He seems to recite a good deal to the mistress, and occupies the dunce's block quite regularly," Vincent retorted, with a provoking significance that set mamma in a brown study and suspended the comments on Kate's and Jack's probable sentiments.

Tell the little boy to thank his mamma for letting Laura come over, and say that we will keep the dog with pleasure.

He had hitherto formed a mean opinion of the female character, having been incessantly beset by manoeuvring mammas with marriageable daughters ever since he became possessed of his fortune.

After seeing the garden, I saw the cows milked, and that was the last sight I saw that day; for while I was telling mamma about the cows, I fell fast asleep, and I suppose I was then put to bed.

The use of the offensive phrase "excessively pretty," as applied to a lace tidy by a very tiny female named Lucy, brings down upon her sinful head eleven pages of such moralizing as would only be delivered by a modern mamma on hearing a confession of robbery or murder.

"Oh, how delightful to be here, to see you, mamma as peaceful and serene as in the old days!

I shall take Harry to his fond mamma at once.

From that time, whenever I felt inclined to be selfish, I used to remember the theatre, where the mamma of the young lady I had been so rude to, gave me a seat in her own box.

" "Her's goin' home to Kismus pie," remarked Katie, as she took her mournful way with her mamma to the house where they were visiting.

Every time I saw her for several days, the same notion came into my head, that she was not a bit more like mamma than when she was miss Saville.

And may be, brother, I don't tell Tales to mamma like you.

He longed to come, but we could not leave mamma without one of us, and he thought I could do the most for you.

Marriage means a four-post bed and papa and mamma between eleven and twelve.

And this was given to mamma by her mother, whose maiden name was Susan White.

"Thank mamma from me for her oranges.

Directly the Doctor was gone, Laura ordered fires to be lighted in Mr. Arthur's rooms, and his bedding to be aired; and by the time Helen had completed a tender and affectionate letter to Pen, Laura had her preparations completed, and, smiling fondly, went with her mamma into Pen's room, which was now ready for him to occupy.

He had soon wearied of a "lost woman" like Leonora; he had decided it was not worth while to quarrel with his mamma over so trifling a matter, and have his enemies discredit him on that account.