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She touched them to the life in similes and phrases; and next she was aloft, derisively philosophizing, but with a comic afflatus that dispersed the sharpness of her irony in mocking laughter.
This peculiarity, arising more from physical necessity than from choice, gave him a sort of slinging gait, which caused a Tory print to call him, derisively, "Swaggering Dan."
Of course when this remarkable intention became known among the fisher-folk it was derisively condemned by the elders. On the other hand, Jerry's younger neighbours, particularly Ned Dempster, were immediately fired with an eager desire to assist him in the novel enterprise.
After the fight had continued upwards of two hours, the Frenchmen drew off out of gunshot, and we made what sail we could after them, but they used all possible shifts to evade fighting, our men shouting after them derisively as cowardly curs. Darkness put a stop to the pursuit, but again we hugged the enemy all night, hoping that next day would see the conclusion of this long-drawn battle.
"I should like to see the grand company come in, when your grandfather has them to dine," said the girl. "Sometimes we have grand gentlemen come to see father in their coaches, but they talk of nothing but politics. We never have any fine ladies like like your Aunt Caroline." I startled her by laughing derisively. "And I pray you never may, Patty," was all I said.
We went the whole way back to Witley, and there, at the inn, found the horse lathered with foam. The animal had entered the yard riderless!" "What fools I have to serve me!" said Rosmore, laughing derisively. "Apart from the woman, it would have been failure from beginning to end." The derision hurt Watson. "Care must be taken even of her, my lord." "What do you mean?"
Diotti laughed derisively, and Satan, showing just the slightest feeling at Diotti's behavior, said reprovingly: "If you will listen a moment, and not be so rude to an utter stranger, we may reach some conclusion to your benefit." "Get thee behind " "I know exactly what you were about to say. Have no fears on that score. I have no demands to make and no impossible compacts to insist upon."
"You'd sick that pore ole dog of yours on her cat, if she had one, I expect," guessed the barber derisively. "No, I would not!" "Well, what WOULD you do?" "I'd do enough. Don't worry about that!" "Well, suppose it was a boy, then: what'd you do if a boy come up to you and says, 'Hello, little gentleman'?" "He'd be lucky," said Penrod, with a sinister frown, "if he got home alive."
Lawler watched both men derisively. "Then, when you saw no one was here, and that it was likely the norther would keep anyone from coming, you cut the fence. That's it, eh?" The two men did not answer, regarding him sullenly. Lawler smiled. This time there was a cold mirth in his smile that caused the two men to look quickly at each other. They paled and scowled at what they saw in Lawler's eyes.
When people once believe it, what is to keep them from coming in their thousands to those who know more than they do?" The woman shook her head derisively. "No need to wait for those days," she answered. "The world is packed full of fools now. No need to wrestle with nature, to wear oneself inside out to give them truth. Give them any rubbish. Give them what they seem to want.
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