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Then we all formed a procession, headed by the still erect form of the grandsire supporting the infant hope of the family, and leading us parents, relatives, and guests to the cheerful domain of the cook. She proudly received the company, standing ladle in hand, by an enormous earthen vessel containing a tempting mixture, in which candied fruits, currants, and spices seemed to predominate.
She set about it clumsily but with confidence, tempting Gabrielle to eat with carefully prepared surprises, obviously humouring her in everything she did. From the very first she had viewed the Radway affair with suspicion, and now she found it difficult not to say, 'I told you so, though, as a matter of fact, she had done nothing of the sort.
A portion of thick forest of about two hundred acres, upon this side of the river, was a tempting covert for elephants, and the aggageers, who were perfectly familiar with the habits of the animals, positively declared that the herd must be within this jungle. Accordingly, we proposed to skirt the margin of the river, which, as it made a bend at right angles, commanded two sides of a square.
No unforeseen accident has altered his position his tempting position toward myself. I know all that has happened to him since he left England, through the letters which he writes to Midwinter, and which Midwinter shows to me. "He has been wrecked, to begin with. His trumpery little yacht has actually tried to drown him, after all, and has failed! They were blown ashore on the coast of Portugal.
All the courtesans beneath Heaven's blue concave never caused a single son of Adam's misery to refrain from tempting, so far as he possessed the power, one virtuous woman. Never. Governor Fishback, of Arkansas, recently declared that "houses of ill-fame are necessary to city life," and added: "If you close these sewers of men's animal passions you overflow the home and spread disaster."
Just then Annette entered, whispered to Franz, and both went out. In a moment Franz returned. "Annette was afraid it would not do; it is the best we have, and I know you must be hungry." White bread, and strawberries, and goat's milk; while the bottle of sour wine I had seen in the morning graced the table. I had not expected such a tempting meal, and I was hungry, as Franz said.
While dressing each morning since the gloomy day he had not whistled more than seven bars of a hornpipe without stopping and falling into thought of a most painful kind; and he had told none but absolutely true stories of foreign parts to the neighbouring villagers when they saluted and clustered about him, as usual, for anything he chose to pour forth except that story of the whale whose eye was about as large as the round pond in Derriman's ewe-lease which was like tempting fate to set a seal for ever upon his tongue as a traveller.
Papouse no care for dirty shirt; their lee-tel bellies have no eyes." In spite of this eloquent harangue, I could not bring myself to use the grapes, ripe and tempting as they looked, or give them to the children. Mr.
Let us play a trick on her; get into the bed beside her; it will be amusing to see her surprise when she wakes up." "But do you think she will take it as a joke?" "She won't be able to help laughing; besides, you are dressed." The opportunity was too tempting, and taking off my dressing-gown, I gently crept into the bed, and Eleanore covered me up to my neck.
Thus they have been hurried into confusion, distress, and all the extremities of temporal misery; every thing, even the power of their Kings, has been made subservient to this wicked purpose; for instead of being protectors of their subjects, some of those rulers, corrupted by the excessive love of spirituous liquors, and the tempting baits laid before them by the factors, have invaded the liberties of their unhappy subjects, and are become their oppressors.
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