The "poor" are divided into four classes or strata, marked A, B, C, D.

But the engine reaches B and the fair lady in ten.

Examination forms A-B, for primary grades.

The body left B at the close of the week, accompanied by Francis Ives and the unweariedly attentive and interesting son.

He even went so far ez to say thet ol' Proph', the half-crazy nigger thet tells fortunes, an' gethers herbs out 'n the woods, an' talks to hisself, likely knew more about a good many things than anybody present, but thet, bein' ez he didn't know b from a bull's foot, why, it wouldn't hardly do to grad'jate himnot castin' no slurs on Master Sonny Jones, nor makin' no invijus comparisons, of co'se.

If they called one oak A, they called another oak B: so that their dictionary must have been more extensive in proportion as their knowledge of things was more confined.

In politics a true proposition in the form of 'All A is B' almost invariably means that a number of individual persons or things possess the quality B in degrees of variation as numerous as are the individuals themselves.

Indignant at these acts of wickedness, Gennaro struck off the B from the escutcheon of the duke's palace at Ferrara, changing the name Borgia into Orgia.

Try the reverse, that is, divide the interval B sharp-C into seven commas on the semitones A flat-G; it will be unendurable.

"No," said he; "erase that B and put another one before Jones.

"C=an t=y | -r~ants b=ut | b~y t=y | -r~ants c=on | -qu~ered b=e?"Byron.

Somewhere we must leave off with a constitution behind which there is nothing.] says, 'I must begin with A or B. And beginning, say with A, if I then merely find B, I have either lost A, or I have got beside A, [the word 'beside' seems here vital, as meaning a conjunction 'external' and therefore unintelligible] something else, and in neither case have I understood.

I have not even finished the "B's."

And then, when he has fixed up B, B sends C along.

[Footnote a: Son] [Footnote b: trees]

"I got B in de-portment to-day, Loo.

I forgive myself for giving her a B, Arthur thought.

" It was under Ernestine's inspiration, which Schumann called "a perfect godsend," that he fashioned the various jewels that make up the music of his "Carnéval," using for his theme the name of Ernestine's birthplace, "Asch," which he could spell in music in two ways: A-ES-C-H, or AS-C-H, for ES is the German name for E flat, while AS is our A flat and H our B natural.

'Very satisfactory,' says the visitor, handing back No 6 B; 'may I inquire how many acres you occupy?' Out comes a note-book. 'Hum!

The column headed "B" contains the number of "beats" per second between the electric Vt₂ fork and the standard Vt₃ as explained in the paragraph headed "Measurement of the Speed of Rotation."

If a man is under the influence of two opposite but very strong motives, A and B, and I am greatly concerned that he should choose A, but still more that he should never be untrue to his choice, and by changing his mind betray me, or the like, it will not do for me to say anything that might hinder the motive B from having its full effect upon him, and only emphasise A; for then I should never be able to reckon on his decision.

I wonder at what letter the walking volume will be opened at his mother's fête?" "I should imagine B," said Caroline, smiling.

Everyone learned their A, B, C's fore they went to school.

Beauty often marries the b the homely man.

"A" owes "B" a debt; he goes bankrupt and pays a dividend, a fraction of his debt, and gets his discharge.