United States or Kuwait ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
The expressions: "At this time ... after that ... then ... and it came to pass ...," etc., are the simple transitions intended to connect different narratives with each other.
"You say your uncle is dangerously ill, and you won't compromise? There's something very fishy about that." "What do you mean?" cried Morris hoarsely. "I only say it's fishy," returned Michael, "that is, pertaining to the finny tribe." "Do you mean to insinuate anything?" cried Morris stormily, trying the high hand. "Insinuate?" repeated Michael. "O, don't let's begin to use awkward expressions!
He exercises his lungs with considerable force at times; but he never tears nor disturbs the circumambient air with religious agony. It is as pleasant to hear as to see him. Good sound sense, neatly adjusted argument, newness of thought, and clear illustration characterise his expressions.
They were tall and short, slender and stout, dark and light, but they had these things in common they all dressed in black and white, their hair was lofty and of exaggerated waterfall, and their expressions never altered from one of lazy-eyed, lofty, scornful ennui. To Bobby they were easily the leading feature of the meal.
It was from this letter chiefly although there were expressions in others which deepened the impression that we inferred that her lover had tried to stimulate in her an intellectual ambition. "DEAR ONE: Your last letter gave me great pain. It breaks my heart to see you looking so earnestly and expectantly into my future.
Again and again the insurgent leaders urged the count to accept their offers, refusing to listen to his arguments. He saw, by the gestures and the expressions they used, that they would probably take him by force. To avoid this was very important, and he therefore requested further time to consider the matter.
At that moment there was a flurry among the pressing men around, a sound above the many voices wishing them luck, and little Francette broke through. "Ma'amselle!" she cried, looking up into Maren's eyes with conflicting expressions on her small face, misery and solemn joy and hatred that strove to soften itself beneath a better emotion; "Ma'amselle, I would thank you! Oh, bon Dieu!
For they all have expressions equivalent to that of one of them, 'He gave up His spirit. Be that as it may, the 'cannot' was a 'will not'; and it was neither nails that fastened Him to the tree, nor violence that slew Him, but He was fixed there by His own steadfast will, and He died because He would.
After some fruitless negotiation, he got angry, and sent her through the mails a message containing violent expressions of reproach and animosity.
The guardian's faith in this miraculous witness to her sainthood, the gentle piety of the men and women who knelt before it, checked all expressions of incredulity. We abandoned ourselves to the genius of the place; forgot even to ask what Santa Chiara was sleeping here; and withdrew, toned to a not unpleasing melancholy.
Word Of The Day