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... more like English young ladies. Lord Lambeth had presently a chance to test the truth of this proposition, for on the company rising in compli- ance ... ...man before. She’s so devilish positive.” Mrs. Westgate’s positive quality, however, evidently had its attractions, for Beaumont was constantly at his ...

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... floor was littered with the skins of animals. It was in this place that I first saw my hostess. She had drawn one of the skins forward and sat in the... ...son the face of the portrait, I was again reminded of the miracle of family descent. My hostess was, indeed, both older and fuller in person; her eyes...

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..., half audible remarks—which was bad form, and dis- pleased Josephine, the hostess of the evening. When the curtain came down for the end of the act, ... ... forced into it. I want to be left alone—” “You aren’t very polite to your hostess of the evening,” she said, laughing a bit miserably. “Oh, we’re all... ...r- ished young man in a dinner-jacket, and he sat down to his soup, on his hostess’ left hand. The colonel sat on her right, 135 D. H. Lawrence and w... ...u-vents of the proper dinner, testified to the courtesy and charity of his hostess. Well, eating rapidly, he had more or less caught up by the time th... ...ime the sweets came. So he swallowed a glass of wine and looked round. His hostess with her pearls, and her diamond star in her grey hair, was speakin... ...he piano. I love the piano—and orchestra.” At that moment, the colonel and hostess-duties distracted her. But she came back in snatches. She was a wom... ...ts at table: a touch of obsequiousness: before the money! And the host and hostess accepted the deference, nay, expected it, as their due. Yet both Si... ...might be where the wretched Austrians are. Instead of which—how smooth his hostess’ sapphires! “Of course I myself prefer Moussorgsky,” said Aaron. “I... ...—what, Lady Franks!” boomed the Colonel. “I should think not,” replied his hostess. “When a man has honours conferred on him, it shows a poor spirit i...

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... recognised that as a source of anxiety, not to say of expense, his future mother-in law would have weighted them more by accompanying their steps tha... ...nitely established her own. Its principal feature was that it was to be the same as that of Mrs. Jordan and Lord Rye; which was indeed very much what ...

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...the little upside-down bat— that hung in the mouth of the Cave said, ‘O my Hostess and Wife of my Host and Mother of my Host’s Son, a Wild Thing from ...

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...here, because they were the proper things to put there. “Madame,” said the hostess, “need not trouble to open the glass. There is no more glass in Soi...

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... sitting on the verandah like a guest, and Uma was talking with him like a hostess. Nearer still I made out it was the big young chief, Maea, and that...

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...with Checkshill House—where old Mrs. V errall made a dignified and capable hostess,—and in- deed with most of the fine residences in the beautiful wid...

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...dore Roosevelt and the little Monitor. As dawn broke she had found herself hostess of a circle. The fight had not lasted five minutes before the ap- p...

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...pped in. "Mr. Matloch," Hacker asked, "I haven't heard from you or our cordial hostess, Dr. River Song?" "Richard Hawk speaks for me," Matloch said...

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...rance. The quality of the cooking comes first; but, once this is assured, the hostess’ chief concern is that the quality of the talk shall match it. To... ...them seems incredibly childish. It is a rule of French society that host and hostess shall sit exactly opposite each other. If the number at table is ... ...ated, with men and women alternating, a lady should find herself opposite the hostess, that unthinkable sacrilege must also be avoided, and three women... ...constitute a normal pudding. The attempt is always a failure, and the French hostess knows it; yet many delightful dinners are wrecked on the unrelent... ...elightful dinners are wrecked on the unrelenting taboo that obliges host and hostess to sit exactly opposite each other. “Precedence” is another obsta... ...tincts, though not as many as they think. But an Academician must sit on his hostess’ right, unless there is a Duke or an Ambassador or a Bishop prese... ...he immense professional and governmental hierarchy. But again—there it is. A hostess whose papa helped to blow up the Tuileries or pull down the Vendˆ... ...re it is, so to speak, still a “going concern,” and works automatically, the hostess, if she is a woman of the world, casts it to the winds on informa...

