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The Rooseveltians, on the other hand, really felt a compelling surge of enthusiasm which they must uncork. Meanwhile Colonel Roosevelt and his lieutenants knew that the enemy was perfecting his plan to defeat them.
Argensola suggested that this would be a good opportunity to uncork one of the many bottles which he was keeping in the kitchen. Tchernoff could go home through the studio door that opened on the stairway.
I would sometimes call one a Pilgrim instead of a Puritan, and by this would uncork the vials of wrath." To the credit of the post-Knickerbocker Petronius it must be said that he was ever content with his lot. If there were poses to laugh at, there were qualities to respect. A meaner soul might have turned the peacock prestige to financial account.
"Said Dolver had shot up his partner, Davey Langan back in Pardo. Harlan was evenin' up." "What do you know about Harlan?" The question was addressed to all of them. Rogers answered. "He's a bad guy all bad. He's an iceberg, an' he's got the snakiest gun-hand of any man in the country. Draws hesitatin'-like. A man don't know when he's goin' to uncork his smoke-wagons.
I could spot what he was thinking as clearly as if he had confided it to my personal ear. He wanted to sit down and call it a day, I mean, but the thought that gave him pause was that, if he did, he must then either uncork Gussie or take the Fink-Nottle speech as read and get straight on to the actual prize-giving.
There was quite a to-do about it. "Kindly leave the bottles alone! I am to uncork the champagne," shouted Pauline. She bustled about in an extraordinary fashion, purely for her own amusement. On the entry of a servant with the chocolate pot, she seized it and filled the cups with the greatest glee, as active in the performance as any restaurant waiter.
'In the Efremovsky district ... I know it. 'Do you know my place, Aleksyevka? Sanin asked, sitting down too at the table. 'Yes, I know it. Polozov thrust in his mouth a piece of omelette with truffles. 'Maria Nikolaevna, my wife, has an estate in that neighbourhood.... Uncork that bottle, waiter! You've a good piece of land, only your peasants have cut down the timber. Why are you selling it?
Then you take an old burlap bag there's one in the back porch put the cat on it and turn over him a wooden box. Then take a two-ounce bottle of chloroform, uncork it, and slip it under the edge of the box. Put a heavy weight on top of the box and leave it till evening. The cat will be dead, curled up peacefully as if he were asleep. No pain no struggle." "It sounds easy," said Anne dubiously.
Finally, if at home we find the most essential happiness or misery of life, of course each should do his best to make it the most attractive of all places. He should bring not his worst, but his best temper there. How many are there who bottle up their wrath all the day long, and uncork it when they get home! They had better reverse the process.
'First blood to you, Kiomi; uncork his claret, my duck; straight at the nozzle, he sees more lamps than shine in London, I warrant. Make him lively, cook him; tell him who taught you; a downer to him, and I'll marry you to-morrow!
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