Apart from the confinement, and the injury done my affairs, I had no especial causes of complaint, though this imprisonment lasted until the month of April 1804, or quite five months.

I arose as soon as we were fifty feet from the rudder, and I assumed the direction of affairs as soon as on my feet.

That worthy fellow and Marble joined us on a signal from me, when I simply let them into the secret of my affairs.

This highly respectable advocate was a man of method and of great coolness of manner in the management of affairs, and he proceeded to business at once, using very little circumlocution.

After giving some small legacies to a few of his female relatives, he has left you the residuary legatee, and I know enough of his affairs to be certain that you will receive an addition to your estate of more than two hundred thousand dollars.

" "Well, every man knows his own affairs best.

But perhaps I am in the way, if you wish to talk of state affairs to the king.

Why is it that I have turned away from my old nobility, and have committed the affairs of my kingdom to men whose names have never been heard of in the history of France, such men as Colbert and yourself?

Begone, and do not return to my presence until you have learned not to interfere in my affairs.

Am I to be treated worse than my humblest subject, who is allowed to follow his own bent in his private affairs?" "This is not your own private affair, sire; all that you do reflects upon your family.

This would, however, appear to be the way in which the sun manages its affairs, if we are to suppose that all the solar heat is wasted save that minute fraction which is received by the earth.

For some years past, Hall Caine has devoted himself to literary public affairs.

I'll try to superintend affairs for you, if you're willin', an' make the best of everything.

Oh, we'll keep you in good shape, never fear; but you mustn't mind my askin' questions, so that I can get a knowledge of affairs.

It seems almost impossible to conceive of this as the face of a man to be at the head of affairs when one of the greatest wars known to history was in progress, and who could push unflinchingly the measures necessary to bring that war to a successful end.

So am Iparticularly in affairs of the heart; and I hope that we are made friends now for something more than the satisfaction which we find in loving.

The new Benedict has employment enough on his hands to desist from dabbling with the affairs of poor mortals; he may fairly leave human nature to herself; and we may sleep for one while at least secure from the attacks of this hitherto restless Old Bachelor.

I wonder what his affairs are.

"If that business in Turkestan comes off, I shall be able to wind up my affairs.

People occupied with every-day affairs forget or do not wish to remember that they are love's servants.

I knew that Aniela would be pleased with this turn of affairs, and let my thoughts dwell upon it with more and more pleasure.

So you see, perhaps we would better turn our entire attention to our own affairs.

So he stayed away from them both and gave his time wholly to the horse-breaking and to affairs in general, and ate and slept in camp to make his avoidance of the house complete.

It was an hour later when the farmer awoke, to find himself alone with Mr. Blundell, a state of affairs for which he strove with some pertinacity to make that aggrieved gentleman responsible.

His next adventure was with a sloop of ten guns, commanded by Major Bonnet, and these two men co-operated for some time: but Teach finding him unacquainted with naval affairs, gave the command of Bonnet's ship to Richards, one of his own crew, and entertained Bonnet on board his own vessel.