"Which I entreated you to believe, again and again, most fervently, with all my heart, was capable of
better things, Mr.
To him however, who is possessed of a devil, I would whisper this word in the ear: "
Better for thee to rear up thy devil!
And when you want to buy a ship, the shipwright or the pilot would be
better?
"Thank you; and if you will kindly drop 'I guess,' I shall like my little Yankee all the
better. Now, see here, Rosy, I don't pretend to set myself up for a model in anything, and you may come down on my grammar, manners or morals as often as you think I'm wrong, and I'll thank you.
"Oh, come--nonsense!" cried Gania; "if you did not go shaming us all over the town, things might be
better for all parties."
'And you were all the
better for it, I know!' the Queen said triumphantly.
And it's a poor look-out to come into the world to make your fellow-creatures worse off instead o'
better. But there's a difference between the things folks call wrong.
If you've changed your mind, and want my family to come down in the world, you'd
better say so.
Tulliver, "my family's as good as yours, and
better, for it hasn't got a damned ill-tempered woman in it!"
"Yes, I am
better, I am nearly well," returned the youth, pausing a moment, while a struggle of the most painful interest seemed to engross his thoughts.
"No
better; if there is any change, it is a change for the worse."
But you are now of an age to be treated
better; I think she is behaving
better already; and when you are her only companion, you must be important to her."
