Charles," she broke out in the voice of a tragedy queen, "those are real diamonds, and I shall never be happy again till I get them.
However, we were fortunate in avoiding the incursions of the Colonel himself, who must have migrated meanwhile on some enchanted carpet to other happy hunting-grounds.
This was the very condition Sittara had always longed for, and she eagerly inquired the name of the happy person, who had so many attendants and such fine jewels.
He is of a happy and contented frame of mind, and speaks of the latter part of his father's life as a brilliant but troubled dream of power, to which he was very fortunate not to succeed.
My friend is quite sensible of this deficiency, and is at times very happy in his allusions to the fact, and can very wittily philosophise upon the causes.
The change from the condition of a girl under the strict subjection of her mother to that of a wife at the head of her own part of the household is so agreeable, that they are too happy to adopt it.
Thank you, my good fellow, I am very happy indeed, and rendered more so by the joy I perceive it gives my friends.
I love those elevating thoughts that lead me to dwell with delight on the past, and to look forward with happy anticipations to the future.
The termination of this battle of words at Teheran, added to that of forms at Shiraz, were happy preparations for the discussions regarding the ceremonies of presentation to the king; but these will be noticed in the next chapter.
All these were described to the sovereign in such glowing colours, that he quite lost his reason, and declared he should never be happy till his power extended over a country so favoured by nature.
With this happy temper, and an honesty that has stood the test of great temptation for more than twenty years, he passes a comparatively still life, amidst all the bustle with which he is surrounded.
You would have been very happy with her, I can tell you," asserted Mrs. Ketchum.
Few authors have possessed so happy a knack of making the present moment both enjoyable and profitable.
At the Inner Temple, on May 29, a gold cup of sack is handed to each member, who drinks to the happy restoration of Charles II.
But, considering how perfectly happy she was in Mr. Heathcote's society, it was odd that Bijou grew paler and thinner every day.
O happy Britons, happy isle, Let foreign nations say, Where you get justice without guile, And law without delay!
I should never be happymyself if I felt I was deceiving the child," she protested.
It would be impossible to say whether father or mother was more happy and proud over the advent of this little girl, but there could be no doubt that the mother was the more peremptory and authoritative concerning it.
There is an old proverb which says, "The Inner Temple for the rich, the Middle Temple for the poor;" and a famous wit emphasized this saying by a happy mot.
Mr. Mickley was always happyto join in these impromptu musical assemblies, when occasion offered, although performing music was one of the few things which he never succeeded in doing well.
His wife sent him a glance of obviously feigned reproach, and thereupon confessed that she should be as happywith one as with the other.
The conversation at breakfast was not about herself, but that did not matter, she was occupied with happy thoughts.
At least not so much happy as agreeably excited by the contrast he made with those around him, and excited, too, at what was going to happen in about half an hour.
But she had gone through it all, and had felt very happy to have it over.
I have been so happy with my dear old husband that I want other people to be happy too, and I am always bringing young people together--who were just made for each other.
To waste on them a real parson with a soul and a rudimentary intellect," he went on, "is like giving a glass of Moselle to an agricultural labourer when he would be happy with a mug of beer.
Mrs. Potten's mind worked in columns, and had she been calm and happy she would have spent the time returning to Potten End in completing the list of ghosts she was acquainted with; but she was excited and full of tumultuous thoughts.
Several of your partisans, having learned by what happy occurrence the life of your highness has been preserved, have asked permission of the king to accompany me here.
So, then, once more, break my head, or resign yourself to seeing in me a rival, shortly a happy rival!
Angela, happy and proud at this favor, carried the hand to her lips with an air at once respectful and passionate; she seemed a Caribbean woman accustomed to live a submissive and devoted slave to her master.
Happy indeed are the princes who find such friends in adversity.
We had lived three years in this little-known country, very happyand very tranquil, when I fell seriously ill.
To what miraculous chance do we owe this happy meeting?
Croustillac's reply was a happy one: "The heavens, no!
I should be so happy to have it in my power to prove my devotion.
Our reception was truly chilling: no joy or hilarity in the palace; even in the city its wonted aspect; our happy youth himself quite frigid; but there is hope that he will become more ardent.
But his most happy expedient was the encouragement of an annual fair, which, gradually extending in importance, rendered Sinigaglia a mart of commerce, and continues to this day the most important in Italy.
He was happy in his parentage and in his patrons, in his master and in his pupils, in his friends and in his rivals: the first misfortune of his life was its rapid and untimely close.
For this situation he was in many respects well fitted, by thehappy union of great learning with an extensive knowledge of men and manners, which his residence at Ferrara and Urbino had not failed to impart.
