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"More presents, I suppose," the young lady murmured languidly. "Now I do hope people have not sent me any more jewellery. I wear so little, and I " Have so much, she was going to say, but checked herself on the verge of a remark that savoured of vulgar arrogance. She went on with the tea-making, uncurious as to the inside of those dainty-looking parcels.
They are, in their way, as full of incident, and some of them every bit as romantic; only they want the uninhabited island, and the charm, that has bewitched the world, of the striking solitary situation." Defoe died in poverty and solitude "alone with his glory." It is perhaps not uncurious to note that in the same month of the same year, 1731, on April 8th, "Mrs.
Nor is it an uncurious circumstance in the history of human society, that a stranger should thus exercise jurisdiction over the natives of a country, in the presence of the prince of that country, without his authority, and even contrary to his solicitations. Another disagreeable altercation with the inhabitants of Otaheite arose from the negligence of one of the English sentinels on shore.
The story of war and of suffering; Jaffir's display of fidelity, the sight of Hassim and his sister, the night, the tempest, the coast under streams of fire all this made one inspiring manifestation of a life calling to him distinctly for interference. But what appealed to him most was the silent, the complete, unquestioning, and apparently uncurious, trust of these people.
He brought the car to a halt and surveyed the dripping figure in the road with tired and uncurious eyes. "You a Boy Scout?" he asked. With alacrity for the twenty-first time Jimmie dropped the valise, forced his cramped fingers into straight lines, and saluted. The young man in the car nodded toward the seat beside him. "Get in," he commanded.
The telltale odor was reminiscent of past gallantries, and it served in a subtle way to herald the coming of a person whose appearance suggested knowledge of the gay world. Not uncurious to steal a glance at the strange visitor, a woman, tastefully arrayed in sable robes, entered unannounced from a cozy side-room. An unbidden blush betokened her surprise and emotion.
In the ocean of gray the little patch of khaki looked pitifully lonely, but they regarded the men who had outnumbered but not defeated them with calm, uncurious eyes. In one way I was glad to see them there. Later they will bear witness. They will tell how the enemy makes a wilderness and calls it war. It was a most weird picture. On the high ground rose the broken spires of the Church of St.
At Woolwich I remained extraordinarily innocent and uncurious, letting the poisonous stream flow continually by me, shrinking from its stench, and finding more and more relief in my own company. I must have been a very unpleasant person at that time. One friend I had.
She glanced round as he came and noiselessly slid into the water. She vanished like a naiad startled by the approach of a mortal. He was surprised and amused. He wondered where she had hidden herself. He swam downstream and presently saw her sitting on a rock. She looked at him with uncurious eyes. He called out a greeting in Samoan. "Talofa."
He brought the car to a halt and surveyed the dripping figure in the road with tired and uncurious eyes. "You a Boy Scout?" he asked. With alacrity for the twenty-first time Jimmie dropped the valise, forced his cramped fingers into straight lines, and saluted. The young man in the car nodded toward the seat beside him. "Get in," he commanded.