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I had no difficulty in finding the house, which was of the most elegant and aristocratic appearance. My appeal to the doorbell was responded to by a smart-looking female domestic, who, on learning my errand, ushered me into the presence of her mistress.
He knows only too well that your dear uncle would know at once what was the matter with him." "But he's such a smart-looking fellow so clean, Mr Maine says, that he is quite a pattern to the others when he comes on parade." "Oh yes, that's all right, my dear; but who makes him smart? Who cleans his buttons and buckles, and pipeclays him, but his poor wife?
I hate a fellow who begins with throwing away his own religion, and then affects a prodigious respect for another. October 19. Captain H. Duncan called with Captain Pigot, a smart-looking gentlemanlike man, and announces his purpose of sailing on Monday. I have made my preparations for being on board on Sunday, which is the day appointed.
After that the rooms were empty for some months, and the Lion and the Unicorn were forced to amuse themselves with the beautiful ladies and smart-looking men who came to Prentiss to buy flowers and "buttonholes," and the little round baskets of strawberries, and even the peaches at three shillings each, which looked so tempting as they lay in the window, wrapped up in cotton-wool, like jewels of great price.
Darya Alexandrovna had to consent, and on the day fixed Levin had ready for his sister-in-law a set of four horses and relays, getting them together from the farm- and saddle-horses not at all a smart-looking set, but capable of taking Darya Alexandrovna the whole distance in a single day.
He sat and stroked his small yellow moustache; his eyes was absent; and on his handsome, almost Greek, features there dwelt a perfect and continuous calm. Presently the door was opened, and the smart-looking young baritone who had stolen away the hearts of half the women in London made his appearance.
Carleton has been." "Has he? Well, dear, I'm glad on't; he seems a very nice young man." "He's a smart-looking feller," said Cynthy, who was pouring out the tea. "And we have got the greatest quantity of nuts!" Fleda went on; "enough for all winter. Cynthy and I will have to make ever so many journeys to fetch 'em all; and they are splendid big ones. Don't you say anything to Mr.
The only other passenger was a rather smart-looking gentleman with a flower in his buttonhole, who made himself very pleasant; engaged Austin in conversation, gave him hints as to how best to enjoy himself in London, asked him a number of questions about where he lived and how he spent his time, and finished up by inviting him to lunch.
The three men watched Robert and the girl walking towards them from the group of officers. "Anstruther is a smart-looking fellow," commented Captain Fitzroy. "Who is he?" Truth to tell, the gallant commander of the Orient was secretly amazed by the metamorphosis effected in Robert's appearance since he scrutinized him through his glasses.
Cavalry officers, small, smart-looking, and soldierly, in yellow-braided uniforms, are seen in Fukuoko, looking as un-Asiatic in make-up as the schools, policemen, and telegraph-operators.
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