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Several of the best cups were almost flat, the tough, soft metal having evidently been driven in with blows from stones. We did not get through our task without alarms; for now and then some kindly-disposed person would call, and then we were obliged to hurriedly conceal our work, smothering the fire, and this perhaps when we were at some particular part of our task.
To my amazement, I then learned that my name had become tolerably familiar to such Britons as had been taking more than a merely superficial interest in the progress of the Russo-Japanese War, some kindly-disposed newspaper correspondent having kept the British public pretty well posted as to my doings.
For some two months beforehand, the little ones used to deposit a weekly penny for this special purpose; and, when their contributions were thought to nearly amount to a shilling each, the fund was held sufficient to carry out the long-looked-for treat although, of course, the vicar and other kindly-disposed persons would largely help to make the affair go off with the eclat and dignity suited to the occasion, all of which resulted in its being turned into a general picnic for the parish.
He possessed considerable power of graphic delineation, and gradually aroused the interest of his gay and volatile but kindly-disposed brother. "Ned," said he, at last, "do you really believe in the truth of these words, `Blessed are they that consider the poor?" "Yes, Tom, I do," replied Ned, becoming suddenly serious.
She was kindly-disposed, but had not the faintest trace of that delicate perception of others' feelings, and consideration for them, which constitutes the real difference between Nature's ladies and such as are not ladies.
The women ought not to be allowed to interfere with us: married if a man must be, a suitable wife should be portioned out to him, and there an end of it. Why doesn't the young man marry this girl, and get back to his business and paint his pictures? Because his father wishes it and the old Nabob yonder, who seems a kindly-disposed, easy-going, old heathen philosopher.
M. Sarigue need have no fear, he could never have put his hand upon a more kindly-disposed judge or a more indulgent one, for the Nabob, moved to pity for his patient, knowing by experience how painful the agony of suspense is, did his work with all possible haste, and the huge portfolio that he had under his arm when he left the hôtel de Mora, contained his report, all ready to be read to the Committee.
Oh, she's the Queen of Sheba" or, "Oh, she's Mary Pickford." Missy pondered a second, then asked: "Prominent? How is a-what makes a person prominent?" Pete elucidated in the large, patronizing manner of a kindly-disposed elder. "Oh, being pretty if you're a girl and a good sport, and active in some line. A leader." Missy didn't yet exactly see. She decided to make the problem specific.
Henry and John Sheares were sons of John Sheares, a banker in Cork, who sat in the Irish Parliament for the borough of Clonakilty. The father appears to have been a kindly-disposed, liberal-minded man, and numerous stories are told of his unostentatious charity and benevolence. Henry, the elder of the two sons, was born in 1753, and was educated in Trinity College, Dublin.
The Arab at once recognized his foe of the previous evening; but they soon came to a friendly understanding Paula confessing her folly in holding a single and kindly-disposed man answerable for the crimes of a whole nation.
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