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This, however, did not seem to anger him, but after he had talked a long time to no purpose, he took leave quite kindly, like a cat which pretends to let a mouse go, and creeps behind the corners, but she is not in earnest, and presently springs out upon it again.
Sir Francis was much vexed that the lord-admiral had not complied with the earnest request the Earl of Essex had sent him, as soon as he landed, to take prompt measures for the pursuit and capture of the merchant ships.
He drank to drown care, as he would have himself expressed it: and he was infidel so far as he had never yet found any form of faith to which he could attach himself, heart and soul. Margaret was a little surprised, and very much pleased, when she found her father and Higgins in earnest conversation each speaking with gentle politeness to the other, however their opinions might clash.
He was a young man, very earnest, very devout, worn thin with hard work, but happy in that he had it to do, and with that serene expression of countenance which comes of the habit of conscientious endeavour. As a matter of course, with such men at the present time, he sought solace in ritual.
What had Wansutis meant? "I thank thee, little Sister," he answered gently, "for thy loving thought and for the journey thou hast taken. Before thou earnest my heart was low, for I said to myself: how can I go without bidding farewell to Matoaka; yet how can I send a message that will bring her here in time?" "Go!" she exclaimed. "Where wilt thou go?" "Home to England.
Prosper went on: "Your man is as hot as an oven, and he never leaves his bed well, I'd make him hatch some eggs." She was struck dumb at the suggestion, thinking that Prosper could not possibly be in earnest. But he continued: "I'd put five under one arm, and five under the other, the same day that I set a hen.
No sooner, however, has the young sailor begun his new life in earnest, than all this fine drapery falls off, and he learns that it is but work and hardship, after all.
"Can you doubt it, Marianne?" asked Gentz, tenderly pressing her beautiful hands to his lips. "Are you in earnest, my friend?" she said, smiling. "So you offer your hand to me? You want to marry me?" Gentz started back, and looked at her with a surprised and frightened air. Marianne laughed merrily. "Ah!" she said, "your face is the most wonderful illustration of Goethe's poem.
"Really, Jane, you seem to be suffering. You need recreation; you should rest a little." But Jane had already regained her calm and earnest air, and she succeeded in smiling. "No, indeed!" said she. "I am well, and satisfied to be permitted to be near you. But will you allow me, queen, to make a request of you?"
His voice, though faint enough at first, was that of an educated man, and as he went on, and gathered courage, and became more and more in earnest, he spoke with a simple directness which was close akin to eloquence. It was a curious story which he had to tell.
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