Your Jacob willwait for you through seven years, and receive you from the hands of your cousin and guardian--as a reward of merit!
Take this card to the office, and wait for further orders.
He wished to see him; but he understood that St. Nicholas was a shy spirit, and was apt to pass by the stockings of boys who lay in wait for him.
If he entered the house of a friend at all, it was to wait for him by the kitchen-door, or to get up to the garret with him by the kitchen-stairs.
The Lambs had to keep very close to the Queen's person, and to wait upon her; and there were boys who had to hold the tassels of the banners which the big boys carried.
Some of the boys had chills at school; and sometimes, after they had been in swimming, they would wait round on the bank till a fellow had his chill out, and then they would all go off together and forget about it.
She had not long to wait or think about it, for in five minutes Ringfield was knocking at her door.
Mister Desnoyers, Patrick, myself, all wait for you and all shall be arrange, eh?
But put your horse in, put him in; we will wait for you.
Mees Cordova will wait too; she will ménager here for me, and I will threat her proper--oh!
Well, now--yes, I guess you'll have to wait till you go to Paree before you replenish that side of your wardrobe.
Don't wait for some hysterical occasion, but do your plain duty now, while I hold your hand in mine.
She remained therefore, to cook and wait upon him; a new existence sprang up for both, and it was when this sort of thing had lasted for a month that the parish priest, Father Rielle, thought it his duty to call.
If any particular beast kicked him, he would wait till there was a crush at a gate, and 'heel' that very animal to a certainty at a time when it was impossible to retaliate.
I couldn't sit; I was too done to stand; so there I had to crouch down and wait till I got the chance to go back on my tracks.
I'll do myself the honour to lead the charge on their main body, always supposing they wait for us to come up.
If we are not to be married (you see I love you a little) till you make enough to buy the ring out of this calf-paddock of yours, we may wait till we're grey!
Well, we had to wait for a day or two, till the moon rose, about ten o'clock.
No; let uswait until we get home before we read our letters.
When they reached the forest one of them said: "You wait here while I climb the tree and cut off some branches.
She at once gave her consent on the condition that he would wait until she could grow wings like his, so that she might also fly high.
Wait and I will go with you," said the deer; and he also joined them.
Then she sat down to wait for the water to boil, while the children played near by.
But the Sultan said: "We must wait until the smoke rises to make sure that Bantugan is gone.
Amongst others who were dismissed was William of Wykeham, the Bishop of Winchester.
Lancaster's son Derby, and Nottingham, another of the lords appellant (see p.
He cannot be said to do more than herald it, however, for we must wait two hundred years for the next name of great magnitude; moreover he was isolated, and so far in advance of his time that he left no followers.
They observed the star accurately early in the month of December, and then intended to waitsix months.
I keep the subject constantly before me, and wait till the first dawnings open slowly by little and little into a full and clear light.
So, too, would the tides: instead of waiting six hours between low and high tide, we should have to wait only three-quarters of an hour.
He had to wait some little time for it and as he came out he noticed by a clock that he would have to hurry if he wanted to get back to college in time.
You wait and you'll see," exclaimed Langridge, who was moving about among the freshmen.
A trolley line ran from it to the town of Haddonfield, but the students more often preferred to walk to the village, rather than wait for the cars, which ran on uncertain schedules.
Well, don't you think you'd better wait until the hayseed is out of your hair?
Well, I thought you were going to waitfor me," exclaimed a voice, and Langridge pushed his way through the throng and came close to where Miss Tyler was standing, waiting for Tom to tie the boat.
Wait until I get more comfortable, though," and Sid turned and wiggled on the decrepit sofa until it threatened to collapse.
But he had not patience to waittill they came back, and so it happened that they arrived in the middle of the trial.
Meanwhile Macbeth and his Queen received their guests very graciously, and he expressed a wish for them which has been uttered thousands of times since his day--"Now good digestion wait on appetite, and health on both.
Better wait for him to return," said Lucetta, and she talked so sensibly that Julia saw it was idle to hope that Lucetta would bear the blame of any rash and interesting adventure.
He did not care much about the Queen's affection, but he was very proud of having fairies to wait on him.
There is more behind, could we but wait to get at it.
Good lad--all yesterday I swore to be strong and wait for years, if need be.
She did not wait my answer, but running out into the passage, she came swiftly back with a heavy key.
It seem'd best, therefore, to lay the old gentleman snugly in the bottom of this dingle and wait for day.
I did not waitfor the end of them: but ran back for Mistress Delia.
Shall the progress of humanity wait upon your supineness, or neglect, or refusal?
The regiment did not wait to form on the beach, the men, as they debarked, rushing up the bank by one of the winding roadways.
