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...roused apparently to fury. I attached great importance to this incongruous hostess, for she uttered the only uncivil words I heard spoken (in connecti... ...mmis- voyageurs, a little sempstress bent over the under-gar- ments of the hostess,—the latter being a heavy, stem, silent woman, who looked at people... ...uence of wine-dealers was not less than at Nar- bonne. I interviewed every hostess in the town, and got no satisfaction but distracted shrugs. Finally...

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...ght to refuse to take any tickets—even if it was for a charity.” “Oh,” her hostess murmured, indifferently, “with me charity begins at home. I can’t a...

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...s. Maplesone to Mrs. Tibbs, in a confidential tone. ‘Dear me!’ replied the hostess, with an air of great commiseration. She couldn’t say more, for the... ...om. ’ ‘The next room?’ inquired Mrs. Bloss. ‘The next room, ’ repeated the hostess. ‘How very promiscuous!’ ejaculated the widow. ‘He hardly ever gets... ...stantly. ’ ‘Go!’ said Mrs. Bloss again. ‘And if I thought, ’ continued the hostess with a most threatening air, ‘if I thought he was assisted by Mr. T...

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...More work before breakfast, and a fine account I must give of myself to my hostess of the Three Holy Kings!’ Farina recovered the destructive little i...

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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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... while I was to appear be- fore her. A few days after this catastrophe; my hostess, who, as I have already observed, was very friendly, with great sat... ... of Madam de Vercellis nearly as I had entered it, I returned to my former hostess, and remained there five or six weeks; during which time health, yo... ...hough not exactly on the same plan; not but our fountain highly amused the hostess and servants for some minutes at all the ale-houses where we halted... ...ghts than any other. Stopping for some refreshment (while chatting with my hostess), I inquired the way to Forez, and was in- formed that country was ... ... between twenty—two and twenty—three years of age, and who, as well as the hostess, ate at our table. This girl, named Theresa le Vasseur, was of a go... ...everal Irish priests, Gascons and others of much the same description. Our hostess herself had not made the 314 The Confessions best possible use of ... ...onfessions I went to St. Germain for seven or eight days with Theresa, our hostess, who was a good kind of woman, and one of her friends. I consider t...

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... But what are you to me? A waif young man, not so far to seek for looks and manners, with some English notes in your pocket and a price upon your head... ...er upon the road, King and she conversed in whispers only. There was something dismal, something of the sick- room, in this perpetual, guarded sibilat...

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... ‘Nacht, Frau Wirtin—G’Nacht, Wirtin—’te Nacht, Frau,’ to all of which the hostess answered a stereotyped ‘Gute Nacht,’ never turning her head from he...

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...cepted them, except a few young men who went to make fun of their host and hostess, and certain diners-out who went everywhere. Frightened at the loss...

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...f Luckie Macleary’s only apartment, thickly tapestried with cobwebs, their hostess, who had al- ready taken her cue from the Laird of Balmawhapple, ap... ...ts, familiarly denominated a tappit hen, and which, in the language of the hostess, reamed (i.e. mantled) with excellent claret, just drawn from the c... ...us of a handsome person, as meant to con- vey more than the courtesy of an hostess. Nor do I take it upon me to say, that the little wild mountaineer ... ...ut whether negative or acquiescent, Edward could not well distinguish. The hostess, a civil, quiet, labori- ous drudge, came to take his orders for di...

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...gar, and the rest of the company gladly embraced a happy suggestion of the hostess to retire into another room which was provided with shutters and cu...

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...the reckoning. On this accursed bed Don Quixote stretched himself, and the hostess and her daughter soon covered him with plasters from top to toe, wh... ...me of the Asturian— held the light for them, and while plastering him, the hostess, observing how full of wheals Don Quixote was in some places, remar... ...r my loins too are rather sore.” “Then you must have fallen too,” said the hostess. “I did not fall,” said Sancho Panza, “but from the shock I got at ... ...r three crowns of kingdoms to give his squire.” “Then how is it,” said the hostess, “that belonging to so good a 118 Don Quixote master as this, you ... ...y atten- tively, and sitting up in bed as well as he could, and taking the hostess by the hand he said to her, “Believe me, fair lady, you may call yo... ... that those of this lovely damsel might be the masters of my liberty.” The hostess, her daughter, and the worthy Maritornes listened in bewilderment t... ... opinion. They finished their supper, the cloth was removed, and while the hostess, her daughter, and Maritornes were getting Don Quixote of La Mancha...

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...ng her- self. Only it struck Helen that Rachel was perhaps too still for a hostess, and that she might have done some- thing with her hands. “Perhaps—... ...nine graces. She could not help laughing at the notion of it—Rachel a Tory hostess!—and marvelling as she left him at the astonishing ignorance of a f...

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...o have it gratified. Our food was at- tended with some ale, which our kind hostess said she in- tended not to have tapped till Christmas; ‘but,’ added... ... stirred herself as nimbly to provide him a repast as the most industrious hostess in the kingdom doth when some unex- pected guest of extraordinary q... ...me, captain, these are only stratagems of war. Bolus and virtus, quis in a hostess equirit?” “Sir, I honour your learning,” cries Booth, “and could al...

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...ng to go out at night.... I 134 The Life of John Sterling was taken by my hostess to see several pretty pleasure- grounds and points of view in the n...

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...very happy, smiling, and active all that evening, performing her duties as hostess of the little entertainment with the utmost grace and propriety, as...

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...uld sit and eat. For the rest–Kim giggled here as he cleaned his teeth–his hostess would rather heighten the enjoyment of the road. He inspected her b...

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... free to such as me, and is to be free to such as Gaffer.’ The face of the hostess darkened with some shadow of per- plexity , as she replied: ‘Gaffer...

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...e don’t. A man might forget: a woman never would. (Looks up table and sees hostess beginning to collect eyes.) So it’s all ended, through no fault of ...

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... out very late, that was all. While the waiter was preparing his room, the hostess arose; Andrea assumed his most charming smile, and asked if he coul... ...with his sister. Andrea appeared in despair, but consoled himself when the hostess assured him that No. 7, pre- pared for him, was situated precisely ...