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Milt aint no sweet-scented geranium but's out fer all the simoleons he can pick off the little old Mazuma Tree, why, I on'y says what I reads an' hears, believe me. You bein' his nephew aint changin' public opinion none. See?" Kendrick's anger at this brazenness had prevented him from thinking clearly.
I kin b'lieve it, can't I? Got a right to b'lieve it, hain't I? Good fer the town to b'lieve it, hain't it?" "Calc'late 'tis." "All right, then. I aim to keep on b'lievin' it." Next day Homer Locker abandoned his work and with the utmost brazenness hired a rig at the livery and drove to the hotel. A group of notables assembled upon the bridge to watch the event.
Her brazenness is perhaps only the armor which she has donned to hide a turbulent heart the dowry of centuries of grandmothers who longed for one glimpse of freedom; of the right to comb their hair as they liked; to powder their faces if they wanted to; to run and jump and laugh and dance and be innocently free and happy without the fear of shocking that bugbear Respectability, and the tyrant Decorum, which insisted that a woman's legs must be carefully concealed on penalty of being adjudged "immodest."
And, bargaining with time like peasants in a market, at last they chose the nearest city possible, Valencia. For love true love is fond of brazenness! They had just finished lunch among the trunks and boxes that occupied a great part of Leonora's room in the Hôtel de Roma in Valencia.
They had acquired enough brazenness in the course of the summer not to hesitate, and approached the loud-voiced old man, holding out their palms and clamoring: "Money!" But that did not suit the old man, who entered the car forthwith, urging his companions to hurry. The driver, no doubt thinking of his own tips, felt he would serve his passengers best by driving off with them at once.
You have taken every opportunity of evading my wishes that you should not see my daughter, and you wonder that I object to you. For absolute brazenness you beat anything I have ever encountered." "I am sorry," said Hardy, again. "Good evening," said the captain "Good evening." Crestfallen and angry Hardy moved to the door, pausing with his hand on it as the captain spoke again.
And if you turn away with soul offended from even 'the slimy gendering of the toad, you dishonor God who once knew no higher creative formula and still blesses it with His fruitful presence." And finally do not make the too common mistake of confounding brazenness with freedom from shame and self-condemnation.
Of course he could not see her again, for the first time, without being "a bit upset"; mostly, indeed, by the boldness the brazenness of her behaviour. But his emotions were of no tragic strength, and, as Lady Barnes had complained to Mrs. French, he was now honestly in love with Daphne and his child.
Some announced themselves to be "Thompsons," and "Adamses," and the like, with a brazenness and loudness that cast a cloud upon their titles. A few vaingloriously and shamelessly uncovered their proper and indisputable names. This was held to be unduly arrogant, and did not win popularity.
Kassim held the paper at arm's length toward Barlow, asking: "Is this the message thou brought?" "It is, Commander." Kassim whirled on Hunsa, "Where didst thou get it, dog of an infidel?" "Without the gate of the palace, my Lord. I found it lying there where the Sahib had dropped it in his flight." "Allah! thou art a liar of brazenness."
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