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Indeed, I verily believe, that although I had been really chosen delegate, as it was at one time intended I should be, I could not have hoped for half the profit that came in from the dubiety which my declaration of neutrality caused; for as often as I assured the one candidate that I did not intend even to be present at the choosing of the delegate, some rich present was sure to be sent to my wife, of which the other no sooner heard than he was upsides with him.
I wad likeit weel just to hae come in at the clipping-time, and gien him a lounder wi' my pike-staff; he wad hae taen it for a bennison frae some o' the auld dead abbots. But it's best no to be rash; sticking disna gang by strength, but by the guiding o' the gally. I'se be upsides wi' him ae day." "What if you should inform Mr. Oldbuck?" said Lovel.
For it's like we may fa' in wi' some o' his unfreends there are e'en ower mony o' them about and his bonnet sits even on his brow yet for a' that; but I doubt they'll be upsides wi' Rob at the last air day or late day, the fox's hide finds aye the flaying knife." "I will certainly," I replied, "be entirely guided by your experience." "Right, Mr. Osbaldistone right.
"What aggravating brutes they are, to be sure!" said Harry, with a laugh, as his companion returned with the hatchet. "Humph! yes, but we'll be upsides with them yet. Come along into the wood, and I wager that in ten minutes we shall have one." They immediately hurried towards the wood, but had not walked fifty paces when they were startled by a loud yell behind them.
Never mind though, I will be upsides with him yet. 'Had not you once a tenement in the Covenant Close? again demanded Nanty. 'And do you not remember that you had a poor old lady for your tenant, Mrs. Cantrips of Kittlebasket? said Nanty, suppressing his emotion with difficulty. 'Remember!
He was not to be done; he would show the dogs what he thought of them. In those days it came to pass that Wilson sent his son to the High School of Skeighan even James, the red-haired one, with the squint in his eye. Whereupon Gourlay sent his son to the High School of Skeighan too, of course, to be upsides with Wilson.
But never you fret: I'm upsides with Pamphlett. This is my house, ma'am: an' here I bide till it pleases me to quit." "O-oh!" sighed Mrs Penhaligon dejectedly, "then it puts me in a very awkward position, if you don't mind my sayin' so." "How is it awkward, ma'am?" asked Nicky-Nan, rubbing his unshaven chin with the point of the trowel. "Well, Mr Nanjivell, I dare say you meant it well enough.
He had expected to plunge straight into lurid encounters and felt an almost irresistible impulse to draw two revolvers, let loose a yell of defiance, and shoot up that tantalizingly peaceful steamboat. "Hm! Looks!" Barry grunted. "Maybe is, too; but I have my doubts. Keep still, and we'll soon see. At least we're upsides with the chase."
"Oh, he's one of that writer sort." "No oh no! I mean he may be, but it would be loathsome stiff. His brain is filled with the husks of books, culture horrible; we want him to wash out his brain and go to the real thing. We want to show him how he may get upsides with life.
Then he said to the women in the bed, 'Turn out, turn out! and laid himself down in place of them. But Providence was upsides with him, for a terrible storm came on, and he had to get up immediately and go out to try to save the ship. And so he got no more sleep that night, which pleased the gentlewomen greatly in spite of all their own fears and pains.
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