A fainting fit having occasioned rumours of his death, tumults arose, but were vigorously suppressed by the Duke of Urbino, who by a happy device got the Cardinal of S.
Now that I had made him rich and thought to keep him on the staff and rest of my old age he has departed, and the only hope left me is that of seeing him again in Paradise, and of this God has given a sign in his most happy death.
His mellowed versification is in general superior to that of the age, while his trite and limited matter is pleasingly relieved by many happy turns of thought and graces of language.
And Istar, Daughter of Sin, was happy and her days were long in the land, and she passed away in the odor of sanctity.
She was too proud, too happy to mention the odious word.
Temperamentally she was elected to happy motherhood.
He was gone, his kind face happy with the idea of having accomplished good, before Ulick could gather his wits.
Easter was a happy singer, but she had plenty of histories, though they would never be engraved on deathless tablets.
VII Happy singers, like happy nations, have no history.
We should have been happy to receive you--but now--the future is a blank.
He went to live on the Left Bank, in the Impasse du Maine, where, at his studio, he led the free, happylife of a monied artist.
You know she married Paul Godard, and it turned out a happy match--at least for her.
He had no right to be so utterly happy when there was suffering and sorrow such as this.
I cannot make her happy and love me; so I will make her happy anyway.
He wanted every one to be as happy as he was going to be.
Surely she was not so happy as she had been at Lossie House.
I once heard of a sparrow that never had a worm left for the morrow, and died a happy death notwithstanding.
This is hoo the piece begins: Who is the happy warrior?
She ended with begging her, if she was mercifully inclined to make her happy with her presence, to bring to her Caley and her hound Demon.
There I was happy too until their loving ambition decreed that I should be a scholar and a clergyman.
Gladstone might be a difficulty; Clarendon would be none, for he and Palmerston have pulled very well together, and I have no doubt Palmerston would be very happyto keep him.
Doesn't seem to sit on their consciences," said Jack, looking round the table of happy faces and listening to the chatter and laughter that ran steadily through the dinner.
Martha was finishing the ironing and singing: "O how happy are they Who their Saviour obey And have laid up their treasure above.
And Mr. Gerard had said he should be very happy to have all the girls and their mothers come down some afternoon.
Margaret was quite abashed by Doctor Hoffman's attention to her, and his saying he should take her good wishes as a happy omen for his New Year.
Josie had waylaid Mr. Reed again and told him all about it, and hoped he would let Charles come, and he said he would be very happy to.
Mrs. Underhill had all her family together, and she was a happy woman.
The little girl felt veryhappy and joyous, and she thought her pretty clothes had helped.
Please give them my compliments and tell them I should be very happy to have them call.
We want her to be happy and to have some companionship.
But we lived in happy innocence and safety, for the deadly bacillus had not been invented and ignorance was bliss.
That was a sign the bride would be merry and happy and pleasant to live with.
He was so jubilant and the rest were so happy that the little girl forgot all about her discomfort.
The most popular thing of that day was: "There is a happy land-- Far, far away.
But there was no hint of it this happy day, which remained one of their most delightful memories.
The bright, happy faces, the white-robed throng, and almost every girl had her hair curled for the occasion.
In short, Judge Putnam had invited them to spend Christmas at his beautiful home in the capital city, and for eight happy days they were to be his guests.
Now, kiss both of us good night and trot along, for there's a big surprise waiting for you just around the corner, and it is the earnest wish of both Anne and I that it may prove a happy one.
Grace and her chums were supremelyhappy in that their little social world had turned out to do them honor.
The fortunate man lives in a happy world; the unfortunate man sees a world of misery.
One man is happy with little, another is miserable with much.
Then happy and free, with the pack on her head, She followed the road that back to town led.
The people were very happy and soon forgot about Harisaboqued and their promise to him.
Quicoy was happy to think that he could capture the Ongloc, and resolved to go that very night.
She sang as she walked, and so happy was she That alas!
Should the flower remain on the image, without falling either way, it is greeted as a very happy omen.
The happy pair then proceed to the inner room of the house, where sweetmeats are served to them.
The horoscopes are again formally examined by the astrologer, who announces that their agreement augurs a happy wedded life.
All this is very well in a world where flies and cherries are free to all, but America is fast ceasing to be a happy uncrowded orchard in which the young find more than enough room and food for the taking.
Dickens's well-known fashion of pursuing a happy fancy round and round.
Paris for his capital, quieted the fratricidal religious conflicts of France and made life happy for his subjects; and Henry II.
