But it was thus that the lady of his dreams found him, as she wafted in from a gallop over the ranges, with a shoe in her hand and leading a horse that wore only three.
There isn't a young lady in this hall but would be proud to have the honour of Jim Langford's company and companionship at any time.
But he got a sneaking suspicion after a while, that the soft-hearted, simple, big fellow was either answering letters through the Seattle Matrimonial Times, or corresponding with somelady friend.
And there, in the little private room, Phil made his peace with the dear old lady he had wronged so long ago in his boyish idea of chivalry to his own departed mother.
Would not a beautiful bride adorn the title ofLady Filmar?
Nor has the young ladyimproved on farther acquaintance.
This queer creature, Lady Mary, never out of her uncle's castle since she was six years old, has been left utterly without the skill of the governess and waiting maid.
Lady Barlowe could find no scope amidst the very small talk for one single repartee.
It is, to be sure, on the wrong side, and will oblige us to carry our burthen, if the young lady should not be disposed just then to make use of her limbs, so much the further.
I took the next best, in my power; and had just forced the paper from her, when in walked my father, and the lady withdrew.
Lady Mary certainly did not lay that to my charge, of which I was undeserving; for I quietly suffered her to proceed in her story.
Perhaps, while these and other such reflections occupied my mind, my eyes were fixed upon Murden, for suddenly I perceived that his cheek took a stronger glow than even Lady Laura's; and he sprang up from his seat.
Mrs. Ashburn and Sir Thomas Barlowe gave their assent to the invective of Lady Ulson, adding at the same time all the shades of imprudence in the mother's enterprise.
But though the little girls grumbled, they felt in their own minds that they were no match for Brenda; and when, a short time afterwards, that young lady came into the room, they were both in bed and were even pretending to be asleep.
While she was ruminating, without quite knowing whether she would take any active steps, Jane, one of the house servants, entered and said that a lady wanted to know if there was a vacant room in the house.
The girl who came need not necessarily belong to the aristocracy, but she must be a ladyby birth, and must have brought from her former schools or teachers the very highest recommendations for honour, probity, and good living.
Great lady as she supposed herself to be, she was not favoured with a separate banking account; but her bills were paid off with loud protestations by her lord and master.
I am glad to feel that you are going to that friend so unsuitable--to that lady so superieure.
Jane, take this lady up to the western attic, and let her decide whether she will be satisfied to sleep there.
Fanchon's heart beat with pleasure when she perceived how very much Brenda was admired, and, as Brenda could do anything with her pupil by means of flattery, the young lady was by no means unhappy about herself.
Lady Sophia L'Estrange has two daughters there--Mary and Juliet.
Jane departed, but presently returned with the information that the lady did not mind what the room was like in the least and would be very glad to see the back attic.
When that lady appeared, being much amazed at this hasty summons, she was startled at the aspect of the little group who awaited her.
Half a mile up the Liverpool Road a lady stood on the kerb regarding us as we passed with that pathetic mingling of desire and distrust which is the average woman's attitude towards conveyances of all kinds.
Illustration: "MET THE NEXT DOOR LADY ON THE DOOR-STEP.
Up to yesterday she had been head housemaid at Lady Stanton's, and before that she had been under-cook for two years to the Duchess of York.
Later in the day, meeting the next door ladyon the door-step, she related her morning's experiences.
The lady took her reference, and said she would write her.
And yet that damning letter from the anonymous lady shook her sadly.
That officer was a distant relation of Lady Peterborough, and the earl sent to demand an interview with him, naming a small hill near the town for the purpose.
I was awakened in the morning by some one coming along the veranda, and, sitting up, saw the lady I had seen the night before.
In a corner, at the furthest end, crouched a lady holding a little boy in her arms.
Lady Peterborough lived in profound retirement, universally beloved and honored, to the age of eighty-eight.
I know," the earl said gallantly to the lady on his arm and to Jack's partner, "we can trust you two ladies to say nothing of what you have heard.
Dashing from street to street, unattended even by his dragoons, Peterborough came upon a lady and gentleman struggling with the mob, who were about to ill treat them.
