But the taking of those trout with our hands was quite another matter.

The leave-taking in the evening was kind and friendly; Mr. Effingham, who had a sincere regard for his late fellow-traveller, cordially inviting him to visit him in the mountains in June.

He came quite within an ace of itwith his taking from her thus the prescription of humility of service, his consenting to act in the interest of her avidity, his letting her mount that way, on his bowed shoulders, to the success in which he could suppose she still believed.

Faith, I ha' been in a fair taking for you, a bots on you!

" Such were the reflections of the Signor Gradenigo, as he slowly returned towards his closet, after a ceremonious leave-taking with his guest, in the outer apartment.

And them amongst the wicked lotos grew, Wicked, for holding guilefully away Ulysses men, whom rapt with sweetenes new, 195 Taking to hoste*, it quite from him did stay; And eke those trees, in whose transformed hew The Sunnes sad daughters waylde the rash decay Of Phaëton, whose limbs with lightening rent They gathering up, with sweete teares did lament.

Unfortunately, he could not endure well the taking into his system of anything alcoholic.

The fabric of Magyar rule is far too rotten and corrupt to regard with equanimity any extensive note-taking on the part of the outer world.

Jake is the only one of our party who shows some sign of baldness, and he probably thinks that his own scalp is not worth the taking by the Indians.

Horse-taking at once became what might be called an established industry among the Blackfeet.

Hence it is that we have come to regard exceptional risk-taking as the peculiar province of individual enterprise.

So there was a great leave-taking between him and Cousin Edie; and he was to put up his plate and to marry her as soon as he had the right to practise.

I stand to win two years' takings over him.

It has been erroneously noticed, from its publication at this season, as an "Annual," but it displays infinitely more pains-taking than either of those elaborate productionsand is, we should judge, neither the labour of one or two years.

" Mature in thought and care-taking beyond her years, she was still fond of out-door sports and merry times.

Here was the real father of his godchildren, who could be certain of their taking after him, and leading over again his wild and rakish life.