34 examples of benn in sentences

See Benn, Rationalism in the Nineteenth Century, vol.

Benn, A. W., The History of English Rationalism in the Nineteenth Century, 2 vols., 1906.

Benn, A. W, 152 Bible, O. T., 192 sqq.; N. T., 195 sqq Bible-worship, 82, 201 Blasphemy laws, 23, 88, 139 sq., 244 sqq.

"It's a strange thing, Mr. Benn, but you always ask me to marry you after the third mug.

Mr. Benn nodded, and for a while smoked on in silence.

" "I ain't got it all ship-shape and proper yet," said Mr. Benn, slowly, "

"She's a lone widder," continued Mr. Benn, shaking his head, "and the Beehive is in a lonely place.

"I've got a good head," said Mr. Benn, "else I shouldn't 'ave got my rating as boatswain as soon as I did; and I've been turning it over in my mind, over and over agin, till my brain-pan fair aches with it.

How do you feel?" "Narvous," said Mr. Benn, pausing under a small window at the rear of the house.

Then, following the instructions of Mr. Benn, he made his way to the stairs and mounted noiselessly.

The game was up, and it was clear that in any case the stratagem of the ingenious Mr. Benn would have to be disclosed.

He regained an upright position and stood listening to the startled and indignant exclamations of his gaoler as she read the boatswain's permit: "This is to give notice that I, George Benn, being of sound mind and body, have told Ned Travers to pretend to be a burglar at Mrs. Waters's.

"I'm going to give Mr. Benn a lesson he won't forget," proceeded the other, grimly.

" The horrified Mr. Benn stood stock-still regarding her.

Mr. Benn was digging like one possessed, only pausing at intervals to straighten his back and to cast a fearsome glance around him.

What are you stopping for?" Mr. Benn's breathing as he bent to his task again was distinctly audible.

"I keep fancying there's something dodging behind them currant bushes," pursued the unfortunate Mr. Benn, hoarsely.

I'm one of the quietest and best-behaved" "Make haste, Mr. Benn," said the widow, turning to the window again; "I've got a lot to do when you've finished.

And, by-the-bye, I s'pose I haven't earned that two pounds Benn gave me?" His face lengthened, and he felt uneasily in his pocket.

"I don't wonder Benn was desperate.

"I should like to hear how old Benn takes this joke, though.

"For old Benn to come round here one evening and find me landlord.

There is still something of "the eternal boy" in Major WEDGWOOD BENN.

Whereupon Major BENN, with an engaging blush, retired from the fray.

There, scrawled erratically in dripping tallow, is a three word sentence in Benn Pitman's phonetic characters.

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