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He chuckled to himself, as Tom was hauled back, sheepish and sulky, and pushed into the house by the womankind; presently emerging in full bandsman's dress, tied shoe-laces in every way as spick and span as father or mother could desire.
They would have an uphill job at first, for the sailor has been so long accustomed to being preyed upon by the class he knows, and neglected by everybody else except the few good people who want to preach to him, that he would probably, in a sheepish shame-faced sort of way, refuse to have any "truck" with you, as he calls it.
A pair of ragged breeches, swathes of cloth on her legs, an old shirt, a cloak of patched clouts, shapeless hat of felt, sandals for her feet, shod staff for her hand behold the peerless Ippolita, idol of half Padua, turned into a sheepish overgrown boy in tatters, whose bathing could only have been in sweat, and the scent of his garments the rankness of goats.
"Wh what what would I be spyin' on you for? Wh what reason would I have for doin' it?" "No good reason; because I have no intention of visiting our new neighbors none whatever. That being understood, perhaps you'll shut the door and keep it shut." Seth looked sheepish and guilty. "Well," he said, after a moment's reflection, "I beg your pardon. But I couldn't help feelin' kind of uneasy.
"My tongue was given me to express my thoughts, not to conceal them." "Then you will be beaten." "And bear it; it was all my doing." At that moment the heavy doors swung open, and they stood in the presence of the two mightiest earls of the Midlands. They stood as two culprits, Hubert very sheepish, with his head cast down, Martin with a comical mixture of resignation and apprehension.
But you shall have such men as will follow you, and you may go where you will, so that you come not with us. Let all who love their prince and country stand fast, while those who think more of a well-lined purse step forth upon the farther side." Thirteen bowmen, with hung heads and sheepish faces, stepped forward with Mark Shaw and ranged themselves behind Sir Claude.
He was looking very sheepish. "Hyar he is, Mars John; look at him!" said Mandy. "Hasty, where have you been all day?" demanded Douglas, severely. Hasty fumbled with his hat and sparred for time. "Did yo' say whar's I been, sah?" "Dat's what he done ast yo'," Mandy prompted, threateningly. "I bin 'ceived, Mars John," declared Hasty, solemnly. Mandy snorted incredulously. Douglas waited.
She talked less and was often quite inactive, frequently lying with her eyes closed for long periods, or sat or stood about. Such movements as she made were slow and languid. Her expression was either blank, absorbed, or gave the appearance of peculiar appealing perplexity. This last was not infrequently associated with a rather sheepish smile.
Noticing this, he left his work, perfumed himself, and went to listen to the sweet words of his lady, with the hope of turning them into deeds; but when he was in the presence of his sovereign, her feminine majesty made itself felt, and poor Cappara, such a lion in street, looked sheepish when gazing at his victim.
The reaction was so great that Nort and Dick nearly dropped their guns, and they turned to look one at the other with sheepish grins that would have been visible had the light been stronger. And then, with one voice the brothers exclaimed: "Maud!" It was one of the army transport mules, an animal that helped carry the camp baggage! She had strayed.
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