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It was easy to see when anything crossed him, by the cloud on his shaggy brow, by the swelling of the veins on the forehead, by the dilation of the broad nostril, that he was one to cut his way through every obstacle to an end, choleric, impetuous, fierce, determined.
And so it came about that the Government had the solid support of the people when the original submarine manifesto of February 4th, 1915, warning neutral vessels to keep out of the war zone, threatened a rupture with the United States. When two weeks later Washington sent a sharp note of protest to Berlin, the Germans became choleric every time they spoke of America or met an American.
Meeting Tom North's troubled glance, he grinned broadly. "Told you we'd have Johnson on our necks," he remarked, jerking his thumb up river toward a rapidly approaching figure. This soon defined itself as a tall, sun-reddened, very blond individual with a choleric blue eye. "What in hell's the matter here?" he yelled, as soon as he came within hearing distance.
"General," said the spokesman of the soldiers; "these yere shotguns ain't no even break for them rifles the Yanks are shootin'!" "They are a match for them," retorted the furious Mr. Hawke, "if you will only go close enough." For all his soberness of humor and choleric upheavals, Mr.
The warm, choleric man, with strong animal spirits, despises the 'suaviter in modo', and thinks to, carry all before him by the 'fortiter in re'. He may, possibly, by great accident, now and then succeed, when he has only weak and timid people to deal with; but his general fate will be, to shock offend, be hated, and fail.
I suspected, and rightly, as it turned out, that he was deliberately keeping out of my way, but receiving careful reports of me from Mr. Johnson. His name, I learned, was James Allardyce, and his rank was something above that of a yeoman. He was choleric in temper and hasty in judgment, but the soul of kindness and generosity, and the servants loved him.
Andrew Jackson was a favorite candidate for the presidency, and the name of Democrats was applied to his followers. PRESIDENCY OF JACKSON. Jackson was elevated to the presidency in 1829. He was a fearless man, an ardent patriot, with a choleric temper and an imperious will.
I spoke with heat, for his indifference irritated me; yet I failed to note that my words made the slightest impression on him, for I did merely mark a slight shrugging of the shoulders, while he crossed his legs more comfortably, rolling some fresh tobacco, before he took trouble to reply. "You are evidently of a choleric temper, friend Benteen.
By reason that the seed of them both hath not a like proportion, as if the man be melancholy and the woman sanguine, or the man choleric and the woman phlegmatic. Q. Why do fat women seldom conceive? A. Because they have a slippery womb, and the seed will not stay in it.
'I told you yesterday, sir, said the Lord Mayor, 'that you might have an alderman in your house, if you could get one to come. 'What the devil's the good of an alderman? returned the choleric old gentleman. To awe the crowd, sir, said the Lord Mayor.
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