Vietnam or Thailand ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Updated: May 27, 2025
"Don't take too much, then, you sinner. Where did you get this money, sir?" "Shure the lootenant mustn't blow on me," said Hogan, with rapture in his eyes and a glibness born of poteen on his tongue, "but that court-martial was the makin' of me fortune, sir.
Besides, she could not trust to the glibness of her tongue in a contest with a young gentleman to whom talking was as easy as breathing, even if sometimes his volubility exposed him to attack. A superior position was offered her by her being silent and critical.
It brought him to a melancholy standstill, disturbed at last by Gongi touching him on the arm and pointing towards the post-office. His language to Gongi was strong; he called the place by names that were not polite; and even on the threshold of the official domain said that the Devil would have his last big muster there. But from that instant his glibness declined.
Courtesy and considerateness are cardinal qualities of the well-equipped salesman, but boastfulness, glibness, egotism, loudness, and self-assertion, are as distasteful as they are undesirable. The eloquence and persuasiveness of silence is nowhere better exemplified than in the art of salesmanship. One man says much, and sells little; another says little, and sells much.
But thy glibness of reply, comrade," rejoined he, speaking to Athelstane, "will not win the freedom of the Lady Rowena." To this Athelstane, who had already made a longer speech than was his custom to do on any topic, however interesting, returned no answer. The conversation was interrupted by the arrival of a menial, who announced that a monk demanded admittance at the postern gate.
The child laughed, and stopped with his train in front of the customer, staring at her with unabashed eyes. "What a pretty boy!" said the young woman. "Won't you tell me your name?" "My name's Ray Jones, and I'll make old bones," he cried, with the glibness of a parrot. The young woman laughed, and Jonah's face changed instantly.
"Thief," cut in Stuart sharply, supplying the word at which the boy had halted. Nevertheless despite the glibness with which he uttered it, he cringed and a flood of telltale color rose to his hair. It was the first time he had exhibited the slightest feeling. Uncomfortably Christopher nodded.
"By the younger one's resemblance to Miss Holladay," I answered, lying with a glibness which surprised myself. "The Jourdains maintained that a photograph of Miss Holladay was really one of their lodger." I heard him draw a deep breath, but he kept his face under admirable control. "Ah, yes," he said. "That was exceedingly clever. I should never have thought of that.
By the circular letter and the lips of Audrey the Bishop proceeded to propound a series of questions, which the minister answered with portentous glibness. In the midst of an estimate of the value of a living in a sweet-scented parish a face looked in at the window, and a dark and sinewy hand laid before Audrey a bunch of scarlet columbine.
So I made a Sherlock Holmes guess that it must be over there to northward, and pretty close. Besides, that's the only direction the Trade Winds could bring the scent from." Again, she was aware of a certain glibness in his tone, a glibness that annoyed her and at the same time piqued her curiosity. "Yes," she said, none too cordially. "Our orange groves are there. Why do you ask?"
Word Of The Day
Others Looking