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I am your kinsman first, and Vice-Admiral after." With a smile that irradiated his handsome, virile countenance, Sir Walter held out his hand to clasp his cousin's in token of appreciation. Captain King expressed no opinion save what might be conveyed in a grunt and a shrug. Guided now unreservedly by his cousin's counsel, Sir Walter set out with him upon that journey to London.
Lust, the specific sexual impulse, is indeed the primary and essential element in this synthesis, for it alone is adequate to the end of reproduction, not only in animals but in men. But it is not until lust is expanded and irradiated that it develops into the exquisite and enthralling flower of love.
She gave her much tender, reasonable advice for her guidance, and she gave her good news: they were all well at home and at Brook, and Harry Musgrave had come out in honors at Oxford. The sunshine of pure content irradiated Bessie's face. She looked up; she wanted to communicate her joy. Her grandfather looked up at the same moment, and their eyes met. "Would you like to read it?
Tchelkache listened to these cries of joy, gazed at this face, irradiated and disfigured by the passion of covetousness; he felt that he himself, the thief and vagabond, freed from all restraining influence, would never become so rapacious, so vile, so lost to all decency. Never would he sink so low as that!
As he spoke, forgetting the sharp vexation of the moment, his face was irradiated with light like some evening cloud on which the sun strikes suddenly. Watching him out of the corner of his eye, even in that low moonlight, his father saw those fires of enthusiasm shine and die upon his son's face, and the sight vexed him.
"There were two pieces of plum cake on the bill, and we only ate one." "Oh, I've just remembered," said Miss Cronin, as if irradiated with sudden light. "What, dear?" "I did have two slices. One was before the muffin, while we were waiting for it, and the other was after. And I only remembered the second." "In that case, dear, we've done the waiter an injustice and libelled the hotel."
Gloria's face was good to see; it was grave with purpose, but the light of youth and happiness softly irradiated the gravity. But the studied simplicity of the girl's costume that morning rather surprised Mrs. McAndrew as her eyes fell upon it. Gloria laughed. "Aunt Em, you're unprepared for the grown-up appearance of the new District Nurse," she said.
Suddenly the sun shone through those cloudy gossamers and irradiated the bright green ferns and orange lichens, drawing the eye to the cross of gold that topped Father Rielle's fine church. Ringfield went out of his way to look at the fall; it was much swollen from the rain and thundered over its brown rocks more loudly than he had ever heard it.
The landlord's mind had reached a conclusion, and was resolved upon action. There were no warm rays in the gleam of light that irradiated his countenance at least none for my heart, which felt under them an almost icy coldness. "Just the man I was thinking about." I heard the landlord say, as some one entered the bar, while his whole manner underwent a sudden change.
"You shall not be whipped to-night, Beth," he said presently, looking at her with a kindly smile. Instantly an answering smile gleamed on the child's face, transfiguring her; and, by the light of it, her father realised how seldom he had seen her smile. Unfortunately for Beth, however, while her countenance was still irradiated, her mother swooped down upon her. Mrs.
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