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... sheriff’s officers. LADY NORTHUMBERLAND: LADY PERCY : MISTRESS QUICKLY : hostess of a tavern in Eastcheap. DOLL TEARSHEET: Lord... ... of your reputation, and satisfy this poor woman. FALSTAFF: Come hither, hostess. [Enter GOWER.] Lord Chief Justice : Now, Master Gower, what news?... ...y 4th, Part 2, Act II, scene iv 30 I pray you. FALSTAFF: Dost thou hear, hostess? MISTRESS QUICKLY : Pray ye, pacify yourself, Sir John: there come... ... hear what he said: no, I’ll no swaggerers. FALSTAFF: He’s no swaggerer, hostess; a tame cheater, i’ faith; you may stroke him as gently as a puppy... ...asters, how I shake; look you, I warrant you. DOLL TEARSHEET : So you do, hostess. MISTRESS QUICKLY : Do I? yea, in very truth, do I, an ‘twere an a... ...this virtuous gentlewoman to close with us? is she of the wicked? is thine hostess here of the wicked? or is thy boy of the wicked? or honest Bardolp... ...for you. FALSTAFF: [ To the Page ] Pay the musicians, sirrah. Farewell, hostess; farewell, Doll. You see, my good wenches, how men of merit are so... ... [Exeunt.] ACT V SCENE IV: London. A street. [Enter Beadles, dragging in HOSTESS QUICKLY and DOLL TEARSHEET.] MISTRESS QUICKLY : No, thou arrant kn...

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...ed Are by our members press’ d. The nimble lads upon us wait, No sleep the hostess takes Her shift is torn in pieces straight,— What wondrous lint it ... ...ouse adjoining the market. Then replied as follows the shrewd and sensible hostess “Father, I don’t like giving old linen away, for I find it Useful i... ... d to pass them. Presently thus to her husband exclaim’ d the good-natured hostess “See! Y on comes the minister; with him is walking the druggist: Th... ... whatever is injured.” Then in a friendly voice impatiently spoke thus the hostess:— “T ell us what have you seen; I am eagerly longing to hear it.” T...

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...s? How many are we? What’s in hand?’ Cecilia threw a hurried glance at her hostess. Luckily some witling said, ‘Fours-in-hand!’ and so dryly that it p... ...was famous for its hospitality. Yet Beauchamp, when in the presence of his hostess, could see that he was both unexpected and unwelcome. Mrs. Lespel w... ... were laid for them in the boudoir of Madame la Marquise, where he had his hostess to himself, and certainly the opportunity of studying her. An Engli... ...ther his course but homeward? After they had taken leave of their host and hostess of Cha- teau Dianet, walking across a meadow to a line of charmille... ...position.’ The earl with a gesture implied Rosamund’s privilege to act the hostess to friends. ‘You invited her?’ he said. ‘That is, I had told her I ... ...cilia looked at her, startled. Rosamund said no more. She was an excellent hostess, nevertheless, unpretending and simple in company; and only when it...

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...-bye, being ready to go off to sea that very night with the Tremolino. Our hostess, slightly pant- ing yet, and just a shade dishevelled, turned tartl...

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...se energy of character, was more absent and inat- tentive to her duties as hostess; moreover, she and Jean did not understand one another’s language s...

