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"For devotion in coachmanship," said Frank, "devotion, that is, to my cousin, I defy the world. In point of skill I yield to Lord George." "My pretensions are precisely the same," said Lord George. "I glow with devotion; my skill is naught." "I like you best, Lord George," said Lizzie, laughing. "That settles the question," said Lord George. "Altogether," said Frank, taking off his hat.

He felt himself the superior of the rest of his fellow-beings, but her inferior; did she not successfully defy him; could she not, without a word, by simply resting her calm gaze upon him, make him shift and slink? He felt that he must change the subject not of their conversation, for they were not talking, but of their her thoughts.

It is not honourable for a man to make a girl an offer when he knows that her parents have a pronounced objection to him as a son-in-law. So long as she is under age, or in a dependent position, he has no right to ask her to either deceive or defy those to whom she owes duty and obedience. The Interview. "Asking Papa" is often a momentous matter.

He knew that Deacon Baxter would never allow any engagement to exist between Waitstill and himself; he also knew that Waitstill would never defy and disobey her father if it meant leaving her younger sister to fight alone a dreary battle for which she was not fitted. If there was little hope on her side there seemed even less on his.

F.W., the person to whom I allude, had long been accustomed to mount horses of all descriptions, with the full confidence of always being able to keep his seat; but when at Paris he met with a master who could not only defy any horse to throw him, but under all circumstances could always preserve a graceful position, even while baffling every attempt of a horse to floor him.

"I venture to think he will not find it so," she said, with quickened breath. "In these days it is not so simple to defy the common conscience as it once was. I fear indeed that Mr. Faversham has already lost the respect of decent men!" "By becoming my agent?" "Your tool for actions cruel, inhuman things degrading to both you and him." She had failed. She knew it!

He must have seen the devil; or, perhaps," thought Smallbones, "that imp of the devil, Snarleyyow. I'll go and see what it was, anyhow." Smallbones, rubbing his abdomen, where the corporal had trod hardest, walked into the cabin, where he beheld the dog. He stood with his mouth wide open. "I defy the devil and all his works," exclaimed he, at last, "and you be one of his, that's sartin.

They were walking slowly side by side, glittering in the sun with their shining hats, their yellow accoutrements and their metal buttons, as if to frighten evildoers, and to put them to flight at a distance. He knew that they were coming after him, but he did not move, for he was seized with a sudden desire to defy them, to be arrested by them, and to have his revenge later.

That the haughty confederation should be allowed thus to accomplish its ends, to trample down all resistance to its dictation, and to defy the whole world by its insults to the Church and to the sacred principle, of monarchy, was most galling to Spanish pride.

"I have already warned you of the danger of treating these powers in a mocking spirit," said Leonard solemnly. "I don't believe you can do it," laughed Mary provocatively from the conservatory; "I dare you to do it if you can. I defy you to turn me into a wolf." As she said this she was lost to view behind a clump of azaleas. "Mrs.