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"All in good time," said I. "We shall have no lack of noted men presently." "Mere two-penny heroes," she retorted. "I know your great men, such as Mr. Henry and Dr. Franklin and Mr. Adams." I began pulling up the grass savagely by the roots. "I'll lay a hundred guineas you have no regrets at leaving any of us, my fine miss!" I cried, getting to my feet.
"But he drank a bottle of wine; he did not eat seventy-two two-penny rolls, Doctor." "He drank the money worth of seventy-two loaves, which is drinking the loaves themselves; for money is bread." "But he has plenty of money to spare, Doctor." "To have to spare, is to have to give away. Does the gentleman give much away?" "Not that I know of, Doctor."
It is a two-penny trumpet, bought years ago in the village fair, and over it she and Captain Johnson tell, as best they can, between them, the story of Jackanapes' ride across the Goose Green; and how he won Lollo the Gipsy's Lollo the racer Lollo dear Lollo faithful Lollo Lollo the never vanquished Lollo the tender servant of his old mistress.
When bank-notes are passed for two-pence and become thick with use, a man may have a great mass of paper currency in his pocket without being rich. On this occasion, however, Ziska tendered to his uncle no two-penny notes.
I, too, was safe as long as I kept out of England. As matters stand, Lord Umfraville intends to press a charge of theft against me. And I am in disgrace with Bute, who is quite content to beat offenders with a crooked stick. This confluence of two-penny accidents is annoying." "It is worse than you know," my lord of Ufford returned. He opened the door which led to the Venetian Chamber.
They vomited, and in their vomit were often found pins, and once or twice a two-penny nail. One or two of the children died; for the accusations spread over a period of eight years, from 1656 to the time of the trial.
COLLEGE PUDDINGS. Grate the crumb of a two-penny loaf, shred eight ounces of suet, and mix with eight ounces of currants, one of citron mixed fine, one of orange, a handful of sugar, half a nutmeg, three eggs beaten, yolk and white separately. Mix and make into the size and shape of a goose-egg.
However uninformed the honorable member may be of characters and occurrences at the North, it would seem that he has at his elbow, on this occasion, some highminded and lofty spirit, some magnanimous and true-hearted monitor, possessing the means of local knowledge, and ready to supply the honorable member with every thing, down even to forgotten and moth-eaten two-penny pamphlets, which may be used to the disadvantage of his own country.
Or what do you say to a packet of dynamite in the two-penny tube?" The Baron sobered down a trifle. "Ach, not so fast, not qvite so fast, dear Bonker. Remember I must not get into troble at ze embassy." "My dear fellow, that's your pull. Foreign diplomatists are police-proof!" "Ah, but my wife!" "One stormy hour then tears and forgiveness!" The Baron lowered his voice.
It doesn't matter what a man professes so long as he professes it with all the faith of all his soul." I broke into a laugh, for the echo of my words rang comic in my ears. "Why do you laugh?" she asked. "Don't you think it funny to hear me talk like a two-penny Carlyle?" "Not a bit," she said seriously. "I can't undertake to talk like that always," I said warningly.
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