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...erprising. The evening went off happily. Aunt Jane produced one of the old games which had been played at the elder Beechcroft, and had a certain hist... ...ut examinations had yet to be passed. 113 Beechcroft At Rockstone CHAPTER X CHAPTER X CHAPTER X CHAPTER X CHAPTER X A A A A AUT CAESAR A UT CAESAR A ... ...y after our walk—and after tea; but it had to be quiet play, not real good games, even before Fly was ill— at least we did have some real games when P... ...rrid,’ said Mysie stoutly; ‘I only fancied her so when she used to say, “V os coudes, mademoiselle,” or “Redresses-vous,” and when she would not let u...

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...es leads gentlemen, as well as ladies, astray. 93 George Meredith CHAPTER X MY GENTLEMAN ON THE ROAD AGAIN NEAR A MILESTONE, under the moonlight, cro... ...g sun, all for honour and glory! Was it not enough to make her despise the games of men? For something better she played. Her game was for one hundred... ... Sul- tans and the Roxalanas of earth combine to exclude from their little games, under the designation of blues, or strong- minded women: a kind, if ... ...Parnassus, but Parnassus was broader and altogether better adapted for the games of the Muses. Round the edges of both there was a well-trimmed bush o... ...nimal spirits to my service for half an hour.’ ‘Yours, Countess, from the ‘os frontis’ to the chine!’ was the exuberant rejoinder. The Countess made a...

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...ke a hen’s. His plum- age was fine—none of the half-mourning style of your os- trich—more like a cassowary as far as colour and texture go. And then i... ... I did it all the time. I tried to resign again, and Barnaby talked about “X” and “Z” and “Y” in the New Re- view, and gave me a strong cigar to smoke... ...way we began our talking. He talked about various things and came round to games. And thence to my figure and complexion. “You ought to be a good cric... ...very much to me, because I was a lonely little boy. They played delightful games in a grass-covered court where there was a sun-dial set about with fl... ...ne loved… “But—it’s odd—there’s a gap in my memory. I don’t re- member the games we played. I never remembered. After- wards, as a child, I spent long...

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.......................................................................... 12 X-ING A PARAGRAB ............................................................. ...is no competing with a lion who has no proboscis at all.” 17 V olume Four X-ING A PARAGRAB AS IT IS WELL KNOWN that the ‘wise men’ came ‘from the Eas... ...sputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost always happens that x is adopted as a substi- tute for the letter deficient. The true reason, p... ... nor fragility. I could not imagine a more graceful curve than that of the os femoris, and there was just that due gentle prominence in the rear of th... ...h?—why, not General John A. B. C.? Savage affair that with the Kickapo-o-o-os, wasn’t it? Say! don’t you think so?—perfect despera-a-ado—great pity, ‘... ...uld enable it to win a game—a farther extension would enable it to win all games—that is, to beat any possible game of an antagonist. A little conside... ...ion will convince any one that the difficulty of making a machine beat all games, Is not in the least degree greater, as regards the principle of the ...

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...ing from frequent comparison with him. He was my superior in everything—in games, in studies, in quarrels, and in deportment. All this brought about a... ...f rope, ant I will give you work ant tress ant money, ant you can live wis os.’ I says, ‘Goot!’ “I go to ze manufactory of rope, ant ze goot man says ... ...way from prisons. He has not house nor tresses nor preat. He will live wis os. Give him clean linen, ant norish him.’ “I livet one ant a half year in ... ...sly into ze street. Nopoty have seen me, ant I go on ze roat.” 31 Boyhood X CONCLUSION OF KARL’S NARRATIVE “I HAD NOT SEEN my Mamma for nine year, an... ...l. 39 Boyhood XIII THE TRAITRESS AFTER LUNCHEON we began to play at round games, in which I took a lively part. While indulging in “cat and mouse”, I... ...articular. I began to think that there was nothing at all amusing in these games—that they were only fit for girls, and felt as though I should like t...