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The other's two hands on the shoulders of General Loring's aide had undoubtedly the weight of the body being thrown forward the appearance of an assault. Stafford's foot slipped upon the freezing snow. Down he came to the earth, Cleave upon him. A voice behind them spoke with a kind of steely curtness, "Stand up, and let me see who you are!" The two arose and faced Stonewall Jackson.
However, I knocked at another door and upon meeting the eyes of the woman at the threshold, began with formal politeness to explain, "I am a teacher, I have been to look for a school, and I am on my way back to Byron, where I have relatives. Can you keep me all night?" The woman listened in silence and at length replied with ungracious curtness, "I guess so. Come in."
Hermon remembered all this himself, yet, with an imperious curtness in marked contrast to his usual pleasant manner to this worthy servant, he hoarsely commanded him to bring Chello to him early the next morning, and then again relapsed into his solitary meditations.
Thankful opened her brown eyes aggressively on the major. "A prisoner for what?" "For aiding and giving comfort to the enemy, and for harboring spies," replied the major with military curtness.
“A good idea,” said the thin, dark man, whose glance had hardened suddenly. “You knew Mr Verloc before—didn’t you? Perhaps in France?” “I have heard of him,” admitted the visitor in his slow, painstaking tone, which yet had a certain curtness of intention. There was a pause. Then he spoke again, in a far less elaborate manner.
When Johnson silenced Boswell's chatter with the words, 'Sir, we know our will is free and there's an end on't, he expressed a great truth in language not the less philosophically accurate on account of its colloquial curtness. The consciousness possessed by an agent about to perform an act, that he is at liberty to perform it or not, is really conclusive evidence that the act is free.
"Miss Garrison cannot see you," said the man, returning from his second visit to the room above. Even the servant spoke with a curtness that could not be mistaken. It meant dismissal, cold and decisive, with no explanation, no excuse. He left the house with his ears burning, his; nerves tingling, his brain whirling. What had caused this astonishing change?
"Luggage first," said Barebone, lapsing into the curtness of the sea. "Come along. Let us make haste." They stumbled on board as best they could, and were guided to a safe place amidships by Loo, who had thrown a spare sail on the bottom of the boat. "As low as you can," he said. "Crouch down. Cover yourselves with this. Right over your heads." "But why?" grumbled Marie.
And inexperienced Charlie was a poor host; as a host he was positively pathetic, rivalling Lady Massulam in taciturnity. Sissie took to chaffing her brother, and after a time Charlie said suddenly, with curtness: "Have you dropped that silly dance-scheme of yours, kid?" Sissie was obliged to admit that she had. "Then I tell you what you might do. You might come and live here with me for a bit.
As usual, he's laconic." George's curtness was accounted for by the fact that he had been afraid of saying too much, but Sylvia carelessly handed the letter to her companion. "After all, he shows a nice feeling," Mrs. Lansing remarked. "He seems to regret very much his inability to send you a larger check." "So do I," said Sylvia with a petulant air.
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