But at his side a lovely lady stood, The star upon her head was soft and bright, Oh, that was Venus, the bright star of joy.
He is like the lady in the French comedy who keeps talking about "le beau ciel d'Italie.
He accordingly went to Boulogne on a visit to the father of the young lady in question, and while he was there induced him to insure his life with the Pelican Company for 3000 pounds.
Here, as a stripling, he had fought battles for hislady love, and Jade Beddow had sought in vain to supplant him in her affections.
He had observed Mollie when she entered the room, and instantly recognized her as the young lady who had restored his wallet to him that afternoon.
I'm sure I, for one, would be glad to oblige a lady who has shown more grit than many a man would have done in such a tight place," one of the men observed in the most respectful manner.
And I wish you would drop in upon us occasionally," the lady went on appealingly, but flushing slightly over the failure of her scheme.
She turned slightly away, and was about to address a lady whom she knew; but before she could do so, Philip stepped directly in front of her, determined that he would not be ignored.
Mademoiselle de la Valliere is for me the one lady above all others; but you are for me a god upon earth--to you I sacrifice everything.
The young lady you honor with your praise is not a Parisian, but a Blaisoise.
The coachman stopped his team; the women rose in confusion from the back of the carriage, and the second lady made a slight curtsey, terminated by the most ironical smile that jealousy ever imparted to the lips of woman.
However that may be, the good ladymust have stepped with a circumspect foot over the threshold of this building.
Madame, pray who is that lady who left your house soon after monseigneur came in?
Buckingham bit his lips with anger, for he was truly in love with the Lady Henrietta, and, in that case, took everything in a serious light.
Marie, dear Marie," cried the king, taking the hand of the black-eyed lady in both his.
This time the door opened upon a handsome cabinet, sumptuously furnished, in which was seated upon cushions a lady of surpassing beauty, who at the sound of the lock sprang towards Fouquet.
Mademoiselle Aure de Montalais," continued Madame; "a young lady of rank, and my good attendant.
Under her tutelage Mary also found it pleasant to playLady Bountiful.
I went up there as ignorant as a child; I thought it would be fine to live in a city and be a lady and drive round in a carriage.
I can't say what his intentions are, but if they concern a certain young lady I could name, they have my hearty approval.
In the island of Ruegen not only is the woman who binds the last sheaf called Wolf, but when she comes home she bites the lady of the house and the stewardess, for which she receives a large piece of meat.
A lady friend(526) informed me that as a young girl she cut the Maiden several times at the request of the reapers in the neighbourhood of Perth.
He went out to lunch with a distinguishedlady of his acquaintance--whose name I forbear to give; she was not less than seventy years old, and the two sat talking scandal about all their friends till nearly four o'clock.
My good ladyhere is good for a mile or two more, she says, and we'd like some company.
You were a good deal upset yesterday when the lady came round, and you'll be more upset yet before the thing's over.
It looked like the entrance to some vast feudal castle, and he thought again that if an eccentric old lady lived here, she must be very eccentric indeed.
In the center of the pocket-handkerchief stood a crockery jug, with a mauve design of York Minster, with a thundercloud behind it and a lady and gentleman with a child bowling a hoop in front of it.
Then Jenny mounted from a rock (Lady Richard held the mare's head and settled the habit), and rode slowly away downhill.
My uncle gives me to understand that my allowance is secured to me in his will; and I'm the heir of my aunt, Lady Simon, whom you've probably met.
Then another day when the Major was talking about something or other (I think it was about the club he used to belong to in Piccadilly), I understood about our Lady and how she is just everything from one point of view.
I say, sir--can you direct this lady and myself to a lodging?
It was impossible, therefore, for Mrs. Partington to observe out loud that she understood perfectly what the Mission-lady had been talking about.
It must be a fanatic of some kind who lived here, and he inclined to consider the owner as probably an eccentric old lady with a fad, and a large number of lap-dogs.
But when the hour of our Lord is achieved; hanging on His Cross, He gives our Lady to the faithful.
And because our Lady is not yet manifest, our Lord is crucified.
And then the lady cries and throws her arms round the boy, and kisses him, and puts a hundred dollars in his hands, and he refuses it.
