He then asked about my mother, and when he learned that she was dead he was greatly surprised and grieved; he thought a great deal of her, for she had treated him almost as one of her own children.

Endowed with natural business talent, the young man who goes out into the world with such preparation as this knows a great deal more than just how to make money; he knows how to make it honorably and how to spend it, in his business, family, and social life, for the public good; he has in him the making of a statesman and a philanthropist, as well as a man of wealth.

W. sat on Bismarck's left, who talked a great deal, intending to make himself agreeable.

She gave herself a great deal of trouble for her friends, but also used them when she wanted anything.

W. saw a good deal of his cousin, George de Bunsen, a charming man, very cultivated and cosmopolitan.

They strangled Mrs. Alderdice's baby, killed Mrs. Weichel's husband, and took a great deal of property and stock from different persons.

XII THE SUBTERRANEAN PIT Another week came and went, during which I spent a great deal of my time about the Pit mouth.

I was spending a few days at Plattsburgh, and hearing a good deal of the trout and deer in and about those lakes, my friend and myself concluded to pay them a flying visit.

He said a great deal of the majesty of the gods, and how the honour ought not to be given away to every Tom, Dick, or Harry.

Anyone who writes, or who speaks in public, knows that the preparation of a half-hour address which is worth anything requires a great deal of time.

"It is something to me," he replied insistently, "because it means a great deal to you.

I learned a great deal from merely listening while the men talked at dinner.

He now read a great deal to Hector.

"All this," said he, "costs a great deal, it is true; but I am paid for it by the additional price."

"Oh! for the pure air of Heaven," he once exclaimed, "that I might be laid at rest and peace on the lap of the Almighty!" He suffered a good deal in his last illness, and at times would jump up as if he heard the bugle, and exclaim: "I am ready!"

But, for the most part, as winter darkened round them, they lounged from morning till night about the big fireplace, and smoked, and growled, and played cards, and lived as men do, finding out a deal about each other's characters, something about each other's opinions, and little or nothing about each other's history.

But the little time that was so occupied saved me a deal of trouble and danger, for it lasted just long enough for me to bring my rifle into position, which I did about the quickest, you may bet your life on that.

I could tell you a deal more of what I saw at this Palace at Den Haag, but, doubtless, have said enough to show you something of its wealth of appointments and costly treasures.

But, after getting misled by their guide, floundering about in bottomless bogs, and losing a great deal of very precious time, they found Three Rivers defended by entrenchments, superior numbers, and the vanguard of the British fleet.

He has made my mother quite a respectable woman, and I am sure it is owing a great deal to him that she loves me as well as she does.

This much I had noticed in my brief glimpse, and, truth to tell, I felt a good deal of uneasiness, besides curiosity as I turned the matter over in my mind.

I thought, as he was becoming so serious, he must be getting tired of the woods; but his proposition yesterday to escort that deer to the shore, and frighten him almost to death, his jolly humor with our young friends over the way, and the trick he played on as in regard to the raccoon this evening, satisfies me that he's got a good deal of the boy in him yet.

There are people who have written a great deal, and know very little about the influence of factory labour upon health,it would be worth their while to see some of these workrooms.

Undoubtedly a little gang of men makes the deals, handles the money.

The prisoner when thus secured suffers no inconvenience as long as he leaves his hand in his pocket, but any attempt to remove it would cause a deal of suffering.