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She may begin to dread him, or begin to like him more than before; but she cannot remain utterly indifferent to him. The probability is that, unless subsequent events make him disagreeable to her, she will long accord him a measure of esteem and gratitude. For two or three days, while Clara was thinking much of Coronado, he gave her less than usual of his society.
"May I read it?" he said. "Certainly!" The inscription ran thus: "In loving memory of my father. Died 30th September, 1877." "Can you arrange the locket," Alban asked, "so that the side on which the diamonds appear hangs outward?" She understood him. The diamonds might attract Mrs. Rook's notice; and in that case, she might ask to see the locket of her own accord.
Ráma, Krishna, as if the last letter were long. Palace intrigues were common in the old Hindoo courts. An abhisáriká is a lady so mastered by her love that she cannot wait for her lover, but goes to him of her own accord. This appears to have been customary in old times.
'Virtuous instinct has no need of reason, but supplies it. 'Reason misleads us more often than nature. 'Reason does not know the interests of the heart. 'Perhaps we owe to the passions the greatest advantages of the intellect. Such sayings are only true on condition that instinct and nature and passion have been already moulded under the influence of reason; just as this other saying, which won the warm admiration of Voltaire, 'Magnanimity owes no account of its motives to prudence, is only true on condition that by magnanimity we understand a mood not out of accord with the loftiest kind of prudence.
The dark muddy length of walk would be the worst of it and, bah! most likely Madame would be convinced by it, and return of her own accord.
In that isle men be full rightfull and they do rightfull judgments in every cause both of rich and poor, small and great, after the quantity of the trespass that is mis-done. And the king may not doom no man to death without assent of his barons and other men wise of counsel, and that all the court accord thereto.
I tell thee the truth, O Salwa, truly swearing by my soul! Take me, O thou of large eyes, me a maiden come to thee of her own accord one unbetrothed to another, one desirous of thy grace! Although she spoke in this strain, Salwa, however, O chief of the Bharatas, rejected that daughter of the ruler of Kasi, like a snake casting off his slough.
Her sex precluded her from that open action which public position, the tribune, or the army only accord to men in public governments; and thus she compulsorily remained unseen in the events she guided.
The light of Alexander when he dreamed of new worlds to conquer came into those wide black eyes. "It's late. Listen!" She cupped a hand at her ear and leaned to listen. Up from the hollow below them came a faint strain of music, a very light sound that was drowned a moment later by the solemn rushing of the wind through the great trees above them. They looked up of one accord.
And, as we were saying, the united influence of music and gymnastic will bring them into accord, nerving and sustaining the reason with noble words and lessons, and moderating and soothing and civilizing the wildness of passion by harmony and rhythm? Quite true, he said.
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