But, tell me, how couldst thou thus get into her confidence?
Smile, no, what the devil should you smile at, when you suppose I can't tell you!
I'll tell you, I would have mirth continued this day at any rate; though patience purchase folly, and attention be paid with noise, there are times when sense may be unseasonable as well as truth.
It was; and totell you the truth, I encouraged it for your diversion.
If your lordship will meet me a quarter of an hour hence there, in that lobby by my lady's bed-chamber, I shall be able to tell you more.
I am to meet her anon; after that, I'll tell you the whole matter.
Tell him that the French are going to give up all their prisoners to us, and that the Iroquois must leave the war path, or my Lord Bellomont will take the war trail and wipe their villages off the earth.
They tell me--my very good friends tell me, that this is the mark of shame, the bar sinister of the hand of justice.
Sir Arthur," said he, "I think you would tell me something concerned with the Lady Catharine Knollys.
Though he be your brother, I tell it to your face, the gallows had been too good for John Law!
None, as I tell you, and he proved to us plain that he had not two-pence to his name, for that he had been robbed the night before while on his way to town.
Montague, chancellor of the exchequer, is my warrant for what I say to you when I tell you that Mr. Law is to be free.
What if I tell ye of great rivers far to the west of the Ottawa; of races as strange to my princess's people as we are to them; of streams whose sands run in gold, where diamonds and sapphires are to be picked up as ye like?
Your Grace," said he, "there be many who might better than I tell you of that America.
And now, tell me what answer had the Lady Catharine Knollys.
And I tell you of my future, as you tell me of your past.
On encountering Sin and Death, Satan congratulates them upon their engineering skill and sends them on to work their will in the world, while he speeds along the path they have made to tell the fallen angels all that has occurred.
Tell me now, friend Volker, will you stand me by, If these men of Kriemhild's would my mettle try?
Tis more than I can tell you what afterward befell, Save that there was weeping for friends belov'd so well Knights and squires, dames and damsels, were seen lamenting all.
Not daring to intrude upon the conversation of Adam and Raphael, Eve waits at a distance, knowing her husband will tell her all she need learn.
Much then my spirit fought against itself, Wishing to tell my name and welcome you, My long-lost sister: but false shame forbade And kept my mouth tight closed.
He now informs her that, deeming it unsafe for her to thread the wilderness alone, he had soon followed her, intending to tell her he is her long-lost brother!
Men are not able Soothly to tell us, they in halls who reside, Heroes under heaven, to what haven he hied.
As they near this land, Siegfried strictly charges his companions to tell every one he is Gunther's vassal, and immediately begins to act as if such were indeed his real station.
It is while wandering in this wilderness that Nicolette runs across some shepherds, whom she bribes to go and tell Aucassin a wild beast is ranging through the forest, and that he should come and slay it as soon as possible.
Go and see it and come back and tell what you think of it.
If I could only go back for one little hour and take her in my arms, and tell her how much I owe her for those grinding days!
I'm going to stop off at Salem on my way East and tell the folks that you are about to sell out and come back to the old valley.
Slowly the stricken one grew calmer and at last, hearing a wagon drive into the yard, I hurried out to tell my father what had happened.
The wind was always filled with rain or sleet, and as the lights in Bates' Hall were almost always blazing, I could hardly tell when day left off and night began.
She did tell him, however, of her plans to go to New York later in search of the twins.
It was hard, indeed, in the face of all this, to tell him.
But you know both kinds, and you can tell where 'tis that I ain't like 'em here.
She threw a quick look into his face and drew back a little; but she said graciously: "Of course you will tell me who you are.
She would tell you that she named them herself out of a 'piece of a book' she found in the ash barrel long ago when they were children.
They don't know what they are doing to their little children, and I musttell them.
There was nothing about him to tell the girl--who was vainly trying to thaw the stiff frigidity of his reserve--that he had spent all day and half the night in lashing himself into just this manner that so displeased her.
And so, in view of these facts, in view of the prisoner's private history, I tell you that the defence here is absurd, ridiculous.
Will you be very quiet and stay right where you are if I tell you?
