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I addressed them on the poop, divided them into watches, gave instructions I should be summoned on the first sign of pirates, whales, or Frenchmen, and retired below to a well-earned spell of relaxation. That was the right sort of cabin that I stepped into, shutting the door behind me with a click.
Franklin soon replied that the transaction was completed, and gave well-earned thanks to Hartley for his "unwearied pains in that affair." Thus after infinite difficulty the English government had been pushed into conformity with the ordinary customs of war among civilized nations.
But all the time Cynthia, while approving his naval uniform, and his general picturesqueness, was secretly wondering what he had come about. For although he was enjoying a well-earned leave, the first for two years, and had every right to idle, the ordinary afternoon call of country life, rarely, as she knew, came into the scheme of his day.
The troops were now all comfortably under canvas in the cantonments, and were enjoying a well-earned rest after their labors. "Well, boys," he said, "have you heard Warrener's Horse is to be broken up? The officers have all been appointed to regiments, the civilians are anxious to return to look after their own affairs. I am to go up to take the command of a newly-raised Punjaub regiment.
You did not even condescend to speak English, which made them quite enthusiastic 'Oh, Miss Dacre, spare me! 'Spare you! I have heard of your Grace's modesty; but this excessive sensibility, under well-earned praise, surprises me! 'But, Miss Dacre, you cannot indeed really believe that this vulgar ruffian, this grim scarecrow, this Guy Faux, was was myself. 'Not yourself!
For, having myself no other duty than to enjoy a well-earned holiday, I used to load my canoe with blankets and provisions and journey forth on exploration trips among the islands of several days together; and it was on my return from the first of these when I rediscovered the party, so to speak that these changes first presented themselves vividly to me, and in one particular instance produced a rather curious impression.
But King Robert did not live long to enjoy his well-earned rest. He died, and all the land was filled with mourning and sorrow. "'All our defense, they said, 'alas! And he that all our comfort was, Our wit and all our governing, Is brought, alas, here to ending; . . . . . Alas! what shall we do or say?
It was curious, but just here another passenger hastily rose, vacating the seat next Claire's, and leaving it free, whereat her companion compressed her bulky frame into it with a sigh, as of well-earned rest, and remarked comfortably, "Now we can talk. You was sayin' what was it? About that change, you know. It was all you had. You mean by you, of course."
Rising from a little cabin boy in short clothes of the drabbest drab, to a harpooneer in a broad shad-bellied waistcoat; from that becoming boat-header, chief mate, and captain, and finally a shipowner; Bildad, as I hinted before, had concluded his adventurous career by wholly retiring from active life at the goodly age of sixty, and dedicating his remaining days to the quiet receiving of his well-earned income.
It was one not only to test the endurance of the lads, but to develop their judgment in the quickness of decision when in a part full of difficulties. About a dozen competitors entered for this race, and there were three prizes that were well-earned. Then there were races for shorter distances, which were well run.
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