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"'Twere Black Jarge 'isself!" exclaimed Simon, whipping up his horses; but when we reached the place George was gone, and though we called and sought for some time, we saw him no more. So, in a while, we turned and jogged back towards Sissinghurst. "What be you a-shakin' your 'ead over, Old Un?" inquired Simon, after we had ridden some distance.
But gently, Pegasus! Here again, boys, and "let's to business," as they say on 'Change. 'Twere almost needless to inform our readers, that such portion of a county as is hunted by any one pack of hounds is technically denominated their country; and of all countries under the sun, that of the Surrey subscription foxhounds undoubtedly bears the bell.
At length a smile dissolved the sternness of her charming lips, she glanced at his extended hand and said: "'Twere a pity so firm and generous a hand should remain tenantless," and with that she placed her palm in his. The Archbishop smiled grimly at this lovers' by-play, then solemnly, with upraised hands, invoked God's blessing upon them.
"So be it," she answered seriously, looking into the fire, "but why I spoke, is, because so many, in fact nearly every one, enters the marriage vocation now-a-days, as though twere a trifling risk, as though to a woman it were not fraught with the sublimest responsibilities it is possible for the noblest woman to assume, as though it were indeed, nothing more, than the gratification of having secured a husband, the fuss of an elaborate trousseau or the eclat of a wedding ceremony.
"As I were sayin', th' bear he takes after me wi' his best licks an' I takes off an' tries t' load my gun as I runs. I drops in a han'ful o' powder an' then finds I gone an' left my ball pouch at th' fire. It were pretty hard runnin' wi' my racquets sinkin' in th' snow, which were new an' soft an' I were losin' ground an' gettin' winded an' 'twere lookin' like un's goin' t' cotch me sure.
And there appeared among the beasts a monkey all ajoint with tricks, jerking with malice, he looking as 'twere hungry for the doing of things detestable; and the lion scorned him, and I marked him ridicule the lion: 'twas so. And the lion began to scowl, and the other beasts marked the displeasure of the lion.
In deeds of such uncertain double visage Safety lies only in obscurity. Those measures are the worst that stand avowed; What's not abandoned, is not wholly lost. Then it perhaps were best Ay, surely 'twere The best; Oh, sir, my better angel speaks Through you; go on then, worthy sir, conclude You are in earnest, you examine deep, Have quite a different spirit from your uncle.
Mind and eye were confounded with its beauty, even as says the poet: Look on the verdant smiling mead, with flowers and herbs beseen, As 'twere the Spring thereon had spread a mantle all of green.
Did he not boast, with ungodly tongue, That Stralsund must needs to his grasp be wrung, Though to heaven itself with a chain 'twere strung? TRUMPETER. Will none put a stop to his slanderous bawl? CAPUCHIN. A wizard he is! and a sorcerer Saul! Holofernes! a Jehu! denying, we know, Like St. Peter, his Master and Lord below; And hence must he quail when the cock doth crow
Thou overcomest the senses, the reason, the judgment; yea, vindictiveness, wrath, suspicions; leading the soul captive with a breath of thine, as 'twere a breeze from the gardens of bliss. Bhanavar changed her manner a little, lisping, 'And why that starting from the tomb of a dead harmless youth? And that abuse of me? He peered at her inquiringly, echoing 'Why?
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