feel like tellin' her ter go, you wouldn't do it." "Mis' Brimblecom's one er the best women that ever lived, an' it's provokin' fer her ter be pestered with Sabriny," declared Mrs. Hodgkins. "Wal, I must be goin'," and away she went, stopping on the way to greet Randy who stood by the wall upon which sat Prue and Tabby. Long after Mrs.
But I c'n see right enough that there's no real meanin' to you in all you know about the rich an' the poor when you'll go an' rob a lad o' the pasture he'll need for his horses; an' you're only actin' hypocrite in lecturin' about promotin' good feelin's in society when you're busy provokin' bad feelin' yourself.
As stated by "Hosea Biglow," We gave the critters back, John, Cos Abraham thought 't was right; It wa'nt your bullyin' clack, John, Provokin' us to fight. The statesmanship displayed by our Government throughout this difficult affair was of the highest order. Credit for it has been given to Mr. Seward, the Secretary of State, by whom the correspondence and negotiations were conducted.
Name the word in the index, he'll turn to the page, and give you day, date, and fact, for it. There is no mistake in him. "That cussed provokin' visit of yours to Scotland will shove them things into the next book, I'm afeered.
But I have my reputation to think about; an' the children, God bless 'em! I grant that Polsue body to be a provokin' woman. She 'ave a way with her that drives me mad as a sheep. But, if you don't mind me tellin' 'ee, you men have no sense not a mother's son of 'ee. Not a doubt my Sam'd ha' spoke up just as fierce as you did. But then, you see, he's my Sam."
He thess glanced around unconcerned at all the people a-settin' around him, thess like ez ef they might 'a' been askin' him to a picnic instid o' him provokin' a whole school committee to wrath. Well, sir, it took that school-teacher about a half-hour to pick out the first question, an' he didn't pick it out then.
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