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The older sister began the process of dressing, and in a few moments all six girls were gathered around the roaring fire in the kitchen, excitedly examining the contents of their stockings, which Gail had painstakingly filled with homemade gifts and a little cheap candy from the village store, her one Christmas extravagance.
And mine was offish ... of a different species.. wearing his trousers always neatly pressed ... and his neckties he had them hanging in a neat, perfect row, never disarranged. The ends of them were always pulled even over the smooth stick on which they hung. I can see my father yet, as he stands before the mirror, painstakingly adjusting the tie he had chosen for the day's wear.
Art Osgood sat with his shoulders drooped forward a little, and painstakingly snipped off tiny bits of the splinter. After a short silence, he turned his head and looked at her again. "I shouldn't think you'd want to stir up that trouble after all this while," he said. "But women are queer. I can't see, myself, why you'd want to bother hunting me up on account of that."
He does not painstakingly verify his knowledge through repeated observations, under all kinds of conditions. So he is frequently mistaken and reasons to his conclusions upon supposed facts which are not facts at all. Second, the impractical man, as a general rule, has well-developed powers of reason, logic, and imagination.
If, on the other hand, your forehead is one which indicates reflection and slowness of thought, then you will be very deliberate, postponing action in every case until you have carefully and painstakingly thought the entire matter out. It is useless for anyone to try to rush you to either decision or action, for you may have it in you to be quite hopelessly stubborn.
"Judge," he said at length, "eight thousand pounds of money oughter make a powerful big pile, oughten it?" "It wouldn't weigh quite that much ef you put it on the scales," explained His Honor painstakingly. "I mean pounds sterlin' English money. Near ez I kin figger offhand, it comes in our money to somewheres between thirty-five and forty thousand dollars nearer forty than thirty-five.
I did not keep a copy of my own letter, and I have forgotten everything that was in it, except the first sentence, in which I told Peter I was awful glad he was getting better. Peter's delight on receiving our letters knew no bounds. He insisted on answering them and his letter, painstakingly disinfected, was duly delivered to us.
I only wish all witnesses were like you my tasks would be lightened by half," Blaine said, heartily. The elderly physician drew from his pocket a paper, at which he peered, painstakingly. "I have numbered them. Let me see oh, yes. First, the burly man walks with a slight limp in the right leg.
She looked after his comfort faithfully, and tried to see to it that his man Wallis was all he should be a task which was almost hopeless from the fact that Wallis knew much more about his duties than she did, even with Mrs. Harrington's painstakingly detailed notes to help her.
Turner painted painstakingly before he acquired the broad and general sweep. Washington, Franklin and Lincoln, all in youth, compiled lists of good actions and bad ones. People in this stage set down lists of things which they should not do, and also lists of things they should do. Young people usually make lists of things they want to do, but must not.
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