The old fellow received these advices with all the pain of a parent, but frequently consulted his pillow to know how to behave himself on such important occasions, as the welfare of his son, and the safety of his fortune.
But their force differs from true spirit, as much as a vicious from a mettlesome horse.
Among ladies, he positively averred, it was the most prevailing part of eloquence; and had so little complaisance as to say, a woman is never taken by her reason, but always by her passion.
Monoculus'[59] gravity would be no less inviting to a beginner in conversation, and the snare of his eloquence would equally catch one who had never seen an old gentleman so very wise, and yet so little severe.
He was therefore indolent enough to speak of this matter with great impartiality.
Whether these prudent persons had not been as much so if this had been done at a tavern, is not very hard to determine.
The marshal of the lists then cried: 'The right shall by the might be tried, What fair and fetis is, that do!
But, as the only evidence of his rhetoric in these squabbles ever quoted, is one sentence, it is like the pretension to wit on the strength of a single pun, and may be easily cast aside.
It is late; and they are gone to shelter in the forests for the night.
No sooner had he done so, than one might have thought his mattress was stuffed with dried leaves or panes of glass, such a rustling and crackling ensued.
Of course the clatter of glasses, the rapping of knuckles, the bravos, and hears, are nothing more on all similar occasions than the reverberations of such an appeal.
Suppose, for one moment, you had been in my place, and I had forgotten you, what would you have said and felt?
Psyche, parted to show a row of teeth as smooth and pure as the snows of Siggen.
The shop windows are not gay, and the name and pursuit of their owners are badly lettered, and in hieroglyphics I could not read.
The room in which we had supped, was likewise our bed-room; and the bed and sofa, huddled cozily in one corner of the apartment, carried comfort and enticement on their spotless counterpanes.
Lacroix, Thora buried her face in her hands, and then fell almost insensible into the arms of her husband.
Kommit," said the Norwegian, in tones of gentler blandness; "salt!
The tricks o' knaves, or fash o' fools, Thou bear'st the gree.
The vessel cuts the sea, And fair Italia lies upon her lee.
They also lived seven years, And they laid eggs but two, From which two milk-white chickens To Cock and Henhood grew; And always their posterity The self-same course pursue.
The Dog who when sinking had seized his hair-- The Dog who had saved, and conducted him there-- The Dog he had lost out of Billiter Square!
At their dedication the Corporation A fund for their keep supplied; And after following the Saint and his banners, This Cock and Hen were so changed in their manners, That the Priests were edified.
Now, if poor Pilgrims they had been, And had lodged in the Hospice instead of the Inn, My good little women and men, Why then you never would have heard, This tale of the Cock and the Hen.
I wrote some lines, once on a time, In wondrous merry mood, And thought, as usual, men would say They were exceeding good.
Ned drives about in buggies, Tom sometimes takes a 'bus; Ah, cruel fate, why made you My children differ thus?
At school they never flogged him; At college, though not fast, Yet his little go and great go He creditably passed, And made his year's allowance For eighteen months to last.
E eu que ia perdendo a cabeça; como se um homem de juizo, e conhecedor do mundo, podesse perder a cabeça nestas alturas!
How sober, how sparing in diet, how early a riser, how little expensive he must have been!
This, and other such passages of the Old Testament, have given a handle to drunkards, and to extravagant people, to insist, that God intended that wine should be commonly drunk.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "sei" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
