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According to another authority, T. Sandys got his early modesty from his father, who was of a very sweet disposition, and some instances of this modesty are given. They are all things that Elspeth did, but Tommy is now represented as the person who had done them.
But the Nineties are not more wonderful and stimulating to the young men of to-day who look back to them so admiringly, than the Sixties were to us whom they kept up into the small hours of many a Friday morning, inexhaustible as a subject of our talk, and Sandys, standing for the Sixties and all we found in them so admirable, could command any sacrifice.
I had just been reading old Sandys' account of his visit to Constantinople, in 1610, during this Sultan's reign, and could only think of him as Sandys represents him, in the title-page to his book, as a fat man, with bloated cheeks, in a long gown and big turban, and the words underneath: "Achmed, sive Tyrannus."
He realised as he had not done before the singular change in his position that his aunt's announcement had produced: a country squire, a proprietor he could not think of himself in that light it was like a curious dream. After luncheon, Mr. Sandys excused himself for a few minutes; he had to step over and speak to the sexton.
Bits of it well planted in the marsh adhere doggedly together to this day, but even then the roof was off and the chimney lay in a heap on the ground, like blankets that have slipped off a bed. This was the good ship Ailie, lying at anchor, man-of-war, thirty guns, a cart-wheel to steer it by, T. Sandys, commander. On the following Saturday, Ben the Boatswain piped all hands, and Mr.
For a time she upbraided Tommy passionately for not keeping away from this street, but soon her hunger for news of Thrums overcame her prudence, and she consented to let him go back if he promised never to tell that his mother came from Thrums. "And if ony-body wants to ken your name, say it's Tommy, but dinna let on that it's Tommy Sandys."
Of these Thomas was the elder, and as the twig was early bent so did the tree incline. In another column will be found some interesting recollections of Mr. Sandys by his old schoolmaster, Mr. David Cathro, M.A., who testifies with natural pride to the industry and amiability of his famous pupil. 'To know him, says Mr. Cathro, 'was to love him."
There can be no question that the overtures of Sandys, Weston, and others to make interest for them with one of these English Companies, agreed as well with both the preferences and convictions of the Leyden Pilgrims, as they did with the hopes and designs of Sir Ferdinando Gorges.
I'd rather go look for a living somewhere else." He opened the door. A sound of voices entered. The Vallins were celebrating the return of their child. The Story of an International Marriage By ARMIGER BARCLAY and OLIVER SANDYS In her excitement the paper rustled noisily to her knee. "O-h! Have you seen this?" She shot the Morning Post across the breakfast table to Mrs.
Instead, the king suggested the choice of some merchant of means and wide experience perhaps Sir Thomas Smith, Sir Thomas Roe, Alderman Robert Johnson, or Mr. Maurice Abbott. Whether Sandys could have been elected in the absence of this interference by the king, which the adventurers protested as an unwarranted invasion of their liberty, is itself an interesting and debatable question.
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