"Tried one thing after another, and failed in all.

Died, sir, leaving barely enough to bury him.

My father was a little doubtful, before she came here, how his American niece would turn out.

We are English, you know; and, though we do live in the United States, we stick fast to our English ways and habits.

We don't much like American women in general, I can tell you; but when Naomi made her appearance she conquered us all.