All the other ants in the field wondered at and admired it, and as one could nearly see out above the grasses by standing upon her hill on tiptoe, the happy insect began to dream of immortality.
Your people seem happy and contented, King Felis," remarked the Queen, when she had looked them over carefully.
Some of the voices sounded loud and shrill, others low and deep, but all rang with a happy tone that aroused the children's interest at once, and made them wonder what occasion could cause so much amusement.
To run and romp as she pleased would indeed be a new experience to her, and she was happy even to think of such delight.
So the child had often longed in vain for a pet of this kind, and was now very happy to be able to play with so many.
We live but for your amusement; we love your happyand smiling faces more than anything else in the world, and this day on which you have come to visit your slaves is the most joyful we have ever known.
Here come the marchers, happy and gay, Strangers must keep out of our way!
Because I'm placed here to keep everyone from passing through the archway that spans the river into the fair and happy valleys of Merryland.
While they danced the dolls kept up a continual chattering and laughter, and they looked so sweet and happy that the children could hardly realize they had been so cross and unreasonable a short time before.
So, breakfast being finished, they all walked down to the river, wearing their golden crowns and feeling happy at the prospect of new adventures.
She had expected a quiet and happy day playing with these pretty creatures, and now, even in the first hour of their awakening, they were proving very troublesome.
Well," replied the girl, "I love these beautiful Valleys dearly, and never expect to be as happyagain as I have been here.
This gave them something to do and made them happy for a while, and Dot was profoundly grateful for a period of rest and quiet; but she feared the dolls would break forth into more mischief before the day passed, and so it proved.
They were waving their dimpled arms about, kicking out their chubby feet, or holding their tiny, fat thumbs in their mouths, while they cooed and crowed in a very happy and contented way.
Larry was already breathing heavily, for he had the happy faculty, which Phil often envied, of going to sleep almost as soon as his head touched the pillow.
McGee, having thrown off his gloomy condition in the light of the happy news, showed that he was a keensighted man.
Food never tasted one half so delicious as it did right then; for already was Larry beginning to get the hunter's zest, what with the ozone in the air, and the prospect for happy days ahead.
The happy smile which had lately played on her lips in sleep, now rested upon them in that last peaceful slumber from which she should never again awake to weep.
Hadassah thought that she saw her son, her Abner, bright, joyous, and happy as he had been in his youth.
And there's as much chance of being happythrough a matrimonial agency as any other way.
He went on with these musings, more happy and hopeful, and in a humbler frame of mind, than he had felt to be for many a day.
We are happy to say that Mrs. Shandon sped with very good success upon her errand.
So the prodigal came home, and the fatted calf was killed for him, and he was made as happy as two simple women could make him.
The dowager came to fetch her in her carriage, and she went off with a white dress in her box, happy and blushing like the rose to which Pen compared her.
A man may do worse than make happy two of the best creatures in the world.
Bungay replied that he should be happy to have dealings with Mr. Pendennis, and hoped to have the pleasure of seeing both gents to cut mutton with him before long; and so, with mutual politeness and protestations, they parted.
Do you think mamma would be happy if you were otherwise, Arthur?
Amidst these friends then, and a host more, Pen passed more than two brilliant and happy years of his life.
Arthur Pendennis had the good fortune to have a mother endowed with those happy qualities.
If we were only as rich now as Phil Blake, how happy we might be!
A little bit o' money now would make me so happy an' industrious, I could take the buzz out of a hive o' bees.
It is marked by Mr. Brougham's boundless humor, happy fancy, and the peculiar freshness of his style.
Thomas, some evil spirit has stolen away our once happy home for ever," said Polly, as she slowly and sorrowfully returned again to weep in the silence of her own room.
Never had he felt more happy than on the morning when, with his gun upon his shoulder, he crossed the Oiselle and started for the abode of M.
The truly happy are not those who parade their satisfaction and good fortune before the eyes of the multitude.
He did not seem to hear her, and, in the same tone, he continued: "These Lacheneurs were happyand honored before our arrival at Sairmeuse.
The truly happy hide themselves from the curious gaze, and they are right; happiness is almost a crime.
I trust you and Maurice may lead a calm and happy life.
The abbe attributed this sudden and happy change entirely to the rupture between the duke and the marquis, and this was the universal opinion in the neighborhood.
But if one might consent to fly from the chateau of a rich and happy father, one cannot consent to desert the poor abode of a despairing and penniless parent.
The unhappy girl, crimson with happy blushes the moment before, had suddenly become whiter than marble, as she looked imploringly at her father.
Sairmeuse must pay for the baptism as she had paid for the wedding, only too happy that Chupin did not require her to stand as godmother to little Polyte.
