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He scrutinises the claims of his acquaintance; he keeps a debtor and creditor account of dinners with them; and if now and then he invites a guest for the sake of his social qualities, he sets him down in the bill of cost.
The 'Spectator' constantly recurs to the subject. At one time it is the Starer who comes in for his reprobation. The Starer posts himself upon a hassock, and from this point of eminence impertinently scrutinises the congregation, and puts the ladies to the blush. In another paper he represents an Indian chief describing his visit to a London church.
He starts at the falling of a dried leaf, and, with a keen and painful sensation, he scrutinises the withered grass before him, aware that at every step he may trample upon some venomous and deadly reptile. Moreover, in his wanderings, he is often pressed with hunger, and is exposed to a great deal of fatigue.
Poor fellow, he has made the same discovery Sergeant Jackson did, that there is no use of good things in the woods where there is no one to see them. He is about to order you off his premises, but it occurs to him that would be absurd, for he has nothing now worth seeing. He scrutinises you however to ascertain if he has ever seen you before.
But she did not attempt to, only came to the door to watch the boy as he went back to the boat, which was backed in so that Dexter could jump aboard; but Bob, whose eyes were looking sharply to right and left in search of danger, just as a sparrow scrutinises everything in dread while it is eating a meal, managed so badly in his eagerness to get away, that, as Dexter leaped in, he gave a tug with the sculls, making the boat jerk so sharply that Dexter's feet began to move faster than his body, and the said body came down in a sitting position that was more sudden than agreeable.
Thomasson. glanced at him stealthily, as one gamester scrutinises another over the cards. 'She is Masterson, the porter's, foster-child, he said. 'But is it certain that she has the money? the other cried rudely. 'Is it true, man? How do you know? Is it public property? 'No, Mr. Thomasson answered, 'it is not public property.
The Roman scrutinises his faults with severity, but without the self-contempt which makes the Christian 'vile in his own sight. The Christian, like the Roman, bids 'study to withdraw thine heart from the love of things visible'; but it is not the busy life of duty he has in mind so much as the contempt of all worldly things, and the 'cutting away of all lower delectations. Both rate men's praise or blame at their real worthlessness; 'Let not thy peace, says the Christian, 'be in the mouths of men. But it is to God's censure the Christian appeals, the Roman to his own soul.
Going into the hut, Owen returns with a pair of field-glasses, and through them scrutinises the figure of the man. "Heaven be praised! It is John," he mutters, with a sigh of relief. "Now, I wonder what answer he brings?" Half an hour later John stands before him, a stalwart native of the tribe of the Amasuka, the People of Fire, and with uplifted hand salutes him, giving him titles of honour.
A silence follows. Styopa yawns loudly, and scrutinises the Chinaman on the tea-caddy whom he has seen a thousand times already. Markovna and the two aunts sip tea carefully out of their saucers. The air is still and stifling from the stove. . . . Faces and gestures betray the sloth and repletion that comes when the stomach is full, and yet one must go on eating.
'Well, yes, replies Dalrymple, 'I merely observed that you were an ass. 'Thanks, awfully, but why did it strike you just now? asks Lord Helmdon, sweetly. 'Don't know, I'm sure 'Ah! I thought so, but look here, why are you so down in the mouth, there's something up I'm sure, and Chubby scrutinises his friend gravely.
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