Then the lady and her daughter ask him to come up to their house, and the next day her husband gets a bang up position for him, where he can make any amount of money.
When the ladyguide interfered and admitted it was she who had robbed him, Thorpe Five roared in delight.
They are going to give the show over again, and we are to have the services of the pianist, the orchestra of five, and the lady vocalist.
Whether she is a lady lawyer, lady doctor, or lady journalist, she always is surprised to find herself where she is.
She might be white-haired and a great lady bearing an ancient title, from the faubourg across the bridges, but he heard only a voice.
They found Grace and Walter all right; but as the Masons had no idea what Mrs. Janeway looked like, and that lady had no description of the Masons, they had not met.
The weeping of a Russian lady over the fictitious personages in the play, while her coachman is freezing to death on his seat outside, is the sort of thing that everywhere happens on a less glaring scale.
To many minds it is best symbolized by the kindly lady who gives the small boy a penny, and admonishes him not to spend it.
Again, in the Lady of Lyons: the picture on the easel in the poor cottage studio is not the unfinished portrait of a vain and arrogant girl, but becomes the sketch of a Soul's high ambition and aspiration here and hereafter.
I found Lady Enterdean peering about with her lorgnette fixed to her eyes, apparently searching for something.
Upon the threshold stood Mr. Cullen, and by his side a lady who might have been anywhere between fifty and sixty years old.
He glanced at the young lady as though seeking for some explanation.
Lady Enterdean passed on, probably to take some one else into her confidence.
Then he thrust his hand into his trousers pocket and, without the least attempt at concealment, produced and plumped upon the table in front of him the pearl necklace which only a few minutes before I had seen upon the neck of Lady Orstline.
With a little shiver I saw that Lady Orstline was there too--next Mr. Parker.
I am glad, at any rate," Lady Enterdean declared, "that they have found their way to London.
Of course you couldn't expect quite the same enthusiasm on the part of your friends when you marry a young lady who is a stranger to all of them and who comes from the backwoods of America.
A lady we are very anxious to meet is going to the opera.
Without the slightest doubt in the world it was Lady Orstline's pearl necklace!
They sew for an hour a day in classes, under the supervision of another lady who also instructs a class in cutting by model and dress-making, and sees that all the girls attend properly to their mending.
There were two hundred Indian sisters present, besides the white lady teachers.
Blown with my sharp rush and unduly excited, I missed the old lady entirely, or only hit her behind as she dived downhill through the high covert.
In a short time the servant was released, and in spite of all her expostulations this lucklesslady never saw her forks again.
He had apparently been making too free with the lady friends of his black-skinned brethren, and at the moment at which we arrived was doing battle with two of them for his offences.
That if she once resisted her strange weakness, so successfully as to receive the Signor Dellombra as an English lady would receive any other guest, it was for ever conquered.
Signor Dellombra, who had passed there in a carriage, with a frightened English ladycrouching in one corner.
They came: Lothario did not know me; a nephew of the lady introduced me to him as a clever forester, joked about my youth, and carried on his jesting in my praise, till at last Lothario recognized me.
It seems he staid too long beside my next neighbor, the lady of a captain.
The old lady spoke as beseemed a person that would pick up a pin from her path; the other, like one that could give away kingdoms.
He invited them to breakfast; signifying, however, that the lady might be overtaken in the nearest village.
The ladywas to be imposed upon by this deception; and, although it was described to me as nothing but a joke, I am much afraid the purpose of it was to lead this noble and most amiable lady from the path of honor.
The count and his lady would often in the mornings send for some of the company to attend them, and all had continual cause to envy the undeserved good fortune of Philina.
The coach drew up before a neat little country-house: a young ladystepped out, and opened the carriage-door.
The lovers were detained in tolerable quarters: had it been possible, he would that very evening have brought back the younglady to her parents.
Wilhelm tried to say something in their favor; but Serlo began to draw so merciless a picture of them, that our friend was happy when a lady came into the room, and put a stop to the discussion.
And what cares and consultations with her cooks and servants has thelady of the house submitted to!
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "lady" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
