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the unconscious Therese in his arms, he capsized the skiff with his foot, as he fell into the Seine with the young woman, whom he supported on the surface, whilst calling in a lamentable voice for help.
The carrier gave no heed to these words (and he would have done better to heed them if he had been heedful of his health), but
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it by the straps flung the armour some distance from him.
"My oath on it, too," said the farmer; "but as I have a strong affection for you, I want to add to the debt in order to add to the payment;" and
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him by the arm, he tied him up again, and gave him such a flogging that he left him for dead.
It was not said to one dull or deaf, but to one who enjoyed burning them more than weaving the broadest and finest web that could be; and
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about eight at a time, she flung them out of the window.
One of the squires in attendance upon the coach, a Biscayan, was listening to all Don Quixote was saying, and, perceiving that he would not allow the coach to go on, but was saying it must return at once to El Toboso, he made at him, and
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his lance addressed him in bad Castilian and worse Biscayan after his fashion,"Begone, caballero, and ill go with thee; by the God that made me, unless thou quittest coach, slayest thee as art here a Biscayan."
"For all that," said Don Quixote, "thou must seat thyself, because him who humbleth himself God exalteth;" and
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him by the arm he forced him to sit down beside himself.
Don Quixote was mightily provoked by this answer, and
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the mule by the bridle he said, "Halt, and be more mannerly, and render an account of what I have asked of you; else, take my defiance to combat, all of you."
And I may be of such that after investigation my origin may prove great and famous, with which the king, my father-in-law that is to be, ought to be satisfied; and should he not be, the princess will so love me that even though she well knew me to be the son of a water-carrier, she will take me for her lord and husband in spite of her father; if not, then it comes to
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her and carrying her off where I please; for time or death will put an end to the wrath of her parents."
Sancho retorted, and the goatherd rejoined, and the altercation ended in their
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each other by the beard, and exchanging such fisticuffs that if Don Quixote had not made peace between them, they would have knocked one another to pieces.
No sooner was the door shut upon him than the landlady made at the barber, and
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him by the beard, said:"By my faith you are not going to make a beard of my tail any longer; you must give me back tail, for it is a shame the way that thing of my husband's goes tossing about on the floor; I mean the comb that I used to stick in my good tail."
Zoraida cried aloud to us to save him, and we all hastened to help, and
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him by his robe we drew him in half drowned and insensible, at which Zoraida was in such distress that she wept over him as piteously and bitterly as though he were already dead.
I am fuller than ever was the whoreson bitch that bore you;" and passing from words to deeds, he caught up a loaf that was near him and sent it full in the goatherd's face, with such force that he flattened his nose; but the goatherd, who did not understand jokes, and found himself roughly handled in such good earnest, paying no respect to carpet, tablecloth, or diners, sprang upon Don Quixote, and
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him by the throat with both hands would no doubt have throttled him, had not Sancho Panza that instant come to the rescue, and grasping him by the shoulders flung him down on the table, smashing plates, breaking glasses, and upsetting and scattering everything on it.
"Those present stood listening to the words and exclamations of the madman; but our licentiate, turning to the chaplain and
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him by the hands, said to him, 'Be not uneasy, senor; attach no importance to what this madman has said; for if he is Jupiter and will not send rain, I, who am Neptune, the father and god of the waters, will rain as often as it pleases me and may be needful.'
"I don't know of what sort I am," returned Sancho, "but I know very well I'll never get such elegant skimmings off Basilio's pots as these I have got off Camacho's;" and he showed him the bucketful of geese and hens, and
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one began to eat with great gaiety and appetite, saying, "A fig for the accomplishments of Basilio!
This done, he drew from its sheath a huge broad scimitar, and
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me by the hair he made as though he meant to cut my throat and shear my head clean off.
But come here, Sancho, for with the leave of these gentles I would say a word or two to thee in private;" and drawing Sancho aside among the trees of the garden and
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both his hands he said, "Thou seest, brother Sancho, the long journey we have before us, and God knows when we shall return, or what leisure or opportunities this business will allow us; I wish thee therefore to retire now to thy chamber, as though thou wert going to fetch something required for the road, and in a trice give thyself if it be only five hundred lashes on account of the three thousand three hundred to which thou art bound; it will be all to the good, and to make a beginning with a thing is to have it half finished."
The moment he said this the governor started to his feet, and
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the chair he had been sitting on exclaimed, "By all that's good, you ill-bred, boorish Don Bumpkin, if you don't get out of this at once and hide yourself from my sight, I'll lay your head open with this chair.
In fine, all the duennas smacked him and several others of the household pinched him; but what he could not stand was being pricked by the pins; and so, apparently out of patience, he started up out of his chair, and
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a lighted torch that stood near him fell upon the duennas and the whole set of his tormentors, exclaiming, "Begone, ye ministers of hell; I'm not made of brass not to feel such out-of-the-way tortures."
At the sound of his piteous cry and of the stroke of the cruel lash, Don Quixote ran to him at once, and
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the twisted halter that served him for a courbash, said to him, "Heaven forbid, Sancho my friend, that to please me thou shouldst lose thy life, which is needed for the support of thy wife and children; let Dulcinea wait for a better opportunity, and I will content myself with a hope soon to be realised, and have patience until thou hast gained fresh strength so as to finish off this business to the satisfaction of everybody."
'Bustle!' said the old gentleman again, but the admonition was quite unnecessary, for one of the girls poured out the cherry brandy, and another brought in the towels, and one of the men suddenly
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Mr. Pickwick by the leg, at imminent hazard of throwing him off his balance, brushed away at his boot till his corns were red-hot; while the other shampooed Mr. Winkle with a heavy clothes-brush, indulging, during the operation, in that hissing sound which hostlers are wont to produce when engaged in rubbing down a horse.
The stranger recognised his friends immediately; and, darting forward and
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Mr. Pickwick by the hand, dragged him to a seat with his usual impetuosity, talking all the while as if the whole of the arrangements were under his especial patronage and direction.
'Nay, nay, my dear Sir,' remonstrated the little attorney,
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him by the button.
He was wet and weary, and shook the snow from his garments, as the children crowded round him, and
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his cloak, hat, stick, and gloves, with busy zeal, ran with them from the room.
'Friends of yours!' exclaimed Smangle,
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Mr. Pickwick by the hand.
Sam took one comprehensive glance at Mr. Trotter's thin face and wretched apparel; and then,
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him by the arm, commenced dragging him away with great violence.
Mr. Pickwick returned no verbal response to this appeal; but he took off his spectacles in great haste, and
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both the young lady's hands in his, kissed her a great number of times-- perhaps a greater number than was absolutely necessary--and then, still retaining one of her hands, told Mr. Winkle he was an audacious young dog, and bade him get up.
Hearing this, Mr. Ben Allen suddenly arose from his chair, and,
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the black bottle, drank the toast so heartily, that, the liquor being strong, he became nearly as black in the face as the bottle.
'My dear Sir,' said Mr. Pickwick, with some embarrassment, 'I had no idea of your accompanying us.''No, that's just the very thing,' replied Bob,
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Mr. Pickwick by the lappel of his coat.
Then,
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the reverend gentleman firmly by the collar, he suddenly fell to kicking him most furiously, accompanying every application of his top-boot to Mr. Stiggins's person, with sundry violent and incoherent anathemas upon his limbs, eyes, and body.
'Joe,' said Arabella, at length, looking round with a most bewitching smile, 'how do you do, Joe?''Joe,' said Emily, 'you're a very good boy; I won't forget you, Joe.''Joe,' said Mr. Snodgrass, advancing to the astonished youth, and
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his hand, 'I didn't know you before.
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