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"Oh, Brotherton!" "And she is going in for women's rights! George has made a nice thing of it for himself. He has to live on the Dean's money, so that he doesn't dare to call his soul his own. And yet he's fool enough to send a lawyer to me to tell me that my wife is a , and my son a !" He made use of very plain language, so that the poor old woman was horrified and aghast and dumbfounded.
It speculated too little or not at all on human motives. Human nature riots through the traditional economic structure, as Carlton Parker pointed out, with ridicule and destruction; the old-fashioned economist looked on helpless and aghast. Inevitably we are driven to the conclusion that the exhaustively economic interpretation of contemporary history is inadequate to meet the present situation.
It was too amazing, almost beyond belief the series of crimes, rampant for the past few weeks, at which the community had stood aghast, the brutal murder of Roessle but a few hours old, lay bare before his eyes. It was all there, all of it, the details, the hellish cleverness, the personnel even of the thugs, all, everything except the proof. "Get him, Jimmie the man higher up.
"Don't try any of your smug, aint-it-a-shame-he-drinks ways on me, Beverly! I'm getting tired of it; I'm tired of it now, by God! You keep a civil tongue in your head after this do you understand? and we'll get on all right. If you don't, I've the means to make you!" "Are you crazy?" "Not a bit of it! Too damn sane for you and Leila to hoodwink!" "You are crazy!" repeated Plank, aghast.
He then pointed to several of his guests in turn, saying, "You, Ligra of Middlehouse, shall be offered as a sacrifice; and you, Kar of Griting; and you, Haldor of Skerding." Eight other of the nobles he named, and bade them prepare themselves for death. They all stood back aghast. King Olaf laughed at their craven fears. "Plainly do I see that you do not relish this proposal," he said.
I hope I shall often hear from you. She slid into his hand a paper containing some pieces of gold, and rose, as if to leave the room. Dominie Sampson also rose; but it was to stand aghast with utter astonishment. The idea of parting from Miss Lucy, go where she might, had never once occurred to the simplicity of his understanding. He laid the money on the table.
Ester glanced up as they entered the storeroom, and then went on cutting her cheese, but speaking in low, gentle tones: "I want to tell you two how sorry I am that I spoke so crossly and unkindly to you this morning. It was very wrong in me. I thought I never should displease Jesus so again, but I did, you see; and now I am very sorry indeed, and I want you to forgive me." Alfred looked aghast.
He dismounted, and looked in upon the wreck through the open door He was aghast at the sight, and said, 'I'll sell out this thing to the first man that comes along. I rode up and said, 'I'll give you four hundred dollars for it. 'Done! said he. 'But, I said, 'I have no money.
She glanced at the signora's lap, and seeing her still without her fan, her eye shot slyly up with her shining temple, inspecting the narrow opening in the curtain furtively. A short hush of preluding ceremonies passed. Presently Beppo heard them speaking; he was aghast to find that he had no comprehension of what they were uttering.
"Well, bless my soul! Where was you raised?" "In Colorado." "Humph! That accounts for it. If you'd been brought up in the East you'd have known." "But I was raised in the East, David, and I've never seen maple-sugar made," piped Bob, instantly overthrowing the old farmer's philosophy. "You ain't never you ain't seen maple-syrup or maple-sugar made, Mr. Bob?" queried David aghast. "No."
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