Word: pardons
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...rather startled tone: "I - I beg your pardon, Miss M. - I was not - aw - aware that I lay open to any such suspicion...
...poor boy, you have been sorely tempted. I myself felt Satan's influence last evening, and it was only after wrestling with the arch-fiend in prayer during the midnight watches last night that I decided to leave by the early train this morning for Smithfield Centre. I pardon your sins, my poor boy, and hope that when your vacation begins you will come to us at Smithfield Centre, that the good influence of Priscilla and myself may counteract the workings of the Devil...
PROCTOR. I beg your pardon, Mr. Tough; but please
...upon looking up I found myself in the immediate presence of a very young and pretty girl, who was sitting reading, or pretending to read, at the foot of a large maple-tree whose branches overhung the water. Being a Boston man, my first impulse was to beg pardon for my unintentional intrusion, and beat a hasty retreat; but, upon perceiving my intention, the maiden, somewhat to my surprise, remarked, with more amiability than grammatical accuracy, "Wal, you ain't a-going, are you? Do I look dangerous?" Here was a nice opening for a pretty speech...
...restored, the President called on the Swell man. "Mr. President - aw - I have thrown together - aw - a few ideas, which I 'll read - aw - On the shield - aw - I would have Cupid - aw - on a golden field - aw - handing me his bow and arrows - aw - For braces - aw - pardon me, supports, I - aw - would have on one side - aw - the governor holding out his purse to me, and - aw - on the other a tandem, a tiger, and a dogcart with my monogram on the side - aw - For a motto, 'L'argent et I'amour sans travail...