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When he had arranged them on a little table before her, Fun signified in pantomime that they were hers, from her uncle. She returned her thanks in the same way, whereupon he returned to his tea-chest, and, having no other means of communication, they sat smiling and nodding at one another in an absurd sort of way till a new idea seemed to strike Fun.
When she was seated in the rocking-chair and Betty's father had pulled forward a flowered tea-chest for himself, he went on with his singing, and then played a Spanish dancing tune, with a nod to Betty, so that she skipped at once to the open garret-floor and took the pretty steps with much gayety.
Langford, as soon as the greetings and congratulations were over, "will you see what is the matter with the lock of this tea-chest? it has been out of order these three weeks, and I thought you could set it to rights." While Uncle Geoffrey was pronouncing on its complaints, Atkins, the old servant, put in his head. "If you please, sir, Thomas Parker would be glad to speak to Mr.
As soon as possible Rose retired to a corner, with a porcelain god on one side, a green dragon on the other, and, what was still more embarrassing, Fun See sat on a tea-chest in front, and stared at her with his beady black eyes till she did not know where to look. Mr. Whang Lo was an elderly gentleman in American costume, with his pig-tail neatly wound round his head.
Now, gentlemen, begin if you please." "The devil a word will I ever utter on the matter," said Farmer, "and there's my hand upon it." "Nor I." "Nor I." And every messmate shook him heartily by the hand, and by them the subject was dropped, and for ever. That evening Dr Thompson made the captain's punch, having carefully locked up in his largest tea-chest his invaliding suit.
Henrietta pleased grandmamma by getting her carpet-work out of some puzzle, and by flying across the room to fetch the tea-chest: she delighted grandpapa by her singing, and by finding his spectacles for him; she did quite a praiseworthy piece of her own crochet purse, and laughed a great deal at the battle that was going on between Queen Bee and Fred about the hero of some new book.
The Chinese students who aspire to honors spend years in verbally memorizing the classics Confucius and Mencius and receive degrees and public advancement upon ability to transcribe from memory without the error of a point, or misplacement of a single tea-chest character, the whole of some books of morals. You do not wonder that China is today more like an herbarium than anything else.
But if you are surprised now, what will you be by the end of the day? See if his advice is not asked in at least fifty matters." "I'll count," said Henrietta: "what have we had already?" and she took out pencil and paper "Number one, the tea-chest; then the poor man, and the turnpike trust " "Vixen's puppies and the drill," suggested her mamma. "And Judith's money," added Henrietta. "Six already "
"No matter about my rank," said the gallant middy. "If you can whip me, you are welcome to." So they had a "capital good fight," standing over a tea-chest, as proud tradition tells, and the Berwick sailor was the better fighter of the two, and won. The Englishman shook hands, and asked his name and promised not to forget him which was certainly most handsome behavior.
The worthy Job received me with his wonted dignity and ease; his lodgings consisted of a first floor, furnished according to all the notions of Bloomsbury elegance viz. new, glaring Brussels carpeting; convex mirrors, with massy gilt frames, and eagles at the summit; rosewood chairs, with chintz cushions; bright grates, with a flower-pot, cut out of yellow paper, in each; in short, all that especial neatness of upholstering paraphernalia, which Vincent used not inaptly, to designate by the title of "the tea-chest taste."
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