Such an abounding, affectionate, friendly, loving feeling did this avocation beget; that at last I was continually squeezing their hands, and looking up into their eyes sentimentally; as much as to say, --Oh!

The Brahmins maintain that in the almost endless sculptures of that immemorial pagoda, all the trades and pursuits, every conceivable avocation of man, were prefigured ages before any of them actually came into being.

But though she could neither sleep nor rest in her bed, yet, having no avocation from it, she was found there by her father at his return from Allworthy's, which was not till past ten o'clock in the morning.

It is impossible to keep the judges too distinct from every other avocation than that of expounding the laws.

There were many breaks in his education, caused by the migratory habits of his tribe, but even when removed from his books his active brain continued to search out the mysteries of his fascinating avocation .

Nor did he find Paris a whit less fertile field for his nocturnal avocation .

"At any rate, my question had nothing to do with your other very interesting avocation . What I wanted to ask you was whether you could tell me anything about a compatriot of yours--a Mr.

Also, to record that wherever I have been, in the smallest places equally with the largest, I have been received with unsurpassable politeness, delicacy, sweet temper, hospitality, consideration, and with unsurpassable respect for the privacy daily enforced upon me by the nature of my avocation here and the state of my health.

HOLMCROFT--I snatch a few moments from my other avocations to thank you for your most interesting and delightful letter.

The majority of the searchers had given up the quest and gone back to their daily avocations , saying that it was plain the children could never be found.

Becky and the ladies parted with some alacrity, however, and our friend returned to London to commence those avocations with which we find her occupied when this chapter begins.