"Youyou been mighty good to me, Joe.

"Take notice," said Trendon, good-naturedly, "that I'm the botanist of this expedition.

It is no wonder then that the urchins scrawled upon the walls of the town, "C.G. is a jolly good feller".

Yesan awfully good sort.

They had, however, as I have indicated, chosen the one pretty spot, around which, for a short distance on every side, the land was tolerably good, and grew excellent oats if poor wheat, while the gardens were equal to apples and a few pears, besides abundance of gooseberries, currants, and strawberries.

By this time I had become a remarkably good rider for a youth, and had brought both of my ponies under easy control.

But it should be remembered that, as a whole, the garrison did exceedingly good service and that all the malingerers and serious delinquents together did not amount to more than a tenth of its total, which is a small proportion for such a mixed body.

He plunged his hands down into his trousers pockets and fished up a knife, his second-best one, fortunately.

Finally Bache said, good-humoredly: "Is this the way you break in all your Lieutenants, Major?" "Oh, no; I don't do this as a regular thing, but it's the way we frequently ride in this country," said the Major; "just keep your seat, Mr. Bache, and we'll take you through on time."

Carpentering was Cross's great hobby, and his collection of tools was an exceptionally good one, both as regards quantity and quality.

Her comments were delightfully frank and original, as she had an unusually good memory.

In conjunction with his patronage of printing, there was no line of effort in which Lorenzo did more real good than in collecting manuscripts and antiquities, and in making them practically public property.

This contest was conspicuous because of the wonderfully good fielding of Doyle and Wagner.

Rough and homely as his words are, there is a strength, a majesty, and a terrible earnestness in them, which it is good to listen to; and specially good now that Advent draws near, and we have to think of the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and what His coming means.

I could not rake together, again, the ashes of Queen Dido, which were scattered to the four winds of Heaven, I fear; nor could I discover a reasonably good bust of Homer; but respectable substitutes are provided, and some of them have the great merit of puzzling all beholders to tell to whom they belong, which I believe was the great characteristic of most of Mr. Jones's invention.

Snodgrass batted to Yerkes, who made an extraordinarily good stop and threw Devore out at second.

" The group on the floor, undoubtedly, liked that part of the entertainment that involved the breakdown, infinitely the best of all, but simultaneously, at its wildest moment, they all turned their heads to the door.

It may be well enough against an ordinary swordsman, my son, or even a moderately good one, but as for me, I could run you through twice over.

Men and officers, who a year ago were still insufficiently trained, are now seasoned troops with nothing to learn from the Germans; and the troops recruited under the Military Service Act, now beginning to come out, are of surprisingly good quality."

This is a decidedly good garden plant, and of neat, trailing habit.

That day he had made a particularly good haul from the waste-paper-baskets, for his "catch" included several comparatively good specimens from Japan and Fiji.

"And a damn good way, too," nipped in Mr. Saltoun, hurriedly, inwardly cursing Racey for not letting well enough alone.

There would be little good in that.

Some of the melons weighed as much as five or six ounces, and were passably good eating, although rather bitter.

This was very far from being the truth; but the Indian Sagamore considered that every falsehood and stratagem was allowable, and even meritorious, that could further a desired object, especially if that object was so undoubtedly good in itself as that which now engrossed his thoughts and wishes.