William Murgatroyd, politically you're dead--that's what they tell me.
She did not tell me she was coming--but that's just like her--she never tells half the good things she does.
But inasmuch as you told me your story, Thorne," he went on, "let me tell you mine now.
This was again hitting my sore point; everybody seemed to take a special interest in my luggage, and I was obliged to tell my story more than once.
He has spent his money like a gentleman, that is, he cannottell what has become of it.
There is no one to write and tell all my stories and troubles and nonsense to.
When she went to tellhim all had been done, he simply said, "Thank you, Ma.
The man who demanded my life comes to tellme his affairs!
The people tell me she knows their language better than they do themselves, and that they appeal to her on their own customs and laws.
At church I sat beside the King and cried quietly into my wrap all the evening," The last words in her letter were, "Tell me all your troubles, and be sure you take care of yourselves.
There were defects in the situation; she did not need other people to tell her that; she was often overwhelmed with the multitude of her duties, at her wits' end to manage all the children.
And her parents were astonished, but He charged them that they should tell no man what He had done.
Ma" is thus made to tell the incident of the witness dying suddenly after attending the court at Ikotobong: "'If you put mbiam on a man and he swears falsely he dies.
Take our compliments to the people of your country," the latter said to the deputies, "and tell them that our need is great, and that we are in darkness and waiting for the light.
She had no patience with people who expounded the theory of the innocence of man outside the pale of civilisation--she would tell them to go and live for a month in a West African harem.
Friends who listened to her graphic account of Calabar tell that even then she spoke of her desire to go up country into the unworked fields, and especially to the Okoyong district, but "Daddy" Anderson was opposed to the idea.
And will you be so good as to tell me, if I may have any hopes?
To tell you truth, I am enjoined not to receive any thing of her's, from any hand, without leave.
You will have harder usage than any you have ever yet known, I can tell you, if you come not into some humour to make matters up.
But though the lady will tell the truth, and nothing but the truth, yet, perhaps, she will not tell the whole truth.
I'll tell thee of an admirable expedient, just come cross me, to save thy promise, and my own.
And, since she has not, you may tell Miss Howe from me, that neither she, nor any woman in the world can be more virtuous than Miss Harlowe is to this hour, as to her own mind.
Then every man's name, as I tell him, is that which he is called.
This doctrine may be true, Cratylus, but is also very likely to be untrue; and therefore I would have you reflect while you are young, and find out the truth, and when you know come and tell me.
Only one more God; tell me about my godfather Hermes.
But you have not yet come into your inheritance, and therefore you had better go to him, and beg and entreat him to tell you what he has learnt from Protagoras about the fitness of names.
And when I earnestly beg my questioner to tell me his own honest opinion, he says, 'Fire in the abstract'; but this is not very intelligible.
Language would be the greatest of all historical monuments, if it could only tell us the history of itself.
They had been surprised in their cabins, or their fields, newly cleared, and could tell him nothing, but he noticed that the march was west.
While you play upon Robert's nerves you play upon mine also, and theytell me you've said enough.
He saw Willet again, and heard himtell the tale how he had reached the lake and the army with Garay's letter.
Now tell me how your eye knows his body fell from the bough.
There is no sun to tell me," replied the Onondaga.
Their numbers were large, they certainly could not be less than four or five hundred, and his experience was great enough now to tell him that half of them, at least, were Canadian Indians.
The hunter and the Onondaga were forced to laugh a little with him, and then, rested thoroughly, they resumed the descent, leaving their cable to tell its own tale, later on.
Did I not tell you, Dagaeoga, that you had the beginnings of a mind?
Any child of the Hodenosaunee could tell that it is so," he said, "because their trails now separate.
Then my brain will be clear, and I'll tell how it ought to be done.
There is no chance of error, O, Dagaeoga and Great Bear, when I tell you a heavy blow has fallen upon us.
Tell us his name," said the hunter, who had full confidence in the wonderful powers of the Onondaga.
Ruggieri, Ruggieri, why can you only tell me thus far and no further?
