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Newman Smyth, "as the development of a course of history itself guided and inspired by Jehovah, will not be disconcerted by the confused noises of the critic. His faith in the Word of God lies deeper than any difficulties or flaws upon the surface of the Bible.
But the harvest was gathered in, and the expanse was unbroken by tree, bush, or interruption of any kind. The rest of the army were following fast, when they heard the drums of the enemy beat the general. Surprise, however, had made no part of their plan, so they were not disconcerted by this intimation that the foe was upon his guard and prepared to receive them.
He, too, rose, puzzled and disconcerted at this change in her. "And may I not come to Coniston?" he asked. "My father and I should be glad to see you, Mr. Worthington," she answered. He untied her horse and essayed one more topic. "You are taking a very big book," he said. "May I look at the title?" She showed it to him in silence. It was the "Life of Napoleon Bonaparte."
"It is absurd to keep a girl at school who has got as far as this kind of thing," he added, tapping the old brown book; "but it seems to me they don't understand you much at home, little lady." "What makes you think so?" Beth asked shrewdly. "Oh," he answered, somewhat disconcerted, "I judge from from things I hear and see." This implied sympathy, and again Beth was pleased.
This exasperated me beyond endurance, and I dryly replied: 'The mere thought of such a husband would drive me to the shelter of a convent. He seemed considerably disconcerted; and I noticed that the general, I mean M. de Fondege, gave him a mischievous look. "However, when the gentlemen had gone, M. de Chalusse scolded me severely.
"Merely forbidding might not do so, but exacting some penalty for such disobedience would probably make them think twice before they disobeyed again." "Did they disobey this time?" Miss Preston asked quietly. Mrs. Stone looked a trifle disconcerted as she answered: "Possibly it was not direct disobedience, but it certainly savored of deceit."
The stranger, who was at once ushered into the parlor, was evidently disconcerted by the presence of the three women. "I reckoned to see John Hale yer," he began, awkwardly. A slight look of disappointment passed over their faces. "He has not yet returned," said Mrs. Hale briefly. "Sho! I wanter know. He's hed time to do it, I reckon," said the stranger.
Her buoyant serenity puzzled and disconcerted him. Meantime Fifi was examining Queed carefully. "You've been doing something to yourself, Mr. Queed! What is it? Why, you look ten times better than even four weeks ago!" "I think," he said drearily, "it must be Klinker's Exercises. I give them," broke from him, "one hour and twenty minutes a day!"
"I have brought Mr. Ross here on purpose," she answered. "He knows so much at present, that I want him to know more." The solicitor was a little disconcerted, a thing which those knowing him only in courts would hardly have believed. He answered, however, with some hesitation: "But, my dear young lady Your Father's wishes! Confidence between father and child "
The oven was erected on the very brink. This bank, being of a loose and mutable soil, could not sustain my weight. It sunk, and I sunk along with it. The height of the bank was three or four feet, so that, though disconcerted and embarrassed, I received no injury. I still grasped my gun, and resumed my feet in a moment. What was now to be done? The bank screened me from the view of the savages.
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