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As for me, I believed in his guilt so little that our intimacy remained the same; and although that intimacy grew even up to the death of the King, we never spoke of this fatal snuff-box. During the night, from Monday to Tuesday, the 9th of February, the lethargy was great.
"Well, what o' that?" "Besides, she hardly knows me!" The Ancient took out his snuff-box and gave two loud double knocks upon the lid. "A woman knows a man sooner than a man knows a woman ah, a sight sooner! Why, Lord bless ye, Peter, she 'as 'im all reckoned up long afore 'e knows for sure if 'er eyes be black 'uns or brown 'uns that she 'as." Here he extracted a pinch of snuff.
'Elia' was in splendid good humour; comfortably ensconced in a large arm-chair, with a huge decanter at his right hand, and a huge bronze snuff-box, from which he continually helped himself, on his left. Clare having been formally introduced, Charles Lamb took a whole handful of snuff, and falling back in his armchair, stuttered out an atrocious pun concerning rural poets and hackney coaches.
"My affection for that little woman has driven me to find a singular pastime," replied the Princess, as she returned her snuff-box to her pocket. "Dear aunt, I am extremely vexed," said the Duke, stopping short in his walk. "Nobody but one of Bonaparte's men could ask such an indecorous thing of a woman of fashion. Between ourselves, Antoinette might have made a better choice."
In some subsequent editions the words are: "I lay my head close to it with a snuff-box in my hand, and I feague it away. I' faith." I am indebted to Dr. Murray for this reference, which he kindly furnished me with from the materials collected for his great English Dictionary.
Before entering his carriage, the First Consul made a present to Monseigneur, the archbishop, of a snuff-box with his portrait, and also gave one to the mayor, on which was the inscription, 'Peuple Francais'. We stopped at Caudebec for breakfast.
Where is the portrait? Will you shew it me?" I had the portrait in the interior of a gold snuff-box, but I had never shewn it to Esther for fear she should think Manon handsomer than herself, and conclude that I only shewd it her out of vanity; but as she now asked to see it I opened the box where it was and gave it her.
He opened the drawer of his private writing-table, and took out a gold snuff-box, with his initials set in brilliants upon the cover; handing it to Herr Behnisch, he motioned him to retire, and thus spare him the expression of his gratitude. "Your majesty," stammered Herr Behnisch, with tears in his eyes, "I " "You are an honest man, and so long as you remain so, you can count upon me. Adieu!
One of the survivors of Gardiner's old pupils, meeting a gentleman who was going to England, sent him the following message: "Tell Cappan Garna he promise to come again if his hair was as white as his shirt, and we are waiting for him;" and he added a little calabash snuff-box as a token.
'Why, says her friend, 'he had been at Hampstead to visit a gentleman of his acquaintance, and as he came back again he was set upon and robbed; and having got a little drink too, as they suppose, the rogues abused him, and he is very ill. 'Robbed! says my governess, 'and what did they take from him? 'Why, says her friend, 'they took his gold watch and his gold snuff-box, his fine periwig, and what money he had in his pocket, which was considerable, to be sure, for Sir never goes without a purse of guineas about him.
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