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...MORTIMER: daughter to Glendower and wife to Mortimer. MISTRESS QUICKLY : hostess of a tavern in Eastcheap. (Hostess:) Lords, Off... ... the gallows. FALSTAFF: By the Lord, thou sayest true, lad. And is not my hostess of the tavern a most sweet wench? PRINCE HENRY: As the honey of H... ... for a true prince. But, by the Lord, lads, I am glad you have the money. Hostess, clap to the doors: watch to night, pray to morrow. Gallants, lad... ...nning away. FALSTAFF: Ah, no more of that, Hal, an thou lovest me! [Enter Hostess.] Hostess: O Jesu, my lord the prince! PRINCE HENRY : How now, my... ...Hostess: O Jesu, my lord the prince! PRINCE HENRY : How now, my lady the hostess! what sayest thou to me? Hostess: Marry, my lord, there is a noble... ...nd send him back again to my mother. FALSTAFF: What manner of man is he? Hostess: An old man. FALSTAFF: What doth gravity out of his bed at midnig... ... here is my leg. FALSTAFF: And here is my speech. Stand aside, nobility. Hostess: O Jesu, this is excellent sport, i’ faith! FALSTAFF: Weep not, s... ... i’ faith! FALSTAFF: Weep not, sweet queen; for trickling tears are vain. Hostess: O, the father, how he holds his countenance! FALSTAFF: For God’s... ..., convey my tristful queen; For tears do stop the flood gates of her eyes. Hostess: O Jesu, he doth it as like one of these harlotry players as ever ...

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... hope you have not played a wicked trick on me,” she added, turning to her hostess. “Y ou wrote that it was to be quite a small reception, and just se... ...Pavlovna in order to say something and get away to attend to her duties as hostess. But Pierre now committed a reverse act of impoliteness. First he ... ...f this young man who did not know how to behave, she resumed her duties as hostess and continued to listen and watch, ready to help at any point where... ...h an amused smile from Pierre to the vicomte and from the vicomte to their hostess. In the first moment of Pierre’s outburst Anna Pavlovna, despite he... ...er to show that they are not at all impatient for their food. The host and hostess look toward the door, and now and then glance at one another, and t... ...t neglecting his own. The countess in turn, without omitting her duties as hostess, threw significant glances from behind the pineapples at her husban...

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...ese dances. What distinguished them from others was the absence of host or hostess and the presence of the good-natured Iogel, flying about like a fea...

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... mummers, covering their faces and disguising their voices, bowed to their hostess and arranged themselves about the room. “Dear me! there’s no recogn...

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...r.’ ‘We merely take a precaution, and I have the pleasure of it,’ said her hostess. ‘Give orders to your maid not less than a fortnight. It will rejoi... ...all present myself two days after. I wish Lady Fleetwood to do the part of hostess at Calesford. T ell her I depute you to kiss my son for me. Now I l... ...himself, if left to himself. How it might occur, she heard hourly from her hostess, Lady Arpington; from Henrietta as well, in different terms. He see... ...y by her alliance with a rakish juvenile—declares she performs the part of hostess at the request of the Countess of Fleetwood. Perfectly convincing. ...

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...nt step up in the service, and he at once understood his role, letting his hostess make use of whatever interest he had to offer. He himself carefully...

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... as that I selected. “People do drink some in the town, they say,” said my hostess to me, “and liquor is to be got. But I never ven- ture to sell any....

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... engineers? In the houses the dishes and fare and furniture—but the host and hostess, and the look out of their eyes? The sky up there—yet here or nex...

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...o men reached the counter they started hauling off their overcoats, scarves and gloves. They draped them across the bar in front of the pretty little hostess who waited behind the counter in a tiny hat and dress, both in matching black. Picking up their things, she frowned at Mickey. “You lose your hat Mickey?” The hatless hoodlum gave a sullen growl. Mack laughe...

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...ot see it is my great satisfaction to be able to do something for our good hostess, so that my daughter and I be not a burden to her?’ ‘Well spoken, m... ...the only languages of all but the highest and most cultivated classes, the hostess had very little langue d’oui, and never ventured on any compli- cat... ...tacie’s excuse for usu- ally offering to attend to the menage, and set her hostess free to be present at the preachings. However, Rayonette was consid... ... gal- lant compliments, and of performing all the courtesies suited to the hostess and queen of the place: it was the air that would have befitted the...

