A householder's life is often begun on eight hundred a year: on less: on much less:--sometimes on nothing but resolution to make a fitting income, carving out a fortune.

Eight hundred may stand as a superior basis.

That sum is a distinct point of vantage.

If it does not mean a carriage and Parisian millinery and a station for one of the stars of society, it means at any rate security; and then, the heart of the man being strong and sound...
'Yes,' he replied to her, 'I like my experience of Ireland and the Irish; and better than I thought I should.

St.George's Channel ought to be crossed oftener by both of us.' 'I'm always glad of the signal,' said Diana.
He had implied the people of the two islands.