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John Baptist was the patron of Florence and presided over every Baptistery in Italy; yet it is always with a particular melancholy that Donatello deals with him, as though in his vague destiny he had found as it were a vision.
Evelyn could see that Owen liked Lady Duckle, and her conversation, which at first might have seemed extravagant and a little foolish, was illuminated with knowledge and a vague sense of humour which was captivating.
There have been many questionable things done we older people know." St. Armand gave an assenting nod. Then he asked himself what there was about the child that should interest one so much, recalling her pretty eager compliment that he resembled a king, or her vague idea of one. His dinner dress set him off to a fine advantage.
Near to death, seeing how little life is, and how much right is in the end, I am sure that I was wrong in holding my peace; for Harry cannot prosper with this black thing behind him, and you cannot die happy if you smother up the truth. Night after night I have dreamed of you in your laboratory, a vague, dark, terrifying dream of you in that laboratory which I have hated so.
In spite of all his protestations, the magistrate committed him to solitary confinement at Fort l'Eveque. As yet, nothing was publicly known; but vague reports and gossip, carried from shop to shop, circulated among the people, and began to reach the higher classes of society.
He felt the pity he had for the body on the bed envelop Kennedy, too, and a sense of peace came over him. It was as though a son of his had been hurt and had come to him for comfort, and he was going to comfort him. In some vague way he thought of Easter-time. He stopped at the door for a moment. "It's all right, laddie," he said. "It's all right," and he lifted the latch.
Despite the Kaiser's hostile attitude toward these details, his general reception of the President's proposals was not outwardly unfriendly. Perhaps he was sincere, perhaps not; yet the fact is that he manifested more cordiality to this somewhat vague "get-together" proposal than had any of his official advisers.
Regret at quitting the poor people around him was overborne by the fear of being left behind, for he had by that time begun to entertain a vague suspicion that the stern and peculiar man by whom he was led would not permit any object whatever to stand in the way of what he believed to be his duty.
She contented herself with asking if he would be home the next evening. "Why, yes, I expect so," he answered, looking vague, "but don't absolutely count on me, Mary. I've been very good this week." She saw that he was gone again. His return had been more in the body than the spirit, after all. If that had been wooed a little back to her it had winged away again at the first sound of the telephone.
"No, my friend," said Mr. Milburgh, still in the character of the benevolent pastor. "To what girl do you refer?" The face of Sam Stay twisted into a malignant smile. "There's only one girl," he said between his teeth, "and I'll get her. I'll settle with her! I've got something here " he felt in his pocket in a vague, aimless way.
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