...your giving, to lie with and on me, but hid from men and women. A little saint to look at, and kiss the last thing at night, and the first thing in the morning.' Then she took from her neck a thread, with the ring attached. She broke the thread away, and, handing...

...utmost. If not writing or sleeping, he was reading ; he read whilst eating, walking, or travelling — the last thing at night, and the first thing in the morning — not the ephemeral literature of the day, which requires little or no thought, but the works of...

...well after tea. Then he went to take another look at the spikes, and that look did him harm again. The last thing at night and the first thing in the morning he had spikes, spikes, spikes, floating in his brain. When once a notion took hold of Risely, he could...

...neighbors said he "guessed that John Allen jest slept with the bees, for he always saw him around the hives the last thing at night, and the first thing in the morning." I was always working among the bees, or observing them. Observing I found just as profitable as working,...

...persisting in removing the burning fuel from the fire and carrying it out- doors, going to the fireplaces the last thing at night and the first thing in the morning, and getting out of bed during the night to see about the fires. Frequently recurring malarial attacks...

...does not feel leaving it for the first time. But I kept my crying as much as I could to myself; only the last thing at night, and the first thing in the morning, when I woke up to the consciousness that I was really away from home, I could not help it. Some of...

...admired Birdie in a suspicious fashion, and offered to " swop " their pack-horse for her. I went out the last thing at night and the first thing in the morning to see that " the powny " was safe, for they were very importunate on the subject of the " swop." I...

...prefer to call it so) — "Well, I shall have a good look at you at all events, from my cozy couch, the last thing at night, and the first thing in the morning." I somehow really believe the rose must have heard this complimentary speech, or at all events, by some...

...before departing she spent industriously in gathering from every spot around something to take with her. The last thing at night and the first thing in the morning she was at her bedroom window intently gazing out. Was it possible that she was going to leave it?...

...thankful wonder at a change which seems almost miraculous, so gentle and courteous are these people who, the last thing at night, and the first thing in the morning, slip quietly into the house, and kneel reverently while prayers are offered, invariably ending with...