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He was good-tempered, had not much to say for himself, was not clever by any means, thank goodness wrote my friend. It appeared, however, that Jim was clever enough to be quietly appreciative of his wit, while, on the other hand, he amused him by his naiveness.
And then he smiled at his naiveness; for, being over five and thirty years of age, he ought to have known that in most cases the body is the unalterable mask of the soul, which even death itself changes but little, till it is put out of sight where no changes matter any more, either to our friends or to our enemies. Heyst was not conscious of either friends or of enemies.
The absence of a plot, the naiveness of the telling, the surplus of sentimentality, the olden fashion of the style all this taken together cooled Soloviev; whereas Liubka received the joyous, sad, touching and flippant details of this quaint immortal novel not only through her ears, but as though with her eyes and with all her naively open heart. "'Our intention of espousal was forgotten at St.
And then, probably he understood and it must be said that these oriental men, despite their seeming naiveness and, perhaps, even owing to it possess, when they wish to, a fine psychic intuition he understood, that having made Liubka his mistress for even one minute, he would be forever deprived of this charming, quiet, domestic evening comfort, to which he had grown so used.
Much rather would he be silent with the picture than striving for answers to questions that in their very naïveness were an accusation. Quite suddenly Barry felt cheap and mean and dishonest. He felt that he would like to talk about himself, about home and his reasons for being out here; his hopes for the mill which now was a shambling, unprofitable thing; about the future and a great many things.
"You respect her very much, don't you?" she added, quite unconscious of the naiveness of the question. "VERY much; and I am so glad that you have realized the fact." "I am very glad, too, because she is often laughed at by people. But listen to the chief point. I have long thought over the matter, and at last I have chosen you.
He has his place neither in the background nor in the foreground of the story; he is simply seen skulking on its outskirts, enigmatical and unclean, tainting the fragrance of its youth and of its naiveness. 'His position in any case could not have been other than extremely miserable, yet it may very well be that he found some advantages in it.
Mental restlessness and naiveness of thought were not conducive to the development of that "science of Judaism" which had attained to such luxurious growth in Germany. The Hebrew writers of Russia during that period had no means of propagating their ideas, except through the medium of poetry, fiction, or journalism.
She was amazed to find that on this night, in this place, there could be no adequate answer to the searching naiveness of that question. "I didn't ask for much," Lingard began again. "Did I? Only that you all should come on board my brig for five days. That's all. . . . Do I look like a liar? There are things I could not tell him.
An ambition fit for noble souls, but also a profitable one for an exceptionally intelligent scoundrel. Yes. His very words, 'To be well spoken of. Si, senor. He does not seem to make any difference between speaking and thinking. Is it sheer naiveness or the practical point of view, I wonder?
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