... was listening at the French window of the dining-room, heard distinctly, Claudia, my dear, I have to make a proposition. I speak to you because you are, as it were, one of the family ; and, moreover, I am sure, dear, Verulam would wish it. She knew what ...

... Brown and Co., and the liabilities were small. Ito no impression whatever on the Stock Exchang e banking circles. d Generally speaking, stock markets were in g o° There was quite a fair amount of business, the fortnightly settlement commenced yesterday in ...

... Dear me, no, exclaimed Lord Clowes, with a raucous chuckle. I simply make a suggestion. But why to me ? Why don't you speak to mother ? Because, said Lord Clowes, I'm giving you a little present. Here it is. I make no stipulations, you understand ...

... what an indictment it is of the modern woman's taste in literature ! In no single instance do the characters act or think or speak like any human beings whom I have ever met. Let us take some examples. Trecarrol, the hero, is sitting alone at table with ...

... ar i ng Cross cl ay for th e C ont i nent to take the holiso Whic h he d ec l are d i n a recent letter he needs. Asquith, speaking at Barnstaple yesteriv/4 t.sserted that our trade was not sickly, as no r'-hamberlain had attempted to prove, and fr ot L ...

... suddenly and without a word of warning swept down the barrier, and they were as they had been again —Christian and Claudia, speaking with their souls and caring for none. But it was a great mistake. The man realised the impossibility of the position. It ...

... in the famous Loggia di Raffaele. His Holiness subsequently walked about in their midst; giving each his hand to kiss, and speaking to some', Afterwards his Holiness received the leaders 01 the pilgrimage in his private apartments, and gave expression to ...

... Form of Conceit ? Those who attend may not do so silently. All present must speak on the question before the house, none may speak without standing, none may laugh while speaking, none shall take offence. ...

... constituents. He never failed to introduce some apt reference to the Turf. A typical instance occurred in his last speech. He was speaking at Penge on the fiscal question of the handicaps put on British trade by foreign tariffs, and said : It is like asking me ...

... have come ? Yes. He jerked the monosyllable out grimly. You are very flattering. That is what you always say when I speak the truth. I only heard from Mrs. Chesney a few minutes ago that you were all down here. I thought you were at the ' Firs.' ...

... the finest of cloth and filmiest of lace, the immaculate handwork everywhere. As something of an incident, in a manner of speaking, the purchase of longcloths to the average woman is fraught with danger, and should therefore never be approached in a casual ...

... Rosamond, of the 37th Bengal Native Infantry, on June 4, 1857, was sold yesterday for £54. Mrs. Doocey, an old lady, who could speak of the sensation caused by the surrender of Napoleon after the battle of Waterloo, and remembered the doings of the Fenians ...