9 A thousand thanks the nation owes To him that does protect us all; For while he thus his niece bestows, About our isle he builds a wall; 10 A wall!

De man doan know how much he miss, Ef he ain't got no niece lak dis; Fro yore Unkel one mo' kiss, Mah 'ittle Touzle Head!

You should have seen how charmed they were, and clustered niece-fashion all round me.

Madame Winthrop whispered to Everell that she was going, with his father, to look in upon a sick neighbor, and would thank him to see her niece home.

From this place he marked the little dog enter the chamber, and presently saw his niece issue therefrom, and hurry forth to meet her lover in the pleasaunce.

This Frain thriv'd from year to year; The abbess niece men ween'd it were.

"I happened to go and see Peter's sistermy niece Polly," ses Mr. Goodman, "and she told me the name of 'is ship.

"Why did my niece retire at sight of me?" was his insidious inquiry.

" "There is no use suggesting any meetings until my niece returns from Paris," the financier said.

"We have the pledge of character, if no other; since the uncle cannot part with reputation, without the niece sharing in the loss.

My niece sings and plays, she spends almost the whole day at her piano, knows your works by heart, and has had the greatest desire to meet you, particularly since the last of your concerts.

He took the Duke apart, and said in his ear, "Sire, whence is this that your niece tarries so long, and comes not to the dancing?

"Then how comes it that your niece therewhose name is Miss Clifford, I believespent what this good man calls a honey-moon, with a young gentleman, at this good man's inn?" Here the good man in question made a faint endeavor to interpose, but the gentlefolks by their impetuosity completely suppressed him.