Moreover, even in case of such an exigency, the king has a right to limit the freedom of the press only when the diet is not in session and the urgency is too great to make it safe to wait for it to assemble.
What can you do with a pop-gun if the foe will not wait until you have taken aim at him?
They would not wait until we had taken the offensive.
I had nothing to get ready; nor was there any need for me to wait a few days.
Remember that you are still delicate, and that I shall wait supper for you.
If we were sure of it,' said the Chancellor, 'we would wait here six days.
The Maid then asked whether she might wait for fifteen days, in order that, by that time, she might know whether she might, or might not, answer questions relating to this point.
But after what passed at Troyes and at Châlons, Charles had not long to wait for a favourable answer from his lieges at Rheims.
But she had still to waitawhile amid the ever-darkening shadows.
Our cause is that of our whole race; and clear has that true Samian made it to you all, O Ionians and captains of the seas, that we must not wait for the lordly answer Sparta may return to our embassage.
Withdraw, Lysander," he said, "and wait without while we deliberate on the contents herein.
Nor, indeed, had I long to wait before the dawn broke.
A spectre appeared to him every night in his sleep; and repeated to him in reproachful tones this hexameter verse,Whither I waitthee march, and receive the doom thou deservest.
Recollect the Ionians have the majority in the fleet; let us not waitfor the slow Ephors.
Upon a crag that jutted over a silent hollow, covered with oleander and arbute and here and there the wild rose, the young lover sat down, waiting patiently; for the eyes of Percalus had told him he should not wait in vain.
And, unless thou wouldst wait very long for my father's consent, perchance thou mayst have to ask for it very soon--too soon to prepare thy courage for so great a peril.
You had better not wait for me; I cannot give the children less than an hour.
And I should not mind so much if he were poor like us, and had to wait on his own account.
The doctor said that change of air would probably quite restore his health; and he had only to wait to be a little less dependent before he was to go to a tutor, an old friend of the Audley family.
His uncle is at New Orleans, and he is writing to him; he is afraid they ought to wait for the answer, though there can be no doubt about it, and he owes him no obedience.
Nay, who knows but that he might have thought it his duty to wait to compose matters, and so a bright light might have been lost to the Antipodes.
A note from Mr. Staples, if you please, Sir, and they wait for an answer.
Wait till ye're a match for him, and welcome,' said the man.
As soon as the milk was poured out, they all raced to the back piazza to wait for their share of it.
After I had shut Bruno in the hall, I sat down by the kitchen fire to toast my toes and wait for the butcher-boy.
Often, when he had made his wants known to me, I passed them on to Julius, who would wait on him; but it made no difference: the next time he came to me just the same.
It was my old Irish nurse, who had come up from Wexford to see me, and had been lying inwait for me.
These young ladies would have had to wait certainly five days for their dinner,--I only five hours.
But wait a moment: now you ask me, I do recollect one unfortunate man who, despite H.
It is a risk: will you accept it, or will you wait till I have the drawings quite finished and send them to Oxford?
In the evening, after his long, hot day's work, he found he had to wait for the policeman's train.
The old gentleman looked over his newspaper and said: "You are quite safe, gintlemen; wait till we get to the next station.
Wait a bit," answered Mather cheerfully, "I'll come over.
True, he had made money; he had gained the support of the rich men of his class, who had assured him that they would wait their chance to set him again in his place.
Then," he advised, softening his frown, "wait and watch.
The Colonel, obeying his impulse toward extravagance, had picked up down town a--wait till she saw it!
We must wait a while--and you know it is very slow, rising in Mr. Wayne's business.
Mather concluded that he would wait till Saturday; then he would come down, see the men paid, and have it out with Jim.
All right, then; wait until they do get in an’ we’ll nab ’em.
Of Mr. Reagan the people knew little; but their fate was not in his hands, and just now they were content to wait for their letters.
Outnumbered as he was, General Lee could do nothing but watch and wait for the crossing that must come, sooner or later; and meantime he chose his line of battle.
We were four hours late, and with much reason had, therefore, to wait five hours more.
In fact, the people were just now quite willing to wait for recognition of their independence by European powers, until it was already achieved.
Yet he managed to inflict heavy loss and retard the enemy's march; but finally--unable to wait the junction of S.
So then I promised to wait for him to the end of time, and pledged myself not to marry any one else while he lived.
Perhaps you will have the kindness to wait in this room for a few minutes,’ said he, throwing open another door.
One day a gold convoy came down from Ballarat to Melbourne, and we lay in waitfor it and attacked it.
She sits in her own little office, and the ladies who are seeking employment wait in an ante-room, and are then shown in one by one, when she consults her ledgers, and sees whether she has anything which would suit them.
If you will wait outside, I shall be with you in five minutes.
