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Damme, I'll throttle you!"'It is by no means improbable that old Lobbs would have carried his threat into execution, in the excess of his rage, if his arm had not been stayed by a very unexpected apparition: to wit, the male cousin, who, stepping out of his closet, and walking up to old Lobbs, said--'"I cannot allow this harmless person, Sir, who has been asked here, in some girlish frolic, to take upon himself, in a very
noble
manner, the fault (if fault it is) which I am guilty of, and am ready to avow.
They're all made o' them
noble
animals," says he, a-pointin' to a wery nice little tabby kitten, "and I seasons 'em for beefsteak, weal or kidney, 'cording to the demand.
Oh, my young friend, who else could have resisted the pleading of sixteen of our fairest sisters, and withstood their exhortations to subscribe to our
noble
society for providing the infant negroes in the West Indies with flannel waistcoats and moral pocket-handkerchiefs?''What's a moral pocket-ankercher?' said Sam; 'I never see one o' them articles o' furniter.'
The bride's father, our good friend there, is a
noble
person, and I am proud to know him (great uproar).
Sam Weller put on his hat in a very easy and graceful manner, and, thrusting his hands in his waistcoat pockets, walked with great deliberation to Queen Square, whistling as he went along, several of the most popular airs of the day, as arranged with entirely new movements for that
noble
instrument the organ, either mouth or barrel.
The truth was, that the prince, forgetting the undoubted right of the minister for foreign affairs to fall in love on his behalf, had, contrary to every precedent of policy and diplomacy, already fallen in love on his own account, and privately contracted himself unto the fair daughter of a
noble
Athenian.
'"Why," replied the peasant, "the foreign lady that our prince wished to wed, is married to a foreign
noble
of her own country, and the king proclaims the fact, and a great public festival besides; for now, of course, Prince Bladud will come back and marry the lady his father chose, who they say is as beautiful as the noonday sun.
There was no vestige of human habitation, or sign of man's resort, to bear the name; but there was the same
noble
country, the same broad expanse of hill and dale, the same beautiful channel stealing on, far away, the same lofty mountains which, like the troubles of life, viewed at a distance, and partially obscured by the bright mist of its morning, lose their ruggedness and asperity, and seem all ease and softness.
Observations have already been made, in this room, injurious to the reputation of my
noble
friend.
'A reptile contemporary has recently sweltered forth his black venom in the vain and hopeless attempt of sullying the fair name of our distinguished and excellent representative, the Honourable Mr. Slumkey--that Slumkey whom we, long before he gained his present
noble
and exalted position, predicted would one day be, as he now is, at once his country's brightest honour, and her proudest boast: alike her bold defender and her honest pride-- our reptile contemporary, we say, has made himself merry, at the expense of a superbly embossed plated coal-scuttle, which has been presented to that glorious man by his enraptured constituents, and towards the purchase of which, the nameless wretch insinuates, the Honourable Mr. Slumkey himself contributed, through a confidential friend of his butler's, more than three-fourths of the whole sum subscribed.
It was a cold, dull evening; the little street looked dreary and dismal; and the mahogany countenance of the
noble
and gallant marquis seemed to wear a more sad and melancholy expression than it was wont to do, as it swung to and fro, creaking mournfully in the wind.
Here Mr. Pell shook his head and paused; on which, the elder Mr. Weller, nudging his neighbour, as begging him to mark the attorney's high connections, asked whether the duties in question produced any permanent ill effects on the constitution of his
noble
friend.
Pell was a tall figure,' said Pell, 'a splendid woman, with a
noble
shape, and a nose, gentlemen, formed to command and be majestic.
I could have wished my
noble
friend had been alive to have seen my management of this case.
"'My name,' said he, 'is Mr. Duncan Ross, and I am myself one of the pensioners upon the fund left by our
noble
benefactor.
For all the preposterous hat and the vacuous face, there was something
noble
in the simple faith of our visitor which compelled our respect.
I can see him now, with yellow, pasty face, drooping lids, and pin-point pupils, all huddled in a chair, the wreck and ruin of a
noble
man.
THE ADVENTURE OF THE
NOBLE
BACHELORThe Lord St. Simon marriage, and its curious termination, have long ceased to be a subject of interest in those exalted circles in which the unfortunate bridegroom moves.
With my body in one easy-chair and my legs upon another, I had surrounded myself with a cloud of newspapers until at last, saturated with the news of the day, I tossed them all aside and lay listless, watching the huge crest and monogram upon the envelope upon the table and wondering lazily who my friend's
noble
correspondent could be.
"And from a
noble
client?""One of the highest in England."
SIMON.'"It is dated from Grosvenor Mansions, written with a quill pen, and the
noble
lord has had the misfortune to get a smear of ink upon the outer side of his right little finger," remarked Holmes as he folded up the epistle.
One by one the management of the
noble
houses of Great Britain is passing into the hands of our fair cousins from across the Atlantic.
But there is a ring at the bell, Watson, and as the clock makes it a few minutes after four, I have no doubt that this will prove to be our
noble
client.
On the other hand, I would not have given her the name which I have the honour to bear"--he gave a little stately cough--"had not I thought her to be at bottom a
noble
woman.
We have done a good deal in this direction during the last few years, and there are many
noble
families to whom we have advanced large sums upon the security of their pictures, libraries, or plate.
You owe a very humble apology to that
noble
lad, your son, who has carried himself in this matter as I should be proud to see my own son do, should I ever chance to have one."
The small matter in which I endeavoured to help the King of Bohemia, the singular experience of Miss Mary Sutherland, the problem connected with the man with the twisted lip, and the incident of the
noble
bachelor, were all matters which are outside the pale of the law.
They contained a
noble
piece of water; a sail on which was to a form a great part of the morning's amusement; cold provisions were to be taken, open carriages only to be employed, and every thing conducted in the usual style of a complete party of pleasure.
Your ideas are only more
noble
than mine.
A thousand a-year is a great deal for a mother to give away, to make over for ever; but Mrs. Ferrars has a
noble
spirit.
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