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...ed Natasha, and the light and glitter dazzled her still more. The host and hostess, who had already been standing at the door for half an hour repeati... ...each with a rose in her black hair, both curtsied in the same way, but the hostess’ eye involuntarily rested longer on the slim Natasha. She looked at... ...t her and gave her alone a special smile in addition to her usual smile as hostess. Looking at her she may have recalled the golden, irrecoverable day... ...from the drawing-room door, at which the Emperor reappeared talking to the hostess. A young man, looking distraught, pounced down on the ladies, askin... ...d the Emperor came smiling out 53 Tolstoy of the drawing room leading his hostess by the hand but not keeping time to the music. The host followed wi... ... guest. The old people sat with the old, the young with the young, and the hostess at the tea table, on which stood exactly the same kind of cakes in ...

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...espeare’s day. In public, Lady Macbeth plays the traditional housewife and hostess while Macbeth is acknowl- edged by his colleagues as a fierce and l...

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... coming!’ which, with the addition of ‘My goodness me!’ were echoed by the hostess in her recess. Hurried direc- tions seemed to be consequent, and th... ... in her recess. Hurried direc- tions seemed to be consequent, and then the hostess sallied out, and said, with a curtsey: ‘Please to step in, gentleme... ... to know whether they could have a supper and beds. ‘Beds, Sir!’ cried the hostess. ‘What am I to do for beds! Yes, beds indeed you may have, but bed-... ...eign courtesy. ‘But there is a poor young woman out- side.’ ‘Another!’ The hostess instantly smiled down her inhospi- table outcry. ‘She,’ said Evan, ... ...a room to herself. She is ill.’ ‘Must is must, sir,’ returned the gracious hostess. ‘But I really haven’t the means.’ ‘You have bed-rooms, madam?’ ‘Ev... ...a window of the bar, departed, after, on his own authority, as- suring the hostess that fever was not the young woman’s malady, as she protested again... ...her guests. ‘We’re open to all the world to-night, except fever,’ said the hostess. ‘Yes,’ she rejoined to Evan’s order that the waggoner and his mate... ...can persuade any of them, sir, I’m sure I’ve nothing to say,’ observed the hostess. ‘Pray, don’t ask me to stand by and back it, that’s all.’ Had Evan... ...hat he had picked her up on the road, and that she was certainly poor, the hostess said: ‘I ‘m sure you’re a very good gentleman, sir, and if I could ...

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... hope you have not played a wicked trick on me,” she added, turning to her hostess. “Y ou wrote that it was to be quite a small reception, and just se... ...Pavlovna in order to say something and get away to attend to her duties as hostess. But Pierre now committed a reverse act of im- politeness. First he... ...f this young man who did not know how to behave, she resumed her duties as hostess and continued to listen and watch, ready to help at any point where... ...h an amused smile from Pierre to the vicomte and from the vicomte to their hostess. In the first moment of Pierre’s outburst Anna Pavlovna, despite he... ...er to show that they are not at all impatient for their food. The host and hostess look toward the door, and now and then glance at one another, and t... ...t neglecting his own. The countess in turn, without omitting her duties as hostess, threw significant glances from behind the pineapples at her husban... ...ese dances. What distinguished them from others was the absence of host or hostess and the presence of the good-natured Iogel, flying about like a fea... ... step up in the service, and he at once under- stood his role, letting his hostess make use of whatever interest he had to offer. He himself carefully... ...ed Natasha, and the light and glitter dazzled her still more. The host and hostess, who had already been standing at the door for half an hour repeati...

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...y who was thought to be most pleasing to the Emperor was invited to act as hostess. Count Bennigsen, be- ing a landowner in the Vilna province, offere...

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...sitor who came to the house paid his tribute to the melancholy mood of the hostess, and then amused himself with society gossip, dancing, intellectual...

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...pitality. These are our manners. No room ready. No hot water. No welcoming hostess. Our visitor is to sleep in the toolshed, and to wash in the duckpo...

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...v’s.” “Oh, don’t talk to me of my regiment,” replied Pierre, kiss- ing his hostess’ hand and taking a seat beside her. “I am so sick of it.” “Y ou wil...

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...n of that day was, he presented it to the King on his knee. “I drink to my hostess and her family,” says the Prince, with no very well-pleased air; bu...