You are perfectly right to defend your son from such danger," returned the young clergyman with covert sarcasm.
Oh, father, why did you not bring Mr. Drummond in!
He thinks that I am not serious in what I said just now, and is for carrying it off with a high hand; but I tell you, and you had better tell him, that I was never more in earnest in my life.
No, do not laugh, or put me off with a jest, for I am really in earnest; and but for fear of your scolding me I should own to being just a little unhappy.
Apart from my loathing of deception, of falseness in any shape, upon any grounds, I hold it an imperious duty to expose, punish, off with it.
That's what your bachelor sees and would like to spare them; and if he didn't see something of the sort he'd be off with a noose round his neck, on his knees in the dew to the morning milkmaid.
Supposing they meet: I don't think much will come of it, unless they meet on a field, and he has an hour's grace to catch her up and be off with her.
But the Simpleton went on begging so long, that the father said at last, "Well, be off with you; you will only learn by experience.
Hans lifted up the stone and carried itoff with a contented mind.
But the second son spoke out plainly, saying, "What I give you I lose myself, so be off with you.
Take it off with a spoon, and lay it up high on the dish or glasses.
As the froth rises, take itoff with a spoon, and put it in your glasses, but do not make it long before you want them.
Whip it with a whisk to a froth; take it off with a spoon as it rises; lay it on the bottom of a sieve; put wine sweetened in the bottom of your glasses, and lay on the syllabub as high as you can.
Be off with ye sharp, ye durned skallawags, or I'll send ye up agen to reef tops'ls!
I saw the nigger makin' off with it, an' thet scoundrel the carpenter; fur the buccaneers told me jest now.
I waved it off with a haughty scorn, and then feeling smitten by the expression of agonised bewilderment on his face, I dashed him a belt that delighted him, and went inside and had tea to soothe my outraged feelings.
Kefalla is fool enough to gooff with him to find this place; but they soon return, chilled through again, and unsuccessful in their quest.
Forget and several canoe loads of beautiful red-brown mahogany planks are on board, and things being finished, I say good-bye to the captain, and go off with M.
But the fire said, 'Be off with you, do you think that for the sake of a single pea I am going to burn the stick?
But the snake said, 'Be off with you, do you think that for the sake of a single pea I am going to bite the queen?
But the stick said, 'Be off with you, do you think that for the sake of a single pea I am going to beat the snake?
Be off with you,' said the king, 'do you think that for the sake of a single pea I am going to chide the carpenter?
But the queen said, 'Be off with you, do you think that for the sake of a single pea I am going to talk to the king?
It's no exertion at all," said Molly, and I fancy I responded with some base flattery, though by this time that smile of mine was so hard you could have knocked it off with a hammer.
As he apparently wished me to understand that, now he was on with Gaetà , he would fain be off with me, I would take him not only at his word, but before it.
Desolate as was the Great St. Bernard at night, late as had been the hour when the bag vanished, evidently someone had found and gone off with it.
I probably missed a good half of the insider gags, this outrage up against that one, but I must say she brought it off with appreciable elan.
One thing, though, we could maybe try and scare 'em off with a little brushfire.
In a final face-off with Noda, whatever he had in mind, I still figured I could take care of myself, MITI and all.
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