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This monarch united, to the mean and abject superstition of a monk, all the courage and magnanimity of the greatest hero; and, what may be deemed more extraordinary, the justice and integrity of a disinterested patriot, the mildness and humanity of an accomplished philosopher. M. Paris, p. 566. Chron. T. Wykes, p. 53. Trivet, p. 208.
"'Rather, said I, adopting the slang of the place. "'Well, said he, 'Dick has been a good customer of mine, and all his pals are welcome at the 'Molly. I have not seen him lately, however how goes it with him now? "'Right as a trivet, said I, 'and making lots of rhino. "'Glad to hear it; and what latitude does he hail in now? "'That, said I, 'is private and confidential.
She sat up, pushed back the hair from her brow, and began to glance about. "How's your man?" Bryant asked the doctor. "Right as a trivet if no complications set in. Have him stowed on a cot in the inner room. Bring on your next." "You ought to be the next," said Lee, darkly. "Because I grabbed her? Well, I'll use her another time if she's about. Steady as a pin. No wasted motion, either.
A boy o' Diamond's size as can 'arness a 'oss t'other Diamond's size, and put him to, right as a trivet if he do upset the keb 'll fall on his feet, ma'am." "But he won't upset the cab, will he, Jack?" "Not he, ma'am. Leastways he won't go for to do it." "I know as much as that myself. What do you mean?" "I mean he's a little likely to do it as the oldest man in the stable.
The next Gothamite tale also finds its counterpart in the Gaelic stories: There was a man of Gotham who bought at Nottingham a trivet, or brandiron, and as he was going home his shoulders grew sore with the carriage thereof, and he set it down; and seeing that it had three feet, he said, "Ha! hast thou three feet, and I but two?
The old English trivet of wrought iron made in the eighteenth century was frequently "improved" by the addition of a toasting fork, which could be adjusted and set at certain angles so that the toast could be left in front of the fire for a few moments until it was quite ready to be taken off and put on a plate standing conveniently on the trivet until the dish or rack of toast was complete.
Having said this, he fixed his torch in a twisted branch of iron which served for a candlestick; and, placing the oaken trivet before the embers of the fire, which he refreshed with some dry wood, he placed a stool upon one side of the table, and beckoned to the knight to do the same upon the other.
Her old misgivings about Dave's home influences, revived, had more share in the earnestness of her tone than any misgivings about her daughter. And was not there the awful background of the convict? "Not a bit of it not a bit of it! Right as a trivet, I should say, as far as that goes! But ..." He stopped and touched his forehead, portentously. "Ah the poor soul! Now is that true?"
But even the Long Island trains arrive some time, and all too soon the cars slowed up at the familiar little station, and Jack got out. "Quite a stranger in these parts, Mr. Delancy," was the easy salutation of the station-keeper. "Yes. I've been away. All right down here?" "Right as a trivet. Hot summer, though. Calculate it's goin' to be a warm fall generally is." It was near sunset.
I would go to Liverpool straight off, and cross in the first steamer, and the thing's done. And can you get at it at once with nobody knowing? 'Yes, I think so, said Rose. 'My father asked to see my book when first I came home, and he is not likely to do so again, till I can explain all about it, and I am sure it cannot be wrong. 'Wrong no! Right as a trivet!
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