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" Henry never cared much for society, as the saying isbut as host in the Beefsteak Room he thoroughly enjoyed himself, and every one who came to his suppers seemed happy!

But, as an ancient saying runs, the good hour is in no man's choice; and about this time it so happened that Mr. Peter Ramsay, having had a commission from an old city man, a Mr. Dreghorn, located as a planter in Virginia, to send him out a number of Scottish horses, suggested to William that he would do well to act as supercargo and groom.

2 Words to use with  sayings