I will tell you one, which is traditionary in our family--of whom one was of the dramatis personae.
Yet there may be some among them who will tell you that they themselves were entirely sceptical until they tried mesmerism, and found they had the power in themselves.
Sergeant Velasquez, tell off thirty men from the left of the troop.
Do I not tell you that the accomplishment of your brilliant destiny depends upon this act?
I have been since favoured with the particulars, and copy part of the letter; weigh it well, and tell me what you think of such coincidences--if you are satisfied that there is nothing but chance in the matter.
You can tell by them what weather to expect; and, after all, you know little more of the material world, less of the immaterial, and nothing of their mystical union.
He found, I should tell you, on alighting, a gentleman who resided in the neighbourhood, who was bound for the adjacent village.
The time taken in the search was so long, that he feared to return and tell his story--thinking it incredible, and that he should even be suspected of having gone into evil company, and gamed it away or sold it.
The bakers tell you they always buy the best wheat, and yet, though they are the largest buyers in the wheat market, the aggregate average of the kingdom did not exceed 58s.
One who knew how deeply the empire was indebted to him, wrote, "Can China tell how much she is indebted to Colonel Gordon?
Thou art to leave this part of the country to-morrow, and not knowing when I should see thee again, I felt moved to tell thee what lay upon my mind.
But all that she said appears to have been, "I tell thee from my Lord that thou art the true heir of France.
Tongue can nevertell God's revelations in this mighty Word, Nor how the mystery of life they spell, With which all hearts are stirred.
We stared, I tell you, when we saw Joe Scroggs come from behind the stack, looking as red as a turkey-cock, and raving like mad.
I tell thee my impression frankly, but not without calm and deep reflection; for matrimony is a holy relation, and should be entered into with all sobriety.
I believe you tellthem all something like that," she said.
But now I can tell you--I can even be happy in telling you.
They tell me he has a grand piano from New York, and guests from Boston railroad presidents.
She sat down beside him and felt his forehead and his hands, and the events of the evening which were on her lips to tell him remained unspoken.
I'll tell you one thing,--you won't keep her always shut up here in Coniston.
She was about to tell Jethro what a strange difference this visit had made in her father's spirits, but some instinct kept her silent.
Do you tell me, Jethro, that you want me to appoint you agent to fix that road?
For years, the trout we returned to those pools will tell their friends and descendants of the marvels and enchantments of that day.
You see how impossible it is to tell the truth about a trout the first time.
To tell the truth I had no hope of saving either, and if I was careful I didn't feel so.
As already stated, no one can tell the truth concerning a big fish the first trial, while more than one attempt does not look well in print, and is apt to confuse the reader.
They carefully drew our attention to the old log dam in proof that this was the real outlet; they pointed to the rapid outpouring current for it was a swift boiling stream here--and asked us if we could tell which way it was flowing.
Any one who has tried to handle a canoe from the front end with one hand and fish with the other will tellyou so.
To tell the truth I did not blame the men so very much for turning pirates, after I came really to understand the conditions connected with the pearl fisheries.
Would I not go to the Governor and tell him that Pedro would pay his brother's tribute as soon as he could earn the money?
If they ask me why I wear so regal a gem, and where I got it, I tell them that I am not quite sure that the jewel is mine, and that if I ever find the person who seems to have a better right to it than I, I shall give it up.
Elena will lead the way, and will tell us of anything in the path.
In this way he was able to tell me, finally, how the 'warning' had come to him, and why he put so much confidence in it.
Only, at times, as she told me her story, she would rise and walk up and down the porch, as if she could tell some things easier walking than when sitting still.
Will youtell her that I want to see her alone in your tent, here, and then see that no one else comes in?
Useless as he feared the dispatch might be now, Sergeant Johnson insisted that it be delivered at once, and that he be given an opportunity to ask to be allowed to tell the general why he was so late.
Tell me how you manage to keep your absolute simplicity so fresh.
For the rest, he was a blacksmith who made a fortune, as Lady Canterbridge will tell you.
I really think you ought to first tell my cousin that you are going away to-morrow," she said, with a faint smile.
