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But there is much in Lady Montfort's character which the Marquess apparently failed to appreciate; at all events, they had little in common, and what was called Lady Montfort's haughtiness was perhaps but the dignity with which a woman of grand nature checks the pity that would debase her the admiration that would sully guards her own beauty, and protects her husband's name. Here we are.
For he was well aware that her response was impersonal; it was not his but any admiration that she craved as a parched land wants rain.
There is such delicate admiration of womanliness in it; there is so much encouragement, so much love of that beauty which shows itself in character, rather than in form and presence; there is such an emphasis put to the truth that from the purity of our own minds and hearts come our knowledge of the beautiful, and our ability to find the beautiful everywhere.
Even Gilbert was moved to spontaneous admiration and respect at the sight of Nancy's zeal. "Nobody would know you, Nancy; it is simply wonderful, and I only wish it could last," he said. Even this style of encomium was received sweetly, though there had been moments in her previous history when Nancy would have retorted in a very pointed manner.
To her cousin, the younger Pitt "the pilot who weathered the storm," in the language of poetry; who died when it was at its height, in the language of fact her advice was always acceptable. It was always freely given, for her admiration of her distinguished kinsman was unbounded. After the death of Mr.
She knew that as an exhibition of skilled horsemanship the spectacle she had just witnessed was faultless; but it gave her no pleasure, and there was no admiration in the eyes that followed the distant galloping figure with the merciless whip that continued active as long as she could see it.
The entire speech was listened to with feelings of profound admiration, and his action elicited praise for its dignity and grace.
Dorsenne very justly diagnosed there one of those hypnotisms of admiration such as artists, great or small, often inspire around them.
"Glengatchie, you'll understand, sir, is the name of my grandfather's farm. "'Never fear, Greenfields, says my grandfather, 'for I'm not beyond the post. "So Greenfields looked at the post, and he looked at my grandfather, and he scratched his head a wee, and he seen it was so; and then he fell into a great admiration entirely.
He came into a gilded chamber, where he saw upon a bed, the curtains of which were all open, the most beautiful sight ever beheld a princess who appeared to be about fifteen or sixteen years of age, and whose bright and resplendent beauty had something divine in it. He approached with trembling and admiration, and fell down upon his knees before her.
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