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He owed this unaccustomed ascendency to physical rather than moral or intellectual causes, being possessed of a temperature, the complexion of the proverbial guinea, and violent pains in his loins and his back.
My friends with whom I usually sat round the chemist's door, were much exercised by the reserve which I manifested in reply to the fire of cross-examination to which I was subjected for the next few days; and English eccentricity, which was proverbial even in this secluded town, received a fresh illustration in the light and airy manner with which I treated a capture and escape from brigands, which I regarded with such indifference that I could not be induced even to condescend to details.
Henry at once bounded after him; and the captain, giving vent to a lusty cheer, rushed across the beach, and sprang into the forest, closely followed by surly Dick and John Bumpus, whose united cheers of excitement and shouts of defiance awoke the echoes of the place with clamorous discords. It is said, in the proverbial philosophy of nautical men, that "a stern chase is a long one."
However, I now saw plainly the truth of the proverbial warning that "Pride must have a fall," and I resolved to bear up as bravely and worthily as my self-control would allow me.
"Thou hadst better depart ere we punish thy insolence with the edge of the sword." "Terrible words, surely, from mighty swordsmen!" said Apgomer, smiling. "Is it any wonder I tremble beneath your gaze? Even from the days of your childhood your courage and valor have been proverbial.
This speech of Stasu's was a surprise to her husband. His eyes rested upon the ground as he listened, and his face assumed the proverbial stoical aspect, yet in it there was not lacking a certain nobleness. At last he lifted his eyes to hers, and said: "You have spoken wise words, and it shall be as you have said. We shall return to your people.
"Just stopped by to give you the proverbial handshake of good luck before we blast off," replied the spaceman with a mocking wink. "Kit doesn't need your good wishes," snapped Sid. "Well, now, that's too bad," said Quent. "I have a feeling that he's going to need a lot more than luck." "Listen, Miles," snapped Kit, "did you come aboard my ship and tamper with the fuel?" Quent's eyes clouded.
On the other side of the dining-room door Doctor Morris, a thoughtful-looking man of goodly presence, and the better looking for a calm ignorance of his being handsome, was seated opposite to his thin, yellow-skinned, and rather withered, nervous-looking old college friend, both partaking slowly of the good things the doctor's domestic had prepared for them, as if it came perfectly natural to them to follow out the proverbial words of the old Greek philosopher who bade his pupils, "Live not to eat, but eat to live."
I had read his books, and I had heard him preach and as his "Lend-a-hand" helpfulness was proverbial, I resolved to call upon him at his study in the church, and ask his advice. I was not very definite as to what I expected him to do, probably I hoped for sympathy in some form. The old man received me with kindness, but with a look of weariness which I quickly understood.
The Acropolis, that towered above the homes and thoroughfares of men a spot too sacred for human habitation became, to use a proverbial phrase, 'a city of the gods. The citizen was everywhere to be reminded of the majesty of the state his patriotism was to be increased by the pride in her beauty his taste to be elevated by the spectacle of her splendor.
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