...el Titmarsh and the Great Hoggarty Diamond a friend in our plain way,—pale sherry, old port, and cut and come again. Hey?” I said I would come and bri... ...le, look- ing very big and fierce in red crape and a turban, shouted out, “Antony!!” and poor R. dropped the plate, and blushed as red as anything. Ho... ...o, hang it, no!” says I, and shook hands with him, and accepted a glass of sherry and biscuits, which he ordered forth- with. Smithers returned, howev... ...or was a shining brass-plate, setting forth that “Aminadab, Officer to the Sher- iff of Middlesex,” lived therein. A little red-haired Israelite opene... ...s eyes are clear, ma’am; and I had just such another angel, my dear little Antony, that was born before Jemima, and would have been twenty-three now w... ... Mrs. T. not to take on so; and told her some stories about my dear little Antony. “‘Ah!’ says she, sobbing, and looking at the young ones, 113 Thack...

... the Vintry, to my knowledge; but if you find better sack than that in the Sheres, or in the Canaries either, I would I may never touch either pot or ... ...ils With vantage to the gale of others’ passion. —The Deceiver, A Tragedy. ANTONY FOSTER was still engaged in debate with his fair guest, who treated ... ...le with country esquires, and mustering his men at the command of the high sheriff—” “V arney, forbear!” said the Earl. “Nay, my lord, you must give m... ...ed with shot or with long weapons; and it was even whispered that the High Sheriff of Kent had secret in- structions to have a part of the array of th... ...id the interview. He, there- fore, left the presence-chamber when the High-Sheriff of the county was in the very midst of his dutiful address to her M...

...ge of any particular judge, was invidiously termed his peat or pet.] and a sheriffdom, as a sieve is sib to a riddle. Now, Peter Drudgeit, my lord’s c... ...harge on the bill.’ ‘I was just coming to that.’ ‘Or the advocation of the Sheriff-Court process.’ ‘I was just coming to it.’ ‘ As T weed comes to Mel... ...ght it best to acquaint you in course of post. I have only to add that our sheriff has taken a precognition, and committed one or two of the rioters. ... ...d for only a few hours longer. Besides, he would have time to speak to the sheriff of the county—perhaps to the King’s Advocate—and set about the matt... ... meeting, which he feared would be a painful one, he went to wait upon the sheriff-depute, who he found had set off for Dumfries in great haste to sup... ...n, ‘I pray you to tell me by what name I am to name you to Nanty (which is Antony) Ewart?’ ‘By the name of Alan Fairford,’ answered the young law- yer... ...ch in the same formi- dable proportion. At the same time he introduced Mr. Antony or Nanty Ewart, whose person, although he was a good deal flustered ...

...wson has got more money than most of the swells on Summit Avenue; and Miss Sherwin in the high school is a regular wonder—reads Latin like I do Englis... ...man in the state to go hunting with; and if you want culture, besides Vida Sherwin there’s Reverend Warren, the Congregational preacher, and Professor... ...tunts: one Jewish, one Irish, one juvenile, and Nat Hicks’s parody of Mark Antony’s funeral oration. During the winter Carol was to hear Dave Dyer’s h... ...am not a Scientist myself, in fact I sing in the Episcopal choir. And Miss Sherwin of the high school—she is such a pleasing, bright girl—I was fittin... ...r sewing and wished that the telephone would ring, Bea announced Miss Vida Sherwin. Despite Vida Sherwin’s lively blue eyes, if you had looked at her ... ...orn too far back, betraying a dry forehead. But you never did look at Vida Sherwin in detail. You couldn’t. Her electric activity veiled her. She was ... ...An Old Sweetheart of Mine,” and Nat thinking of his popular parody on Mark Antony’s oration. “But I will not have anybody use the word `stunt’ in my h...