"By no means," replied the Fox; "pray do not molest them." "How is this?' said the Hedgehog; "do you not want to be
rid of them?' "No," returned the Fox, "for these flies which you see are full of blood, and sting me but little, and if you rid me of these which are already satiated, others more hungry will come in their place, and will drink up all the blood I have left."
It came back vividly to my mind a few days ago, and has remained haunting me like an annoying tune that one cannot get
rid of. And yet I must get
rid of it somehow.
According to its capitalist system of industry, it has an unconsumed surplus that must be got
rid of, and that must be got
rid of abroad.* What is true of the United States is true of every other capitalist country with developed resources.
Is she merely anxious to get
rid of me on easy terms?
Good jams, cheap!' This rang pleasantly in the tailor's ears; he stretched his delicate head out of the window, and called: 'Come up here, dear woman; here you will get
rid of your goods.' The woman came up the three steps to the tailor with her heavy basket, and he made her unpack all the pots for him.
"We must get
rid of him," agreed Anne, looking darkly at the subject of their discussion, who was purring on the hearth rug with an air of lamb-like meekness.
'Go on deck, sir,' says he; 'get
rid of the soup, and then come back to the cabin.' I got
rid of the soup, and came back to the cabin.
I would urge them more myself, but that I am impatient to be
rid of him, as Mainwaring comes within half an hour.
And meanwhile you must get
rid of Ladislaw: you must send him out of the country." Here Sir James's look of disgust returned in all its intensity.
He forgot, as Sergey Ivanovitch explained to him afterwards, this syllogism: that it was necessary for the public good to get
rid of the marshal of the province; that to get
rid of the marshal it was necessary to have a majority of votes; that to get a majority of votes it was necessary to secure Flerov's right to vote; that to secure the recognition of Flerov's right to vote they must decide on the interpretation to be put on the act.
Mrs General's communication of this idea to her clerical and commissariat connection was so warmly applauded that, but for the lady's undoubted merit, it might have appeared as though they wanted to get
rid of her.
'If I don't get
rid of you this way, I'll try another, and chop you over the fingers with the stretcher, or take a pick at your head with the boat-hook.