I tell you the boy isn't in the hut," retorted his comrade.
For the life of him Ted could not tell whether the manager was laughing at him or not.
They tell me you are a good farmer as well as an electrician," Mr. Fernald said.
You were a genuine hero and I shalltell the Fernalds so.
I tell you the boy has gone back home and the hut is as empty as a last year's bird's nest.
I tell you I'm not going drifting round this river in the dark any longer.
Your father is in our shipping room, they tell me.
No lips could tell what this knowledge meant to those who loved the boy.
They tell me he is a very faithful workman and he has been here long enough to have earned a substantial increase in wages.
Tell us what it is and perhaps we can act as magicians and make it come true.
Time only can tell whether I have chucked my fortune in a hole or really invested it wisely.
I know you can keep a secret and so I mean to tell you one.
Poe's chief purpose was not to tell a tale for its own sake or to portray a human character; he aimed to produce an effect or impression in the reader's mind, an impression of unearthly beauty in his poems and of unearthly horror in his prose.
These young writers, influenced by the French novelist Zola, condemned the old romance as false and proclaimed, somewhat grandly at first, that they would tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
It is a unique poem, and its popularity is due partly to the fact that nobody can tell what it means.
William of Malmesbury, a chronicler of the twelfth century, refers to "the warlike Arthur of whom the Britons tell so many extravagant fables, a man to be celebrated not in idle tales but in true history.
Be ruled by me and have a care o' the crowd: This way, while fresh folk go and get their gaze: I'll tell you like a book and save your shins.
In the first are certain sketches, as Hawthorne called them, which aim not to tell a story but to give an impression of the past.
The ballads should not be neglected, for Longfellow knew how to tell a story in verse.
Then we read Lanier's poetry and say, "Yes, I have had those feelings at times; but I do not speak of them to others because I cannot tell what they mean to me.
Few professors could give you any information concerning The Doctor, but almost any child will tell you all about "The Three Bears.
They differ superficially, in scenes or incidents; they are all alike in motive, which is to tell a tale of adventure that shall be true to human nature, no matter what liberties it may take with the facts of history.
He will not even criticize the fickle Cressida for deserting Troilus, saying that men tell tales about her, which is punishment enough for any woman.
For, though Malory and Tennyson tell the same story, there is this significant difference between the Morte d' Arthur and the Idylls of the King: one is thoroughly medieval, and the other almost as thoroughly modern.
If so, mocke on, And tell him that his lust To beauty's, madnesse.
But tell me (glorious Lampe) in thy survey, Of things below thee, what did not decay By age to weaknesse?
Just go and tell Kiddle and the rest, that, in consideration of her general good conduct, I purpose reprieving her.
I am an officer like yourself, and will not stand an insult, that I can tell you!
They tell me that we have been shipmates before, and that I was on board the ship when you were born; but I don't remember the circumstance.
I cannot heal your grief, and I cannot tell you not to mourn for your husband, but I will soothe it as far as I can.
Just tell your mother that, for may be I may not have an opportunity of speaking to her as I would wish.
If ever you can do me a good turn I am sure you will, and I need not tell you that when we are boarding an enemy's ship, and you are in the thickest of the fun, Pat Brady won't be far off your side.
If it is a good thing, brother Jack, to be a boatswain, I shall be so glad to tell Mrs Burton," said Miss Anna Maria.
She is a frigate, they tell me, but her name has escaped me, and it is my belief they will toe and heel it with the best of you, gentlemen, and may do something towards breaking the hearts of some of you young ladies.
It would be a long yarn if I was to tell you all our plans, and all the tricks we had to play to get out of prison.
Jist tell his honour, or his riverence, if that title plaises him the better, that it comes natural to an Irishman with his mother's milk.
Just as natural, tell him, as it comes to him and his friends to go out robbing and murdering, and such like little divartisements.
No wonder you thought me dead, Mary, and a long yarn I have totell you, how it all happened.
Tell them," I said, "that as they have treated us so well, that if they will haul down their colours we will use our influence with the captain of the ship to have them set at liberty.
