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Dean's anecdote of his first attempt at enlightening the darkness in which he had been reared, I observed, 'But, Mrs. Heathcliff, we have each had a commencement, and each stumbled and tottered on the threshold; had our teachers scorned instead of aiding us, we should stumble and totter yet.
There was no longer a drop of the infernal liquor on the raft; no more spirit of any kind to produce fresh drunkenness or renewed delirium tremens! The madmen were not heeded by the others; but allowed to totter about, and give speech to their incoherent mumblings! sometimes diversified by yells, or peals of mania laughter, always thickly interlarded with oaths and other blasphemous utterances.
No, no; they will forget poor old Twoshoes." Goody! For shame of yourself! Do not be cynical. Do not mistrust your fellow-creatures. What? Has the Christmas morning dawned upon thee ninety times? For four-score and ten years has it been thy lot to totter on this earth, hungry and obscure? Peace and good-will to thee, let us say at this Christmas season.
"A leg that has come off," explained Maya, staring at him. "Don't you know? At home we children used the word offen for anything that had come off." "You should drop your nursery slang when you're out in the world and in the presence of cultured people," said Hannibal severely. "But it is true that our legs totter long after they have been torn from our bodies."
This despotism should not prevail against me. When the free, easy and enlightened American among the effete and crumbling monarchies of Europe shrieks for hard-boiled eggs, they must be produced, though the House of Hapsburg should reel, stumble and totter. I said on the third morning, "Haben Sie ein hot Feuer in your kitchen?" Ja. "And hot Wasser?" Ja.
The old night-owl, who now could scarce use her limbs, would, nevertheless, totter of an evening to the place where stood the vast family vault of the Hétfalusies, sit down there, opposite to the iron gate, and talk all sorts of nonsense to some imaginary interlocutor. "Eh! eh! old Hétfalusy! who was right after all? Didn't I say you would be the first to go?
The old drover was in a perpetual state of amazement; he did not know whether to regard his new assistant as a madman or as the most valuable hand he had ever hired. Gustavus never let the poor old fellow rest a moment; he had to eat his meals as he walked, and even to totter along half asleep.
He felt the image of Thomas Jefferson totter upon its pedestal, but it was steadied with a tremendous lurch. Jefferson was a man, after all, and this was only a woman. "Will you come?" asked the soft voice, and he stammered an amazed and awkward assent.
If any part is struck out, the fabric must totter, or fall; if any member is remiss, the others must encroach.
Suddenly, however, the young man was seen to totter; he sought to hold himself, turned a somersault and fell crushed to the pavement. A bullet had hit him. At this moment Bertuccio entered the hall. "Well?" asked the count. "Count, one of our emissaries has penetrated to the citadel. The Marquis Aslitta is no longer there!" "What can that mean?
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