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He declared his intention of lying prone and letting Miss Dobson 'walk over' him; and he advised you to follow his example; and to this counsel you gave evident approval. Gentlemen, suppose that on the verge of the aforesaid war, some orator had said to the British people 'It is going to be a walk-over for our enemy in the field. Mr. Kruger holds us in the hollow of his hand.
It was a walk-over for Mrs Charlie, and Charlie and I were simply among those present. But Izzy had his duty to do, and drew a salary for doing it, so he moistened his lips, looked round to see that his strategic railways weren't blocked, swallowed twice, and said in a husky voice: 'Num-bah ten, please re-tiah! I stopped at once. 'Come along, said I to Charlie. 'That's our exit cue.
"Why, Kitty had a walk-over course with the scarlet coats until you came, and Captain Yorke was one of her gallants. But now I find him at your elbow whenever you give him half a chance. But I've seen you snub him well, too; you girls are such changeable creatures.
As soon as our hands were free in India, operations in China were actively pushed forward, the French troops joining us on account of the murder of some French missionaries. The war was practically a walk-over, for the Chinese army was quite incapable of meeting trained forces; and a treaty having been agreed upon, the representatives of the English and French returned home. In March 1859 Mr.
"Not a rag of evidence," said the attorney's clerk when he delivered the little brief "not a shadder of evidence, Mr. 'Awkins. It's a walk-over, sir." I knew that meant a nominal fee, but wondered how many more similes he was going to deliver instead of the money.
"E pluribus unum! Let her go, Gallagher! Erin go bragh! rah! rah! rah! Harvard!" I cried, as I seized the lovely orator in my arms and hugged her to my breast, thereby, to adopt her own words, squeezing out of her the little breath which she had left. "Bravo, Josephine! If you were to take the stump it would be I and not Mr. Spinney who would have a walk-over."
These were Miss Puffle and Miss Thoroughbung, and as Miss Puffle had fallen out of the running, there seemed to be a walk-over for Miss Thoroughbung. He did think, during the two or three days which passed without any farther step on his part, he did think how it might be were he to remain unmarried. As regarded his own comfort, he was greatly tempted. Life would remain so easy to him!
"Do you feel that you're going to have an easy walk-over with us to-day?" demanded Cadet Fields cheerily. "No; but we're prepared to fight. We'll get the game if it's in any way possible," Darrin assured his questioner. "Are the bonfires back in Annapolis all ready to be lighted to-night?" inquired Fields smilingly. "They must be." "What a lot of unnecessary labor," laughed the West Point man.
"The Moor point-to-point was a walk-over for the Milkman; Lapidary was scratched, which left it a soft thing, unless Sir Harry fancied a fox-catcher like Nursery Governess, in which case Billy behind the bar would do as much business as he liked at six-to-one."
So the gossip went and one serious thing resulted: the training slackened. Why bother when the horse was going to have a walk-over? The Colonel was too much engrossed with other matters to do more than give good advice. The trainer's laxity pervaded those about him, and Red Rover was let down with all the rest. When they ran out of baled timothy the shortage was not revealed till it occurred.
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