United States or Falkland Islands ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Despite his ungrammatical conclusion, the speech called forth the resounding hurrahs of the Prince and his gentlemen, and once more Johnnie had to wait, striving to appear properly modest, and twirling a gold watch chain all of heavy links. But he could not keep his nostrils from swelling, or his eyes from flashing. And his chest heaved.
It was an old-fashioned prayer, such as the girl had never heard from the Bishop's lips; ungrammatical, inelegant, and long. A quiet talk with God, manly in its straightforward confession of short-comings, childlike in its appeal for guidance, fervent in its gratitude for all good gifts, and the crowning one of loving children.
I have a great respect for the the ornaments of the English stage. Society has quite thrown down its former barriers, you know! the members of your profession are received in the very best circles " "I ain't!" said Violet, with ungrammatical candor.
Rich was pleased to express his approval of her appearance. "I'll put on a play for you and that'll tell me if you knows your business," grunted the ungrammatical Rich. The play was a poor thing "The Wits," one of D'Avenant's comedies. The best part about it to Lavinia's fancy was the advertisement in the Daily Post where she read "Ginnet by Miss Fenton."
The steel rails which gleamed and glistened in the signal lights led to Woodvale. We entered the room and waited patiently until the operator looked up from the jabbering receiver. "When is the next train to Woodvale?" was my ungrammatical query. "I wish I could tell you," he answered, rather sullenly. He had been on duty hours over time.
Phyllis's tone was apologetic, but her eyes danced. Chuck looked appealingly at Janet. "You know what I mean," he said. "Of course, it's perfectly plain," Janet replied consolingly. "You thought she was me while all the time she was she and me was me," the hodge-podge of pronouns and their ungrammatical use was too much for poor Chuck. He buried his head in his hands, the picture of despair.
His mold, except for a vague and indistinct refinement in his long-fingered and strong hands, was simply that of a woodsman, sturdy, muscular, untiring. His speech was not greatly different from that of others: the woodspeople, spending many of the long winter days in reading, are usually careless in speech but rarely ungrammatical. His clothes were homely and worn.
Fortunately for Milly's feelings, Ernestine sat bolt upright and tongue-tied in the novelist's presence and thus did not betray her ungrammatical self. But she stayed on relentlessly until the visitor went, and observed afterwards, "So that's the Johnnie that writes the books I see in the windows? And the girls are crazy about 'em humph!" All of which would have amused the popular novelist.
"O, I was well grounded in my youth by an old gentleman, a friend of my family, and I may say my guardian," said I; "but I have forgotten it since. God forbid I should delude you into thinking me a herald, sir! I am only an ungrammatical amateur." "And a little modesty does no harm even in a herald," says my new acquaintance graciously.
I was glad to note that he had lost nothing either in dignity or manliness in my eyes. His speech though sometimes ungrammatical was vigorous and precise and his stories gave evidence of his native constructive skill. "Your mother is crazy to see you," he said, "but I have only this one-seated buggy, and she couldn't come down to meet you."
Word Of The Day