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No one knew better than Kate that this was not true, but she said it partly out of vanity, partly out of a desire to draw out this Englishman who made such bold love to her. "Miss Roberts," replied Mr. Bagley loftily, "in that note I expressed my admiration my love for you. Your engagement to Mr. Jefferson Ryder is, to say the least, a most uncertain fact."
"I say," he remarked to Cousin Egbert, who was beaming fondly at him, "how strange it all is! It's quite foreign." "The fastest-growing little town in the State," said Cousin Egbert. "But what makes it grow so silly fast?" demanded the other. "Enterprise and industries," answered Cousin Egbert loftily.
*Hanging ornaments. "Therefore it would have done a man good at his heart to have seen how proudly they displayed their peacocks' feathers; how much they made of their painted sheathes; and how loftily they set forth and advanced themselves, when they compared their gallant apparel with the poor raiment of the Utopians. For all the people were swarmed forth into the streets.
Sylvester will see me," said Oswyn with irritation, "if you will have the goodness to do as you are told, and give him my name." At which the youth had smiled loftily and retired, only to return five minutes later with an air of greater humility and information that the legislator was disengaged.
"You heard me, sir," said the colonel, loftily. "You owe your rescue from this ruffian to me. Now, you can understand how much you have misjudged me." Conrad Stiefel was not so easily satisfied of this. "I heard what you said in Mexican, or whatever lingo it is, but I didn't understand it." "Nor I," said Benson. "Very well, gentlemen; I am ready to explain.
"But with you, young man, the case was different," said the judge loftily. "True, sir," replied our youth, with sweet and courteous dignity, "with me the case was very different; because, with me, it was a matter of self-interest; for the service rendered to Miss Merlin was rendered to myself." "I do not understand you, young man," said the judge haughtily. "Pardon me, sir.
"Not half so filthy as white, if you come to that," retorts Algy, loftily, looking up from the lemon he is grating to extinguish his brother. "They clear white sugar with but "
He did not even confirm her statement as to the propinquity of the car but crossed the platform with the crestfallen air of a child in disgrace. She had loftily ignored the kissing of Mrs. Abijah Strong. The osculatory adventure with Sally shrank at once in importance from the fact that Isabel had not only ignored it but had made it wholly unnecessary for him to explain that transaction.
"A doom that I will deem it my boast to share a career that it will be my glory to smooth. If I succeed in my present mission " "You are my brother!" said Rienzi. "If I fail?" "You may equally claim that alliance. You pause you change colour." "Can I desert my house?" "Young Lord," said Rienzi, loftily, "say rather can you desert your country?
Of many kinds is the greatness of men; but the highest is to be achieved by kings. Look not thou for more than this. May it be thine to walk loftily all thy life, and mine to be the friend of winners in the games, winning honour for my art among Hellenes everywhere. Often there are three Charites or Graces. Lords of the lute , my songs, what god, what hero, or what man, are we to celebrate?
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