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The viper!" cried Miss Sallianna, becoming hysterical, and addressing her observations to the ceiling; "the viper which I warmed in my bosom, and who turns and rents me." Which was very ungallant in the viper not to say extraordinary, as it implied that vipers dwelt in houses "to let."
She is not well enough to come down to dinner, and they have scruples about leaving her in solitude. 'At least we'll have a cigar after dinner, was Dick's ungallant reflection as they moved away. 'I hope they had a pleasanter dinner downstairs than we have had here, said Nina, as, after wishing Miss O'Shea a good-night, the young girls slowly mounted the stairs.
Sah-luma's clear, mocking laugh just then rang sharply through the perfumed stillness. "Thou mad Theos! Whither art thou bound?" cried the Laureate mirthfully. "Wilt leave our noble hostess ere the entertainment has begun? Ungallant barbarian! What frenzy possesses thee?" These words recalled him to himself.
"I am a soldier and I love a soldier's work, but I care not for these tiltyard tricks which were invented for nothing but to tickle the fancies of foolish women." "Oh, most ungallant speech!" cried the King. "Had my good-consort heard you she would have arraigned you to appear at a Court of Love with a jury of virgins to answer for your sins.
When we had settled down again at Biloxi, for days I remained to myself in the barracks, and saw no one, making pretense of being busy amongst my men. De la Mora rallied me upon my ungallant conduct, in denying to the ladies the sight of so famous a soldier.
Far different from their condition among many rude nations, where the women are made to perform all the work while their ungallant lords and masters lie buried in sloth, the gentle sex in the valley of Typee were exempt from toil, if toil it might be called that, even in the tropical climate, never distilled one drop of perspiration.
'She will reflect you upon the next person she talks to, said he. It was ungallant, but it was ingenious. Dearest sweetheart, before I stop, let me tell you that if I have brought any happiness into your life, you have brought far, far more into mine. My soul seemed to come into full being upon the day when I loved you.
Who best understands the Art of Conversation? Who, in a word, are our best talkers? I hope that I shall not be considered ungallant if I say nothing about the part borne in conversation by ladies. Really it is a sacred awe that makes me mute.
The island of Upolua, one of that cluster, claiming the special honor of his birth, as Corsica does Napoleon's, we shall occasionally hereafter speak of Samoa as the Upoluan; by which title he most loved to be called. It is ever ungallant to pass over a lady. But what shall be said of Annatoo?
But the fates are ladies, and not of course that it follows occasionally spiteful. It is very rash indeed to be ungallant enough to defy them they have such an unpleasant habit of accepting the challenge. Mr. Bultitude had hardly got clear of the groups scattered about the field, when he met a small flaxen-haired boy, who was just coming down to join the game.
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