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I remember that one of my schoolmates told me, when a boy, of a seventh son of a seventh son, somewhere in Essex County, who touched for the scrofula, and who used to hang a silver fourpence halfpenny about the neck of those who came to him, which fourpence halfpenny it was solemnly affirmed became of a remarkably black color after having been some time worn, and that his own brother had been subjected to this extraordinary treatment; but I must add that my schoolmate drew a bow of remarkable length, strength, and toughness for his tender years.
"Yes," rather dreamily I thought. "Do you know," with sudden animation, "she is a remarkably beautiful woman?" "Yes, she is." After all, the sight of Phyllis had rather upset me. "I had a glimpse of her in Vienna last winter," went on Pembroke. "I never knew who she was." "Vienna!" I exclaimed. "Yes. It was at a concert. Her face was indelibly graven on my memory.
"My dear Philip, for a clever man you can be singularly dense! Care for him! of course she does not." "She might do worse," he said; "Sylvester is not very bright, but he works hard, and will succeed after a fashion. His limitations dovetail conveniently with his capacities. What do you intend to do?" "Do I ever interfere in these things? My dear, you are remarkably dull to-night.
This trip was a remarkably successful one, and extended till January, 1865. She then appeared at the Philharmonic concerts at New York and Brooklyn, and on reorganizing her company visited Northern and Central New York.
'She has a remarkably fine countenance, said Mrs. Bouverie. 'Do you admire her? said Mrs. Hazleby; 'well, I never could see anything so remarkably handsome in Lizzie Woodbourne. Too thin, too sharp, too high-coloured; Kate is twenty times prettier, to say nothing of the little ones. 'I should not call Miss Woodbourne pretty, said Mrs.
The tail of the procession was brought up by a gillie leading, or rather holding in, two brace of remarkably handsome Gordon setters, and another gillie in charge of a patient-eyed pony with a couple of panniers slung over its back. However, the busy work of the day soon banished these idle regrets.
These praiseworthy priests, and the kind-hearted fisherman, who had first shown hospitality to Danae and little Perseus when he found them afloat in the chest, seem to have been the only persons on the island who cared about doing right. All the rest of the people, as well as King Polydectes himself, were remarkably ill-behaved, and deserved no better destiny than that which was now to happen.
"Thank you so much for the game, Miss Morley," he said. "Enjoyed it hugely. You play remarkably well, if you don't mind my saying so." Frances was pleased. "Thank you," she answered. "I know it isn't true that about my playing but it is awfully nice of you to say it. I hope we may play together again. Are you staying here long?" "Don't know, I'm sure.
Otherwise I went without prejudice, and being accustomed to judge for myself in such matters, came to the conclusion that Lady Caithness was an extremely shrewd woman, with her head remarkably "well screwed on," as the saying is. As regards her claims to be Mary Queen of Scots, I never heard these from her own lips, although I saw her daily for a week, and we had many interesting talks.
"They are not after the marines, but the Boy Scouts who had the nerve to cross the Pacific for the purpose of bringing a rascal to punishment." This view of the case proved to be the correct one, as the marines were remarkably well treated by the natives, who gathered about them with many gestures and questions, all unintelligible to the warriors.
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