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What of this pretty child's voice. Is it good?" "Is it good? I'll answer your question, Mr. Gay, by asking you another. Are you good at verses?" "'Tis said my 'Fables' will be pretty well. The young Prince William will have the dedication of it and if his mother, the Princess of Wales approves, methinks my fortune's made," cried Gay buoyantly. "Glad to hear it," replied Leveridge, dryly.
Upon which, he hesitated a moment, and then cried out, "O 'tis a fine thing, 'tis a very fine thing, and the constitution of England."
"'And the king answered: "Since thou canst neither add to my length of years, nor take anything therefrom, why should I make ready a repast for thee continually and without profit?" "'The Vetala made answer: ""Ho 'tis thus that thou speakest! Now, truly, come fight with me; this night will I devour thee."
"'Twas but nineteen!" growled Roger, frowning at Walkyn. "So will I make of this hangman the twentieth!" said Walkyn, frowning at Roger. "'Tis a sweet thought," laughed the archer, "to it, lads, and slay each other as soon as ye may, and my blessings on ye.
I can tell the trees no matter how dark 'tis by the way they move, and I can tell a Gordon by the swing of his shoulders, no matter how fast he slinks by on the other side in the shadow. You don't set much by me, Burr, and I don't set any too much by you, but we've got to swing our shoulders one way, whether we will or no, because our father and our grandfather did before us.
"Don't you see," continued the doctor, "if they act thus, when your back is turned, what is to happen next half? 'Tis not for Tom's sake, but how could we justify it to ourselves, to expose other boys to this usage?" "Yes," said Norman, not without a sigh. "I suppose it must be." "That is right," said Dr. May, as if much relieved. "I knew you must see it in that light.
"That is what we will hope to do," replied Mr. Weston. "And, Rebby, why do you not come with us? 'Tis but a few miles, and a day in the woods will do you good." "Why, perhaps I shall, if Mother does not need me," Rebby answered. She so seldom cared for woodland tramps that Anna gave a little exclamation of surprised delight.
All, sir, said I, he is happier already than ever he can be, if his daughter's innocence is to be the price of your favour: and I beg you will not speak to me on the only side that can wound me. I have no design of that sort, said he. O sir, said I, tell me not so, tell me not so! 'Tis easy, said he, for me to be the making of your father, without injuring you.
"Now for your desire," he writes to a correspondent in 1759, "of knowing the reason of my turning author? why, truly I am tired of employing my brains for other people's advantage. 'Tis a foolish sacrifice I have made for some years for an ungrateful person."
It is indeed my privilege to appeal to Holy Church for protection from this outrage, but not through such representative as I see here." "Père le Guard is chaplain of my household." "And servant to your will, Monsieur. 'Tis known in all New France he is more diplomat than priest. Nay! I take back my word, and will make trial of his priesthood.
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