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And he then told her, though with reserve, some portion of his former history; and that soothed her; for when she saw that he had loved, and could grieve, she caught a glimpse of the human heart she had not seen before. She died, forgiving him, and blessing. Audley's spirits were much affected by this new loss. He inly resolved never to marry again.
As Oliver, his eyes aglow, his whole heart filled with joy, stepped quickly down the street the beauty of the day made him throw back his shoulders and drink in long deep breaths, as if he would fill his very pores with its vitality. These early spring days in New York the most beautiful the world over; not even in Italy can one find better skies always affected him in this way.
Mumford, too well aware that yet another disturbance had come upon his unhappy household, affected to read, and it was only when the door of Louise's room had closed that Emmeline spoke to him. 'Mrs. Higgins will breakfast by herself to-morrow, she said severely. 'She may perhaps go before lunch; but in any case we shall not sit down at table with her again.
He had known Viola Lambert but three days, and yet these revelations concerning her affected him most painfully, quite vitally. His pleasure in her and in the mother and their pretty home was utterly gone, and the breaking-off of this acquaintance left an ache in his heart. Of course he put all this on very general grounds. "I hate to lose faith in any one.
As he approved of an imposing ritual at the cathedral, so he affected a magnificent way of living at the palace. Mrs Pansey and many others declared that Dr Pendle's aims in that direction were Romish.
The will was not altogether free, because affected by inherited tendencies; but the "determination" was. I have no idea what the Higher Spirit meant by this; and I rather fancy the Higher Spirit was in some doubt itself.
Even Knapp, crawling at his heels, appeared affected. The man was humming something in a dirge-like monotone. At first Kit thought it was some sort of a Litany; then he caught the words: "Two little corpseses goes for a walk In a church-yard under the sea, Says the one to the other 'I'll squeak if you'll squawk To keep me company." The humming ceased, and Kit missed it. "Are you there, Knapp?"
Egmont dined at the Regent's table, after the Cardinal's departure, in a camlet doublet, with hanging sleeves, and buttons stamped with the bundle of arrows. For the present, the Cardinal affected to disapprove of the fashion only from its rebellious tendency.
Washington himself was greatly affected by this event; and he wrote to the colonel who had charge of Captain Asgill, to treat the unfortunate young man with all tenderness and respect while he should be in his hands, and to do everything for him that was consistent with propriety under the circumstances.
He wrote also a biography of his father, many political speeches delivered by Nero, a panegyric on Messalina, and a collection of letters to Novatus. The Stoics affected to despise physical studies, or at any rate to postpone them to morals. Seneca shared this edifying but far from scientific persuasion.
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