During that first half hour's chat with him I changed my mind at least a dozen times.

Before Miss Weston had been long at work she thought it would be useful if she went on board the vessels, and had a chat about temperance with the men.

"Your woman will show me where I am to look;" and Madame Victoire, chatting in her half-French and half-English jargon, opened while the Captain examined one drawer after another; but, as Harry Esmond thought, rather carelessly, as if he was only conducting the examination for form's sake.

I could forgive a man for not enjoying Milton; but I would not call that man my friend who should be offended with the "divine chit-chat of Cowper."

They all finally dismounted, and we continued chatting for some little time upon the different subjects of horses, buffaloes, Indians and hunting.

"I'm thankful enough if I can study day and night and keep myself up to 2.5," confessed Darrin, as he and Dan chatted over their gridiron longings.

How many a time an energetic man, society-bound, must long to kick over a few afternoon tea-tables, and smash his way out through bric-à-brac and chit-chat to freedom and power!

" Bob was the first one to reappear, and he found Patty and her father chatting on the front veranda.

"The chat at table was general and very interesting.

My little friend and I were placed together in the front, while our mammas retired to the back part of the box to chat by themselves, for they had been so kind as to come very early that I might look about me before the performance began.

The cheers were given with a will, and Patty's equanimity being restored, she was her own merry self again, and they all laughed and chatted as only a lot of happy girls can.

chat among your daws.

Then we had tea and shot the bear all over again many times, as we sat chatting before the fire.

English Character set encoding: US-ASCII ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK IN THE RIDING-SCHOOL; CHATS WITH ESMERALDA*** Transcribed by Elizabeth Durack, who is very pleased to be able to share this rare and charming book.

CHAT DURING THE SECOND LESSON Equestrian language Trotting without a horseExercises in and out of the saddle.

They chatted from time to time as they proceeded, and of course all sorts of subjects cropped up to be discussed.

You an' me ain't had a good chat like this for a year.

"In the 'Decay of Lying,' Mr. Tutt," said Tutt thoughtfully, as he dropped in for a moment's chat after lunch, "Oscar Wilde says, 'There is no essential incongruity between crime and culture.'

Now they found themselves chatting without effort about the landscape, the horses' pace, the Commandant and his hospitality, the arrangements of the prison, and the prospects of a cosy dinner at Moreton Hampstead.

" They soon became good friends and chatted along the way, so that the time passed quickly.

My friend knew the family, and we called there more for the purpose of resting ourselves and having a chat than anything else.

The gardens filled and he heard the ringing cries of the students, mingling with the laughter of the professors as they played tennis, with their cassocks tucked up between their knees, or perhaps chatted under the trees with the youngsters, without any posturing or hauteur, as though they were companions of the same age.

R93317, 8Apr52, Benziger Bros., inc. (PCW) SLOSSON, EDWIN E. Chats on science.

Jovial voices are chatting round the fire.

But, as in my buttonhole I always wear the white flower which proclaims to the world my blameless life, I am thoroughly enjoying this visit and our cosy chat beside the fire.