"You mischievous little thing!" said his mother, pretending to scold him,"you don't think what trouble you would have given Tibby!"

Attempting once to scold her in public, Rebecca hit upon the plan of answering her in French, which quite routed the old woman, who did not understand or speak that language.

The sharpness of his speech cometh not from wit so much as from choler, which furnisheth the lowest inventions with a kind of pungent expression, and giveth an edge to every spiteful word: so that any dull wretch doth seem to scold eloquently and ingeniously.

She'd scold so.

It would be a relief if somebody would scold her tonight; she would stick a pin into herself if it would do any good.

I thought she'd cry, scold, have hysterics, or some confounded thing or other; but she jest sat still a minute, then looked up at me with a great blue splash on her face, and went off into the good-naturedest gale of laughin' you ever heard in your life.

That Scrowle, which now You make the blacke Indenture of your lust, Altho eat up in flames, is printed here, In me, in him, in these, in all that saw it, In all that ever did but heare 'twas yours: That scold of the whole world (Fame) will anon Raile with her thousand tongues at this poore Shift Which gives your sinne a flame greater than that You lent the paper; you to quench a wild fire Cast oyle upon it.

And surely you don't think that I ought to scold Esther?

Mr. Cary wants to see you, to scold you.

For soon his boots got wet and cold, And hurt his feet, and made him cry; He had to sit and hear nurse scold, While both his boots were put to dry.

he supposed it must be the heat; and he began to scold her for having forgotten to close the shutters.

" "I felt ashamed to have him scold me before the impudent boy.

"I expected they'd scold me.

But, mind you, I don't either scold or laugh.

However, it was impossible to scold her, as she was the manager's daughter, so Nicholas took it all in perfect good humor and walked on, with Miss Snevellicci, arm in arm, on one side, and the offending infant on the other.

[Illustration] She had no father and mother, so she had to live with a horrid cross old woman called Black Noggy, who used to scold her every day, and sometimes beat her with a stick, even though she had done nothing naughty.

And so you can scold, can you?

* EPITAPH ON A FRENCH SCOLD.

It was bourgeois absolutely, but bosses could not imbibe and play freely in the presence of their employees whom they might have to reprimand severely for bad habits, nor scold them for inattention to trade when their employers spent precious hours at écarté or razzle-dazzle.

Do you laugh at them, or scold them, or love them, or what?

You say you are sorry, and she won't scold any more.

Some Ministers scold or snub or harangue, but he let the spokesmen talk their full, listened patiently, smiled pleasantly, said very little, treated the subject with gravity or banter as its nature required, paid the introducing member a compliment on his assiduity and public spirit, and sent them all away on excellent terms with themselves and highly gratified by their intelligent and courteous reception.

Then she climbed up to him and began to scold him for putting her to the pain of waiting so long.

Their father used to scold them, but they paid no heed; so he got angry and one day he sent for them and said: "You waste your time quarrelling.

"I cannot scold them.

My deeds, though manifold, No Skald in song has told, No Saga taught thee!

[Footnote 2: A skald was a Norse poet who celebrated in song the deeds of warriors.]

E.) ay' toon CAERLEON, kahr le' on CHEYENNE, shi en' DUQUESNE, du kayn' FROUDE, frood GALAHAD, gal' a had GHENT, gent GRANTMESNIL, groN ma neel' GUINEVERE, gwin' e veer HOUYHNHNMS, hoo' in 'ms LEIODES, le o' deez MARACAIBO, mahr ah ki' bo OTAHEITE, o tah he' te POITIERS, pwaht ya' SEINE, sayn SIOUX, soo SKALD, skawld E

SKALD, an old Scandinavian poet, a reciter or singer of poems in praise of the Norse warriors and their deeds.

Gathered Skald and wild Varingar, where the raven banner shone, And the dread steeds of the ocean, left the Northland's frozen zone.