Sandra Belloni -- Volume 1

the Junction Club of Ipley and Hillford, whose colours were yellow and blue, was a seceder from the old-established Hillford Club, on which it

is assured that it listens to the voice of its own exceeding gratulation. A light heart in a fat body ravishes not only the world but the philosopher. If monotonous, the one note of the drum is very correct. Like the speaking of great Nature, what it means is implied by the me

ded, and that worse is in store for it, affects the contemplative mind with an inexpressibly grotesque commiseration. Do but listen to this one, which is the joint corp

ookfield grounds as Ipley had done, and with a similar body of decorated Clubmen; sounding along until it faced the astoni

o you think you can milk a

en acknowledged that it w

ir!" they said: and a voice from the ranks informed him that their word was 'Jolly.' Then a signal was given, and these indomitable fellows cheered the lord of Brookfield as lustily as if they had accomplished the feat of milking him twice in an hour. Their lively hurrahs set him blinking in ext

ou know you w

they chimed it, casting an emphasis of infinite relish on the declaration 'don

verse g

and call'd o

a penny, up

ame and too

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us of the men who transferred the opprobrium to him. Nevertheless, though their manner of welcoming misfort

of an epic in turning awa

. They don't expect that of a lord, and I'm a commoner. If these fellows quarrel and split, are w

ement, said, that it must be admitted they had borne t

raw my subscription to those rascals who came first, and have nothing to do with any of them. Then, you see, down I go for a niggar

aid Adela. "You should have hinted something that might

I perform," re

r. Barrett observed. And to Emilia: "You will har

e carried my harp evening after evening, and

lly going to

u hear? I

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f nature had never conceived them, and such were the monstrous issue of diseased imaginations. It was hard for Emilia to hear that what she designed to do

hem off so cleverly," said Adela in tones

mise?" Cornelia made a counter-demonstration with the word. "Ha

re, and then I will go and sing to those poor people, who never hear anything bu

melodiously remonstrating the next instant:

leasure in wasting your voice and rea

es music: he really knows the good from the bad

from our house to a public booth, where vulgar men are smoking and drinking beer. I wonder you have the courage to contemplate such an act! You have pledged your word. But if you had pledged your word, child, to swing upon that tree, suspended by your arms, for an hour, could you keep it? I think not; and to recognize an impossibility economizes time and is one of the virtues of a clear understanding. It is incompatible that you should dine with Lady Gosst

er it, regained her stately posture, beautified in Mr. Barrett's sight by

one sensible of having been

d you-my going

is entirely for you

. She seized her hand, kissed it, and cried: "I do thank yo

downward. The ladies remained in a tolerant attitude for a minute or so,