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To me the best thing in or of the village was the vicar himself, my put-upon host, a man of so blithe a nature, so human and companionable, that when I, a perfect stranger without an introduction or any excuse for such intrusion came down like a wolf on his luncheon-table, he received me as if I had been an old friend or one of his own kindred, and freely gave up his time to me for the rest of that day.
Below, in the huge library, Eddie Ten Eyck sat disconsolate, nervously contemplating the immediate future. He was all alone. Not even a servant was to be seen or heard. It was as still as the Christmas Eve whose jingle we love so well. Never in all his aimless existence had he felt so small, so unimportant, so put-upon as at this moment.
Here's the paper. He held it out, but before she could take it he drew it back again, saying, 'I have not had my share o' the paper by a good deal, what with my weak sight, and people coming so soon for en. I am a poor put-upon soul; but my "Duty of Man" will be left to me when the newspaper is gone. And he sank into his chair with an air of exhaustion.
George O'Brien was very sentimental and she has inherited that from him, along with her love for dabbling." Mr. Kinsella had maintained a grim silence during this heartless speech; but he now asked: "What sacrifice have you made for your daughter's welfare, you poor put-upon lady?" "Why, I married Ponsonby Huntington!
They told her that she ought to be ashamed when papa wanted to give them all a treat. She sat silent, frowning, put-upon. "Look, mamma!" cried Monona, swallowing a third of an egg at one impulse. Ina saw only the empty plate. "Mamma's nice little girl!" cried she, shining upon her child.
Simms herself was of a nondescript type, not a real personage, clever, good-looking, tasteful, a social climber. The nurse in charge was in uniform, the governess was a much put-upon person. Mrs. Simms had a high manner, eyes for those above her only, a serene contempt for the commonplace world in which she had to dwell. During the first dinner at which she entertained the Cowperwoods Mrs.
She poked her foot about under the table with the absent-minded stare a woman always has when she is trying to find the electric bell with her extremities. She found it and pressed all the current on, so that the maid came with an injured put-upon air to clear the table.
It is a favourite utterance of a much 'put-upon' Paterfamilias of my acquaintance, when he finds his family more than usually too much for him, and cynically confesses his own shortcomings, that 'children cannot be too particular in their choice of their parents, or begin their education too early.
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