The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg: And Other Stories and EssaysHarper & brothers, 1900 - 398 páginas |
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Página 373 - That's all right— that's all right — if you'll hold my box a minute, I'll go and get you a frog.
Página 54 - Then Wingate, the saddler, got up and proposed cheers "for the cleanest man in town, the one solitary important citizen in it who didn't try to steal that money— Edward Richards.
Página 61 - ... majority — I would like a two-thirds vote — I will regard that as the town's consent, and that is all I ask. Rarities are always helped by any device which will rouse curiosity and compel remark. Now if I may have your permission to stamp upon the faces of each of these ostensible coins the names of...
Página 44 - But what is there to proceed with, sir, but to deliver the money?" Voices. "That's it! That's it! Come forward, Wilson!" The Hatter. "I move three cheers for Mr. Wilson, Symbol of the special virtue which — " The cheers burst forth before he could finish; and in the midst of them — and in the midst of the clamor of the gavel also — some enthusiasts mounted Wilson on a big friend's shoulder and were going to fetch him in triumph to...
Página 52 - The old couple sat reluctantly down, and the husband whispered to the wife, "It is pitifully hard to have to wait; the shame will be greater than ever when they find we were only going to plead for ourselves* Straightway the jollity broke loose again with the reading of the names. " 'You are far from being a bad man -' Signature; 'Robert J. Titmarsh.'" " 'You are far from being a bad man -' Signature, 'Eliphalet Weeks.' "• " 'You are far from being a bad man -
Página 49 - You are far from being a bad man.' " "Name! name! What's his name?" " 'L. Ingoldsby Sargent." " "Five elected! Pile up the Symbols! Go on, go on!" " 'You are far from being a bad—' " "Name! name!
Página 37 - Mr. Chairman, if I may be permitted to make a suggestion, can both of these gentlemen be right? I put it to you, sir, can both have happened to say the very same words to the stranger? It seems to me—" The tanner got up and interrupted him. The tanner was a disgruntled man; he believed himself entitled to be a Nineteener, but he couldn't get recognition.
Página 217 - The humorous story is Arneri. can, the comic story is English, the witty story is French. The humorous story depends for its effect upon the manner of the telling ; the comic story and the witty story upon the matter.
Página 63 - The speeches of these gentlemen are not without merit, not without interest, not without grace; yet if I may be excused I will take my leave. I thank you for the great favor which you have shown me in granting my petition. I ask the Chair to keep the sack for me until to-morrow, and to hand these three five-hundred-dollar notes to Mr. Richards.
Página 56 - I disguised myself, and came back and studied you. You were easy game. You had an old and lofty reputation for honesty, and naturally you were proud of it — it was your treasure of treasures, the very apple of your eye. As soon as I found out that you carefully and vigilantly kept yourselves and your children out of temptation, I knew how to proceed. Why, you simple creatures, the weakest of all weak things is a virtue which has not been tested in the fire. I laid a plan, and gathered a list of...