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The style too is in many places below Leighton's ordinary style in some places even turbid, operose, and catechrestic; for example, "to trample on smilings with one foot and on frownings with the other." Ib. p. 77. Serm. Leighton, I presume, was acquainted with the Hebrew Language, but he does not appear to have studied it much.
He settled the spectacles, through which he had attentively regarded such demonstrations of the barrister's feelings as he had permitted himself to exhibit, more firmly on his nose; and said with great energy, and in utter disregard of all Mr. Perker's admonitory winkings and frownings
Never in my entire professional life have I been so depressed by discordant voices as during this sixty-day fast just ended. All the air has been charged, darkened with frownings even threats of what would happen in case of death; and as never before has this question come to me, "Why do the heathen rage and the people imagine vain things?"
The belligerents vented their feelings of mutual contempt, for some time, in a variety of frownings and snortings, until at last the scorbutic youth felt it necessary to come to a more explicit understanding on the matter; when the following clear understanding took place. "Sawyer," said the scorbutic youth. "Well, Noddy," replied Mr. Bob Sawyer. "I should be very sorry, Sawyer," said Mr.
The three seniors ploughed away business-like, with intent frownings, and the man who played the 'cello counted beneath his breath, "One, two, three, four one, two, three, four," inhaling his breath on one set of figures and blowing on the next. The movement closed, and the three seniors looked at each other like men who were satisfied with themselves and their companions.
The belligerents vented their feelings of mutual contempt, for some time, in a variety of frownings and snortings, until at last the scorbutic youth felt it necessary to come to a more explicit understanding on the matter; when the following clear understanding took place. 'Sawyer, said the scorbutic youth, in a loud voice. 'Well, Noddy, replied Mr. Bob Sawyer.
It seemed strange to realise that girls cast in such graceful moulds as Dorothy and Irene should be so deficient in tact as to gush over the humiliation of another, and check the rhapsodies of successful candidates by such significant coughings and frownings as must have been obvious to the dullest faculties.
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