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You should not find it difficult, since you are so greatly my superior." "Oh, come, Strahan." "Pardon me, I forgot I was to express only my own thoughts, not yours." "You don't know my thoughts or circumstances. Come now, let us be good comrades. I will begin by thanking you cordially for introducing me to a charming young girl. I am sure I put on no airs this evening."
We returned to the study, and I reminded my host of the special object of my visit to him, namely, the inspection of Sir Philip's manuscript. "It is tough reading," said Strahan; "better put it off till tomorrow. You will stay here two or three days." "No; I must return to L to-morrow. I cannot absent myself from my patients.
Thus far they had been within the fortifications at Washington, for the authorities had learned the folly of sending undisciplined recruits to the front. At last, when the beautiful month of October was ended, and Lee's shattered army was rested and reorganized, McClellan once more crossed the Potomac. Among the reinforcements sent to him were the regiments of which Lane and Strahan were members.
You are sure a friend will thank you for hindering him from tumbling over a precipice; but, in the other case, I should hurt his vanity, and do him no good. He would not take my advice. His brother-in-law, Strahan, sent him a subscription of fifty pounds, and said he would send him fifty more, if he would not publish. GARRICK. 'What! Is Strahan a good judge of an Epigram?
It is doubtful if American Independence would have been achieved when it was, but for the services of Franklin at the Court of England. His first appearance there was when his fame as a philosopher was at its zenith, and the greatest men of that country sought his acquaintance. William Strahan, a member of Parliament, wrote to Mrs.
The decease of him from whose friendship I had obtained many opportunities of amusement, and to whom I turned my thoughts as to a refuge from misfortunes, has left me heavy. But my business is with myself. The passage enclosed in brackets I have copied from the original MS. Mr. Strahan, the editor, omitted it, no doubt from feelings of delicacy.
"You found Jenny Lind!" Everyone was as astonished as Mary Rose could wish. Bob Strahan and Miss Carter looked at each other and Bob dropped the piece of brass wire he had found in Mr. Wells' kitchen. "Yes, I did. Isn't it just like a fairy story? You see if you do a kind thing a kind thing's done to you. I've told all of you that and you wouldn't believe me but now you've got to.
Strahan bowed, and walked with military erectness down the avenue, his host looking after him with cynical and slightly contemptuous good-nature; but Mrs. Merwyn followed the receding figure with an expression of great bitterness. Her appearance was that of a remarkable woman. She was tall, and slight; every motion was marked by grace, but it was the grace of a person accustomed to command.
"I put her on the shelf in Mrs. Bracken's kitchen and she she disappeared!" "Cats," suggested Mr. Strahan with a very knowing glance for Miss Carter. Mary Rose shook her head. "Cats aren't allowed here. It was a dumbwaiter, Mrs. Bracken said." Her voice was filled with anguish. How hateful city life was! "Oh! I thought it was the milkman."
"I can assure you beforehand that I shall not be free with them; much less will I hold them out as an inducement. Slight as may be their value, they must be earned." "What chivalrous deed has Strahan performed?" was asked, in chorus. "One that I appreciate, and I don't give my faith lightly," "Mr.
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