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It sticks a little of it sticks among the barbarians. 'Absolutely and essentially Chinese, said little Hartopp, who, alone of the common-room, refused to be outfaced by King. 'But I don't yet understand how Paddy came to be licked by Winton. Paddy's supposed to be something of a boxer. 'Beware of vinegar made from honey, King replied.
But man's prerogative is to dominate his world by the aid of intelligence of a high order. When he defied the ice-age by the use of fire, when he outfaced and outlived the mammoth and the cave bear, he was already the rational animal, homo sapiens. In his way he thought, even in those far-off days.
Balfour! lay in close dungeons, and shackled forbye, in the military prison at Fort William; none allowed in to them, nor they to write. The witnesses, Mr. Balfour; heard ye ever the match of that? I assure ye, no old, crooked Stewart of the gang ever outfaced the law more impudently. It's clean in the two eyes of the Act of Parliament of 1700, anent wrongous imprisonment.
Balfour! lay in close dungeons, and shackled forbye, in the military prison at Fort William; none allowed in to them, nor they to write. The witnesses, Mr. Balfour; heard ye ever the match of that? I assure ye, no old, crooked Stewart of the gang ever outfaced the law more impudently. It's clean in the two eyes of the Act of Parliament of 1700, anent wrongous imprisonment.
You have explained to me why you would not let your real feelings be understood. The reproach was merited, and not easy to be outfaced. He turned away for an instant, then with a sudden movement caught both her hands. 'Whatever I have done or said or thought in the past, that is of no account now. I love you, Marian. I want you to be my wife.
He no longer limited his patriotism to the roaring of truculent choruses at music-halls, or the decorating of his bicycle with the flags of the Allies. He went and enlisted instead. Now he has faced Death in person and outfaced him. He has ceased to attach an exaggerated value to his own life.
He had indeed stood up to Stiff Neck George and booted him down the dump, so that the score of that night when he had been hunted like a rabbit was more than evened up; for George had sneaked up on an unarmed man and rolled down boulders from above, but he had outfaced him, man to man and gun to gun, and kicked him down the dump to boot.
I was saying, that I waited to see other qualities in you; qualities of the judgment. And suddenly you flashed upon me a single glance; I felt it clash against my willpower. I felt your look go past my guard like a rapier slipping around my blade. I, Colonel Macon, was for the first time outfaced, out-maneuvered. I admit it, for I rejoice in meeting such a man.
'Ah, you're here! It was the hostess, sniggering. 'You told me to bring someone down, said Henry, who had no intention of being outfaced now. 'We're just coming up, Geraldine added. 'That's right! said Mrs. Ashton Portway. 'A lot of people have gone, and now that we shall be a little bit more intimate, I want to try that new game. I don't think it's ever been played in London anywhere yet.
There was no room therefore for farther pleading, for farther prayers; she had threatened, and she had failed. What, then, remained to be done? Nothing, the Burgomaster thought, as in a flash of triumph and relief he watched her go, outfaced and defeated.
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