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But Lucius Furius, his colleague, carried away with the desire of glory, was not to be held in, but, impatient to give battle, inflamed the inferior officers of the army with the same eagerness; so that Camillus, fearing he might seem out of envy to be wishing to rob the young men of the glory of a noble exploit, consented, though unwillingly, that he should draw out the forces, whilst himself, by reason of weakness, stayed behind with a few in the camp.

But the pretty dear'll get spoiled among you. Come what will she choose? "Le Miroir!" Nothing to do but look at her own sweet self. Run away, Duchess, and take your seat. 'Rather stupid, I think, said Wych Hazel, as she went unwillingly forward, but she was getting wild, standing there! 'I think I shall take the first one that comes, and save trouble.

"Tomorrow." "And I will go with you, can I?" she said. "Kitty! What are you thinking of?" he said reproachfully. "How do you mean?" offended that he should seem to take her suggestion unwillingly and with vexation. "Why shouldn't I go? I shan't be in your way. "I'm going because my brother is dying," said Levin. "Why should you..." "Why? For the same reason as you."

The jury rejoiced unwillingly, like the crowd in the bleachers when a man on the opposing team knocks a home run. The jury liked Jim better. But what they liked, after all, was what they falsely imagined. They assumed that Jim had been out on a lark and got caught and was putting up a good scrap for his lady friend. He was a hum-dinger, and no wonder the lady fell for him.

"My lord," she said, "and you, fair kinswoman, you ought needs to be aware how little my counsels not frequently given where they are unwillingly listened to can be of avail to those embarked in worldly affairs. I am a woman dedicated to religion, to solitude, and seclusion to the service, in brief, of Our Lady and Saint Benedict.

As he murmured thus, the glover and his daughter entered the Dominican church, and their attendant, Conachar, in attempting to follow them closely, jostled, it may be not unwillingly, the young nobleman. The gallant, starting from his unpleasing reverie, and perhaps considering this as an intentional insult, seized on the young man by the breast, struck him, and threw him from him.

At half-past eight, when it had grown almost dark, Isaac descended the hill. John opened the door to his knock. 'Good-evenin, Isaac. Yer'll take it, will yer? 'If you can't do nothin better with it, said Isaac, unwillingly. 'But in gineral I'm not partial on keeping other folks' money. John liked him all the better for his reluctance. 'It'll give yer no trouble, he said.

The visit was graciously designed for "good cousin Harry," but his daughter was obliged, not unwillingly, though quite truly, to declare him far too suffering with pain and fever. "La, you there, then," said the lady, "that comes of the dear man's heat of temper. I would have kept him till the storm was over but he was far too much displeased with his poor cousin to listen to me.

Directly afterwards Murray sent his second lieutenant to the Anaconda, with a request that the commander would come on board his ship to consult with him as to the best means of saving Her Majesty's ship Flash, now in sight on the rocks. The request, of course, amounted to an order, which Commander Allport, however unwillingly, obeyed.

Suddenly a remembrance of Morrison crossed his mind and he stood a moment with bent head sobered as though a ghost passed through the room. Must he send a hundred pounds to Mrs. Morrison? He envisaged it, unwillingly. Already his treasure seemed to be melting away. Time enough, surely, for that.