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So he had often insisted that Caesar should not only dine but also breakfast with him; happily the prisoner, yielding perhaps to some presentiment, had till now refused this favour. This was of great advantage to him, since, thanks to his solitude, he had been able to receive the instruments of escape sent by Michelotto.
Why, when the men went out hunting for little Angelo Botana, Hal was the very bravest of all. He even waded in the swamp knee deep when the men couldn't manage the big drag nets. Why, Hal is as strong as any man," Cleo valiantly insisted.
"By Jove!" burst out the manager, glancing about the room. "You like it?" "Why what in goodness have you done to the place? I I mercy on us!" "You do like it then?" the boy insisted eagerly. "Like it! Why, you've made it into a regular little palace. I'd no idea such a thing was possible. Where did you get your candlesticks and your andirons?" "From home.
He had fought in the first Battle of Ypres in 1914 and had remained in France until wounded in 1917. Though blind in one eye and deaf in one ear, he insisted on returning to the battlefield after his wounds had healed. His conduct stands out in sharp contrast to the thousands who were evading service at home.
But she insisted on his compliance with such determined obstinacy, that he could no longer resist her importunities; and, a arriving, she dictated and executed her will, in which she bequeathed to Commodore Trunnion one thousand pounds, to purchase a mourning ring, which she hoped he would wear as a pledge of her friendship and affection.
Then, protesting that he had never seen such beauty all his life, he kissed it reverently twice or thrice, Sir Henry still holding the miniature firmly in his hand. The king then insisted upon seizing the picture, and there was a charming struggle between the two, ending in his Majesty's triumph.
Oh, you ain't goin' to try an' wear it this a-way?" she said, as Redding insisted on putting on his coat. As he turned to the door, a light hand touched his arm. Lucy unfastened the violets at her belt, and timidly held them toward him. "Will you take them to Dick?" she faltered. He looked at her in amazement.
The thought of the race which was to take place within a few days and in which both the Black Growler and the Varmint II were to be contestants was in the mind of every one. In spite of the unwillingness of Sam to express his opinion as to the outcome, Fred insisted repeatedly upon asking what he thought.
She hoped, she said, her dear young lady would do her the honor to take something. That would strengthen her, and, besides, help her to pass the time; for it was only seven o'clock, and Blangin could not take her to M. de Boiscoran's cell before ten, without great danger. "But I have dined," Dionysia objected. "I do not want any thing." The woman insisted only the more.
That difference, indeed, is that which makes the representation possible; it is brought out and insisted on, 'they choose their officers; it is a difference which is made much of, for it contains one of the radical points in the poetic intention.
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