We would include the priest in the indictment as accessory, but that might be attended with personal danger--and the less real danger we incur the better for ourselves." "Faith and honor, father, that doctrine's worthy of an oracle--as, indeed, most of what you say is." "But mark me, Phil; our object is simply his ruin, not his death.

Let us beggar M'Loughlin and him, and drive them out of the country.
No--no--not the death of either of them; on the contrary, I should wish them to live, if it was only that they might feel my revenge--and that I knew they felt it.

I would not hang them if I could, for my own sake." He got pale, ground his teeth, knit his black beetle brow, and exhibited the diabolical cast of features for which he was remarkable whenever his evil passions began to stir in his heart.
"Now," said he to Phil, "keep a close mouth above all things, for we must proceed with caution.

I have here a letter from Lord Cumber, in which, at my private suggestion, he declines to renew their leases.
Indeed, on serious consideration, I have recently advised him to grant no renewals, except in cases where every reliance can be placed upon the principles of the parties.

The want of a lease is a very wholesome restriction on the conduct of our enemies.