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Harley did not deign a reply, but he made the acquaintance, by-and-by, of the men who had joined the train with Moore. One of these was a county judge named Basset, sensible and middle-aged, and he talked freely about the fledgling, whom he seemed to have in a measure on his mind. He laughed at first when he spoke of the subject, but he soon became serious.
Church-Clothes are, in our vocabulary, the Forms, the Vestures, under which men have at various periods embodied and represented for themselves the Religious Principle; that is to say, invested the Divine Idea of the World with a sensible and practically active Body, so that it might dwell among them as a living and life-giving WORD.
It will be much the best way for you to come out of this, he added, glancing round the dreary fireless room, which his entrance had reminded Felix to darken. 'Thank you, began Felix, not in the least supposing Edgar could go; 'but now 'It is not like a stranger, added his relation. 'Be a sensible lad. One out of the way is something under the circumstances. Stay whom can I see?
Here's where you declare yourself; and remember, I don't care which you choose, only you'd better be sensible." She cast her despairing eyes up and down the river, then at the wilderness on either shore; but it was as silent and unpeopled as if it had been created that morning.
"I think the only sensible thing is to take her at her word." "Perhaps. But I'd rather not be under obligations to to anybody." "Oh, that's just sentiment, as Aunt Clara says. And it's quite time for us to begin being practical. Think of being rid of all those horrid debts! You don't seem to understand what a weight they've been on me." "I think I do understand, dear.
It was the first time they had trusted themselves on a railroad, and it was amusing to see their sudden shocks, their alarms, and their courageous determinations: everything was a marvel to them! They had remains of youth within them, which made them sensible to things which usually only strike us in childhood.
But he did think that whereas she had very little to say to her own husband she had a great deal to say to Jack. And he was sensible, also, of a certain unbecomingness in such amusement on her part. She had to struggle upwards, so as to be able to sustain properly the position and dignity of Lady George Germain, and the possible dignity of the Marchioness of Brotherton.
Be a sensible girl, and face the music! Why don't you own it all up, and tell Farnsworth the whole story? It isn't a criminal thing to act in the 'movies." "They think it is, Bill and Patty. They'd never forgive me!" "Oh, pshaw, they would, too! Anyway, I want you to do it, tell 'em, I mean. Won't you, Zaly, won't you, for my sake?"
Whether the path was hardly distinguishable, whether it disappeared, or whether it lay beaten and plain before him, made no sensible difference in his speed or certainty. It seemed as if fatigue could not affect him.
Between the courses various toasts were drunk, a venerable burgher of Frankfort proposing the health of General Grant, to which the general responded in a brief, sensible, and somewhat humorous speech, which was exceedingly well received. Nothing could have been more appropriate, modest, and fitting. Outside the building the scene was scarcely less animated or interesting than within.
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