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He had risen to its full limit of possibilities, and preached a great sermon in a manner which he at least knew was unapproachable. He had made his most powerful bid for the prize place, had trebly deserved success and had been banished instead to Octavius! The curious thing was that he did not resent his failure. Alice had taken it hard, but he himself was conscious of a sense of spiritual gain.
It looks as if his condition were getting serious." "I resent coarseness," exclaimed Sylvia. Herbert laughed. "Oh," he said, "you and I can face the truth.
"If you don't object," he said, "I think I'll let him come." "Let the critter come," said Bickford. "He'd be sure to choke any grizzly that tackled him. For the sake of the bear, let him come." Mr. Hogan was too glad to join the party, on any conditions, to resent the tone which Mr. Bickford employed in addressing him. He obtained his suit, and the party of three kept on their way.
You'd better run, or you'll burst." "Oh, Miss Barbara, Miss Barbara!" she said. "And you so young to be so wild!" This was unjust, and I am one to resent injustice. I had returned home with my mind fixed on serious Things, and now I was being told I was wild. "If I tell your mother she'll have a fit," Hannah said, evadently drawn hither and thither by emotion.
This chick would take all as long as there was a drop left, and then resent the fondling of the mother-bird as interference. Again and again there came upon her moments in which she thought that Roger Carbury was right. And yet she knew that when the time came she would not be able to be severe. She almost hated herself for the weakness of her own love, but she acknowledged it.
And further, if any one speaks slightingly of her, I will resent it as if she were my wife, so help me God!" He turned upon his heel, and strode out of the room. He had not once looked or spoken to the lady whose words had given the offense. The mother and cousin were overwhelmed with astonishment at the intensity of the usually quiet and complaisant Hesden.
Brewster had found him a place in the bank, but beyond this and occasional dinners, Monty asked for and received no favors. It was a question of work, and hard work, and small pay. He lived on his salary because he had to, but he did not resent his grandfather's attitude.
The demand that the limitations of suffrage shall be found in the law, and only there, is a just demand, and no just man should resent or resist it. My appeal is and must continue to be for a consultation that shall "proceed with candor, calmness, and patience upon the lines of justice and humanity, not of prejudice and cruelty."
Between them already was what could not be talked about! He could not set free his heart to her! When Mercy woke, the old love was awake also; let Alister's reason be what it might, it was not for her to resent it! The life he led was so much grander than a life spent in making money, that he must feel himself superior!
"You must know the position I am in," she answered. "And what a position you place me in if I am seen to speak to you. This is my home. You are the enemy of my people." "Not because I want to be." "And you can't expect them not to resent any acquaintance on my part with you." He paused before continuing. "Do you count Gale Morgan as one of your people?" he asked evenly. "I suppose I must."
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