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There came a time, months later, when she understood Grim's peculiar altruism and respected it, but she was a long way just then from admiring him. "You force me," she said. "Name your terms." "Well, then, suppose we speak of Ali Higg to begin with. Is his temper uneven? Is there any way to catch him in a specially good humor?" "He's the most even-tempered man I know," she laughed.
But there was an even-tempered cynicism and sophistication in the half-droop of his level lids, indifference, hauteur and self-reliance in the uplift of his chin. His soul was therefore older, more seasoned and set than the frame that housed it. Now there was considerable agitation in his manner, enough to make him sharp in his speech to the villager. "Is there a khan in Emmaus?" he demanded.
"Sir, the fellow who had shot him was almost out of his mind; he held him on his knees and wept. Sir, no," the vestryman gave himself a shake and his gestures expressed the aversion he felt "I would not like to be a douanier!" The old man's voice had grown deeper and hoarser it was a sign of the sympathy he felt now it got its former even-tempered ring again.
In writing any biography there are some things that are taken for granted with an intelligent public. Are men always gentle and considerate, and women always even-tempered and consistent, simply by virtue of a few words said to the priest? But this was a more serious affair. Margaret waited in a tumult of emotion. She felt that she would die if she did not see him soon, and she dreaded his coming.
In all visible respects he was a man like unto other men. No outward sign of Kansas or Harper's Ferry was about him. As I knew him, he was an even-tempered man, neither morose, malicious nor misanthropic, but kind, amiable, courteous, and gentle in his intercourse with men. His words were few, well chosen and forcible. He was a good business man, and a good neighbor.
Marjoribanks of all Whips the most genial, even-tempered, and long-suffering, as well as the most effective was to be seen, rushing backwards and forwards between the lobby and the Treasury bench, where, with Mr. Gladstone, he held whispered and apparently excited conversations.
Slender, relatively tall, eloquent, and even-tempered, he had made himself known for his strength in battle on the Lord's expedition. According to reliable, accurate testimony, the following story is told about a remarkable deed he did, when he met at Antioch, on the bridge over the Pharphar, a Turk, wearing no cuirass, but riding a horse.
"You've broken his heart," exclaimed Phil dramatically. "His head is bowed with grief." "And it ought to be!" stormed Kit, her eyes snapping, her cheeks scarlet. "He's wasted a full hour of my time." The boys shouted with laughter. It was not often that they could succeed in getting Kit nettled. She was so even-tempered that they had almost given up teasing her.
For all things are possible to a perfect affection, working through a nature at once healthy and strong. Yet when Maxwell was once more established in his room at the Privy Council, overwhelmed with letters, interviews, and all the routine of official business, those who had to do with him noticed an unusual restlessness in their even-tempered chief.
I am just joking." "I won't have you joke in that way about Mr. Kellerman, at least, not to me." Few of her college mates had ever seen Jane angry. They all considered her the personification of even-tempered serenity. "If you take it that way, of course I apologise," said Lloyd. "Now listen to me, Lloyd," said Jane. "I am going to tell you why he joined up."
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