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Updated: June 24, 2025
General Bonaparte longed to be with this army, and to obliterate the remembrance of the 13th Vendemiaire and its sad victory by brilliant exploits beyond the Alps. It was also to him a humiliating and depressing feeling to become the husband of a wealthy woman, and not bring her as a glorious gift or a wedding-present the fame and laurels of a husband.
For a wedding-present to my grandchild when she's married? God reward you for your goodness! A peal of thunder was heard. 'Lord Jesus Christ, muttered the beggar-woman, and she crossed herself three times. 'Why, haven't I seen you before, she added after a brief pause. 'Didn't you give me alms in Christ's name? Elena looked more attentively at the old woman and recognised her.
He answered airily: "Anything you like," he said; "a million dollars?" The fingers closed upon his shoulders. The eyes, still frightened, still searched his in appeal. "Then, for my wedding-present," said the girl, "I want you to take that million dollars and send an expedition to the Amazon. And I will choose the men.
"We shall not need them," interrupted Publius, "while I was staying as a guest in the house of my friend's parents which is altogether more magnificent than the old castle of King Gyges at Sardis I had some gems engraved after this lovely group, as a wedding-present for my sister. They are extremely successful, and I have them with me in my tent."
With an elaborate "Excuse me," Slim arose, but re-seated himself in another chair directly in the pathway of Polly's broom. "Get out of there, too," she cried. "Shucks, there ain't any room for me nowhere," he muttered disgustedly. "You shouldn't take up so much of it." Slim attempted to take a seat on the small gilt chair which was Jack's wedding-present to Echo.
Some of these I have recorded in other chapters, but I should like to put on record the fact that I actually knew and spent several days in a country house with a lady who actually received a wedding-present from Keats and also one from Shelley. That lady was Mrs. Proctor, the widow of Barry Cornwall, the poet. When I first saw Mrs. Proctor, who, by the way, was well known to my wife and Mrs.
The wedding-present silver glittered upon the white cloth. What a dear room it was! How happily appointed and magically ordered! He adored, across the space, the most darling woman that heaven ever spared to make joy for a mortal man.
In the carriage Jude took from his pocket his extra little wedding-present, which turned out to be two or three yards of white tulle, which he threw over her bonnet and all, as a veil. "It looks so odd over a bonnet," she said. "I'll take the bonnet off." "Oh no let it stay," said Phillotson. And she obeyed.
But you are quite right; this is no time for melancholy forebodings. Let us be happy while we may; and since I came to Quipai, sixty years ago, I have had no happier day than this." The abbé's wedding-present to Angela was a gold cross studded with large uncut diamonds. Where he got them I had no idea, but I heard afterward and something more.
"Sir Willoughby, in any case, to quote you, here we are all upon the road, and we must act as if events were going to happen; and I must ask her to help me on the subject of my wedding-present, for I don't want to have her making mouths at mine, however pretty and she does it prettily." "'Another dedicatory offering to the rogue in me! she says of porcelain." "Then porcelain it shall not be.
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