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When about to tell an anecdote during a meal he would lay down his knife and fork, place his elbows upon the table, rest his face between his hands, and begin with the words, 'That reminds me, and proceed. Everybody prepared for the explosions sure to follow.
"Reminds me," said Susy, after reflecting, "of jumping on the hay." "'Minds me of of " remarked Flyaway; and there she fell into a brown study, with her head swaying from side to side. "I don't know why it is," said Prudy, "but since you spoke, this cream toast makes me think of the rag-bag. Excuse me for being impolite, grandma, but where is the rag-bag?"
My speaking of the husband, by-the-bye, reminds me that he was extremely backward about the great work of recovering his youthful bride. The relations of the girl, who felt themselves disgraced by her conduct, were vehement and excited to a high pitch, but the Menelaus of Nablus was exceedingly calm and composed.
Such a resemblance reminds us of Paganini's portrait which the child said was like him, 'about the fiddle," replied Lyon Berners, with an effort towards pleasantry, which was very far indeed from his heart; for he was oppressed with grief and dread.
Sellers is my name Beriah Sellers. "Ah! by the way New York, did you say? That reminds me; just met some gentlemen from your State, a week or two ago very prominent gentlemen in public life they are; you must know them, without doubt. Let me see let me see. Curious those names have escaped me.
And that reminds me, good mermaids, or good people, or good girls and sailors, or whatever you are, that I'm sent here to ask what you'd like to eat." "Good to see you, sir," said Cap'n Bill. "I'm nearly starved, myself." "I had it in mind," said the little man, "to prepare a regular mermaid dinner, but since you're not mermaids " "Oh, two of us are," said the Queen, smiling.
There has always been a Paliser here and it is your turn now which reminds me. I have made over some property to you. You would have had it any way, but the transfer will put you on your feet, besides saving the inheritance tax." "Thank you. What is it?" "The Place, the Wall Street and lower Broadway property, that damned hotel and the opera-box. Jeroloman wrote you about it.
The sublime self-assertion, addressed by Prometheus to Zeus, under whose sentence he was groaning, has never before been put into such plain English. Mr Mill's declaration reminds us also of Hippolytus, the chaste and pure youth, whose tragic fate is so beautifully described by Euripides.
This reference to Sir Henry Thompson reminds me of his early attempts at rhyme, which I trust he will forgive me for rescuing from oblivion. Once upon a time we captured a young cuckoo, and having carefully gorged it with bread-and-milk, and left it in a nest in an outhouse, which we devoted mainly to rabbits, the next morning the poor bird was found to be dead.
Whether some few remained in the city, as at Moscow, who in their stupefaction did not consider what kind of enemy they had before them, cannot be decided. The narrative is very beautiful, and reminds us of the taking of the Acropolis of Athens by the Persians, where, likewise, the old men allowed themselves to be cut down by the Persians.
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