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There is no second performance of the same flash of wit." "And are we really so much deteriorated as these gentlemen think?" said the Princesse de Cadignan, addressing the women with a smile at once sceptical and ironical.
"Not my friend Sartorius?" "Yes, she described him perfectly." Esther strained her ears to catch all they said. Dr. Sartorius so these people were patients of his! "What then?" "Nothing. She woke up." "She would!" He gave an ironical laugh. "Still, Arthur, one can't help thinking ... after all, he's seventy-three...." "Yes, and he'll live to be ninety. You'll see." "Ninety!" "I'm not joking.
It seems to me that a manly man would acknowledge this frankly, that he would not strive to hold the woman to the letter of the agreement after discovering that the spirit was no longer there to give it life." "I could have won without her," the mayor declared hoarsely. The bishop smiled with exasperating, ironical amusement. "We will waive that point, then, Mr. Emmet.
Every one must teach himself that," replied Demosthenes in an ironical tone. "A proprietor, a noble, and not know what to do! You have no faith, or you would have known. "At all events, let me draw breath for a moment, you fiend," prayed Lavretsky. "Let me take a look round me!" "Not a minute's breathing-time, not a second's," replied Mikhalevich, with a commanding gesture of the hand.
"Your boy'll believe what you tell him: he's got the strength in his blood. Take him home and don't beat him too hard." He glanced at me with a light nod, untied his dogs, shouldered his tools, and slouched away down the path, to sleep under his accustomed tree that night and be off again, next day, travelling amongst men and watching them with his weary ironical smile.
Friedrich answered with vivacity, a little nettled at the ironical tone of Botta, and his mixed sympathy and menace: "You find my troops are beautiful; perhaps I shall convince you they are good too." Yes, Excellency Botta, goodish troops; and very capable "to look the wolf in the face," or perhaps in the tail too, before all end!
Minnie gave her mother a look of such astonishment as proved that the fine edge of the sarcasm was lost. "To tolerate a Cavendish! I can't think what you mean, mamma! Eustace is not an ignorant goose, though you seem to think so; nor am I." "I am glad your Honours are pleased," said the ironical mother, with a laugh.
Erma's words were supposed to be ironical; but her happy little laugh and dainty little touch upon Mame's hand, robbed them of their sting. "Here we are!" exclaimed Robert Vail, as the horses turned from the main road into a private drive. Hester opened her eyes in astonishment. She had seen the beautiful homes near Lockport, but this surpassed any.
He knew that the town, even the inn, might be full of spies; but one other thing he also knew: the innkeeper of "The Golden Crown" would not betray him, unless he had greatly changed since fifteen years ago. Then they had been friends, for his uncle of Vaufontaine had had a small estate in Bercy itself, in ironical proximity to the castle. He walked boldly into the inn parlour.
"That is good," said his Majesty; "but I must first of all attend to my own business. Constant!" continued his Majesty suddenly changing the subject of this conversation with which he had deigned to honor me, and smiling with an ironical air, "what do you think of the appearance of the beautiful Greek women? How many models have you seen worthy of Canova or of David?"
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