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It was all of no use; the boat acted as if it were alive, and did not choose to be caught. Dotty had forgotten all about Abby and the visit to aunt Martha's. "I know what I'll do," thought she, winking very fast. "I'll catch that boat; I will!" When Dotty had made up her mind, she never stopped for trifles. She drew off her stockings and gaiters, and stepped into the creek.
Who would suppose from reading an article like that, that I am a candidate with a single political idea! 'An article like that, said Timothy, winking, and a little surer of his man now that he suggested his possession of ideas, 'an article like that is the best cloak you can put on a candidate with too many of 'em, Captain Beauchamp.
The infant fortunately ceased its moaning and sighing gently fell back into its slumbers; and again the beast, purring and winking, lay down and resumed its former position. The quick tread of the lady's husband at this moment was heard; as he put his hand upon the latch to enter, Mrs. V. could contain herself no longer, and uttered a series of loud shrieks.
But I have done a bit of the jackal for her once or twice, when I happened to be on leave; and she has sent me with people to her box at Covent Garden when she couldn't go herself." "And how am I to propitiate her? What am I to do?" "She will soon let you know how you strike her. Either she will pet you, or she will snuff you out like winking.
A forfeit is paid by each player who does not do it correctly. All the girls sit in a circle, and the boys stand outside, one boy behind each girl's chair. One chair is left vacant, but a boy stands behind it, and by winking at the girls one at a time, tries to get one for his empty chair.
"Cry-baby!" she said to herself fiercely, winking the tears back. "Crying because you can't do as you would like all the time! You're lots better off than poor Hinpoha this very minute, even if she is rich. You ought to be ashamed of yourself!" The thought of Hinpoha, who would likewise miss the jolly party, comforted her somewhat, and she dried her tears and fell to writing with a will.
"My spirit would cut the cord, and womp would come my body amongst ye, with a hand on the bottle, and one eye winking, t'other." Gerard started up with a cry of horror and his fingers to his ears, and was running from the place, when his eye fell on the watcher's axe. The tangible danger brought him back. He sat down again on the axe with his fingers in his ears.
They think his behavior to his mother unseemly; and if they were he, they would use all his advantages without winking. At the same time, there is a younger generation growing up in the village and on the farms not so much there, however! which is going to give Lady Coryston trouble. Coryston puzzles and excites them.
This was a great convenience; for it gave him an appearance of good-nature at the small expense of a slight muscular movement which was as easy as winking, and deceived everybody but those who had studied him long and carefully enough to find that this play of his features was what a watch maker would call a detached movement.
"Does you feel happy?" said she, with a reproachful glance at Jennie. "There, look out of the window, Flyaway, darling, and watch to see if Horace isn't coming in from the garden." "Can't Hollis come, 'thout me watching him?" returned Flyaway, winking slowly again, for her sweet little soul was stirred with wrath. The memory of the "skipt" had indeed been driven away, and she could only think,
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