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"And so says this courteous host of mine, 'Being the foes of mankind, why make enemies of good spirits into the bargain, by still shouting the names of evil ones? and a lot more stuff." "Well, but, Denys, whether you hearken his rede, or slight it, wherefore blame a man for raising his voice to save your soul?" "How can his voice save my soul, when he keeps turning of his P's into B's."
"Well, we will see how you go on, Bob. We may not find it necessary, you know; but you will find you have to mind your P's and Q's, at Gib. It is a garrison place, you know, and they won't stand nonsense there. If you played any tricks, they would turn you outside the lines, or send you up to one of the caverns to live with the apes." "Are there apes?" Bob asked, eagerly.
This one sits in front of them and says to each one in turn: "Our cook doesn't like P's; what can you give her instead?" The first one may answer "sugar" and that will suit her, but the next one might say "Potatoes," and that will not do, and he will have to pay a forfeit because the letter "P" comes in that word.
That's what I want you to do, Polly; I want you to try; I want you to see that she is not vexed." "I like that," said Polly. "Am I to be on my 'P's and Q's' for this Miss Flower of yours? Now, David, what do you mean by a great passion? I'm rather hot myself. Come, you saw me very cross about the lemonade yesterday; is Flower worse than that? What fun it must be to see her!"
And what's more, my dear fellow, in marrying Clemency I marry also an heiress possessed of all the attributes necessary to bowl over a thousand flinty-hearted Roman P's, and my Roman's heart though tough, was never quite a flint, after all." "Indeed, sir he would have welcomed me without a penny!" retorted Clemency, blushing, and consequently looking lovelier than ever.
"Oh, bother the County!" cried Ronnie. "I never went in for a French dancing-master to bid me mind my P's and Q's! But, seriously, Helen, don't you understand how much this means to me? Both my last novels have had tame English settings. I can't go on forever letting my people make love in well-kept gardens!" "Dear Ronnie, you have a good precedent.
Obviously the manufacturer of the third kind of article must mind his P's and Q's or he will not sell his product at all. Newspapers, periodicals, and magazines, of course, come under the third class.
No sign of the three p's about her no peroxide, patchouli, nor peau de soie; about twenty-two, brown hair, pleasant ways the kind of a lady for the place. "A description of the sandbag, if you please," she begins. "Why, ma'am," says I, "this graft of ours is so nice and refined and romantic, it would make the balcony scene in 'Romeo and Juliet' look like second-story work."
Gerald demanded, like a tyrant whose wrath would presently fall if the populace did not instantly set about minding their p's and q's. But nobody emerged, and he was compelled to carry the bag himself. The hotel was dark and malodorous, and every room seemed to be crowded with giggling groups of drinkers.
"Esther Waters." "My mother's the cook here; you'll have to mind your p's and q's or else you'll be dropped on. The devil of a temper while it lasts, but not a bad sort if you don't put her out." "Are you in service here?" "No, but I hope to be afore long.
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