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Neither you nor I can ever know what those words meant to him. The pale purple mist where the North lay was never to be passed. His dull eyes turned to it constantly, with a strange look, such as the lost women might have turned to the door, when Jesus shut it: they forever outside. There was a way to help himself?
Before the war he and Richard Baxter had been bosom friends; but, since he had come into the Army and been much in the society of Cromwell, he had become, says Baxter, a man of new lights in religion, regarding the old Puritans of his acquaintance as "dull, self-conceited men of a lower form."
But Hanierri remained obstinate, declaring that he had positive information that the Chinisee Castle lay in the direction we were taking. Boyd seemed strangely indifferent and dull, making apparently no effort to sift the matter further.
Aŕpad threw out his chest, and Lora heard with a curiosity that became nervous a rhythmic wagging sound, like velvet bruised by some dull implement. It frightened her. "Do not be afraid of me," he begged. "You cannot say anything I do not know already." He walked to the door, and the girl followed him. "Don't go, Aŕpad," she said with pretty remorse.
I know you are dull here, that you have got nothing further to do in Ireland, but it will be different when you come back." "And is it possible that you aren't angry with me, Ellen, for going?" "I am sorry you are going, Ned in a way, but I should be more sorry to see you stay here and learn to hate me." "You are very wise, Ellen. But why did you read that manuscript?"
Mightn't that helper be I?" "You shan't be committed to anything so hopeless." "It isn't as hopeless as it seems. The strength of the valley is only in its weakness, and we shall be strong together." "I have forgotten how to be strong, for years I have only been clever." "You'd be dull enough with me as you well know. I can do that for both. But don't talk as if there were some fate between us.
With this accident we were all out of sorts, moping, drooping, metagrabolized, as dull as dun in the mire, in C sol fa ut flat, out of tune, off the hinges, and I-don't-know-howish, without caring to speak one single syllable to each other.
She ate a piece of dry goat's flesh, and then took her leave. Now that I had two freights of goods at hand, I made a tent with the ship's sails, to stow them in, and cut the poles for it from the wood. I slept all night, for I was much in need of rest. The next day I was sad and sick at heart, for I felt how dull it was to be thus cut off from all the rest of the world.
"It looks cheerless, Sir," said the owner, "but then we have not had any regular lodger for years; it is just the same as when Mr. Clarke lived here. But bless you, Sir, he made the dull rooms look gay enough. He was a blithesome gentleman. He and his friends, Mr. Houseman especially, used to make the walls ring again when they were over their cups!" "It might have been better for Mr.
Some ladies who are excellent at the entree may be inadvisable for the joint, which they may sit out, expecting to monopolise your attention to the detriment of your meal. Others who are dull at the soup may be agreeably vivacious towards the later items. A new series of formulae would be added to the language: "May I have the pleasure of seeing your menu?" "Will you give me one sweet?"