Imagine being afraidof a young student on a stool, after a thing like that!
And, unless something is done, I'm afraid it will turn out badly.
As I hate being hurried, and was afraid of unforeseen obstacles towards the finish, I seized every hour I could to go ahead with my composition, thus leaving as little as possible to the last moments.
He was dumb, but he had a way of clicking his tongue very noisily, and the children were afraid of him.
I much preferred tiring myself at the beginning to being hurried, and was afraid of unforeseen obstacles towards the finish, I seized every hour I could to go ahead with my composition, thus leaving as little as possible to the last moments.
Although alarmed by the fact that this was a commission for a fixed date, and afraid lest I should fail to complete the work in time--I was still unaware of my own capabilities--I accepted the order.
May He Who never sleeps* slay me before I see my sons afraid to fight Abbas Mahommed and all his host!
I know Grim would have given a hundred dollars for leave to laugh then right out in meeting; but he kept a straight face, and he had so contrived to make Jael Higg afraid of him that though she looked scandalized she held her tongue.
But what if it should be she who grows afraid as we get nearer to Ali Higg's nest?
I am afraid I don't,' answered the mole, 'except the Little Man in the Lantern.
I am afraid I am getting worse, for all the dance has left my legs.
I am afraid my laugh is too small for a great big giant to have noticed, even if it passed him,' said the little Piskey.
No,' he answered sadly, 'and I am dreadfully afraid I never shall.
She was only afraid that the dinner might be spoiled, to the discredit of her housewifely accomplishments.
Are ye not afraid the very lintels of the door of Ellangowan Castle should break open and swallow you up?
For the rest, he was honourable in his general dealings because he was afraid to suffer the censure of the world, and just from a better motive.
To tell you the truth, I am afraid your flank will be turned there too,' replied the Colonel.
Art thou not afraid that the walls of my father's dwelling should fall and crush thee limb and bone?
But Glossin was ashamed orafraid to permit this unnecessary insult, and directed the prisoner to be treated with all the decency, and even respect, that was consistent with safety.
Certainly; I was afraid you were going to forbid me.
I am more afraid of a new attempt at legal oppression than at open violence, and from that this young man's presence would deter both Glossin and his understrappers.
I was greatly too generous to prosecute my victory any farther, even if I had not beenafraid of papa.
He is close by," answered George; "but a big branch fell across his chest, and I amafraid he is very much hurt.
The girl started up with a gasp of alarm, then made the strange discovery that she was no longer afraid of him.
Do you not get afraid that you will experience the wrath of the dead?
Oh, you need not be afraid that I shall not get overbearing enough after I am started!
Do your work where all can see you, Eric Jarl, that no man shall accuse me of being afraidto bear my deeds.
I am not afraid to go first, so you need give no thought of the chances of steel between your ribs.
When her temper is up she is little afraid of doing things which she else would not dare do.
Yet he was enough afraid of the reaction to answer her as gravely as possible: "It is Rothgar Lodbroksson, whom I met coming from the City as I was journeying back from my errand in Northampton.
They gotafraid at the sight of me, for they thought I was Fridtjof's ghost; and they dared not move.
When I saw you take your point away from Edmund's breast, that day, my heart got afraid that you were obliged to do it to save yourself.
To tell you the truth, I was a little afraid of your penitence, and thought it was not safe to be in the same coach with you; so I gave you the slip, by going down the river by land a few miles, and then taking the boat.
But I amafraid it will take more time than that to induce her to consent.
If I were in your place I should be afraid that Everard would not allow my nature free scope, or take an interest in my mental development, and that the sacrifices which make domestic life tolerable might have to be all on my side.
I am soafraid of his marriage with you being stopped.
I am afraid it may seem exaggerated in a person like myself, who am essentially a man's man.
I am afraid you do not love him after all," said the inexorable voice.
For my part, I am afraid I care infinitely more for the small things of life, love, friendship, sympathy.
Fay raised a wild, wan face out of her hands and said harshly: "Aren't you afraid I shall push you away again like I did last time?
Perchance they are afraid to attempt an escalade, for 'tis certain Colonel Brett will not hesitate to fire on the rebels, should they draw nigh the walls.
Don't be afraidof it," said the armourer as I cautiously bent the steel with my hands.
Goring hath declared for His Majesty King Charles, whom God preserve; and even now thy foul rabble yap round the gates of that town, afraid to venture therein!
In the memoirs of Mr. Locker's son is the following passage: "This picture is so lifelike that as little children we were afraid of it; so much so that my mother persuaded my father to sell it to George IV.
Stanton was afraid of things Sanda might hear in Touggourt; perhaps he feared some more active peril.
He held his tongue, but he was afraid she might hear the pounding of his heart and his breath coming and going.
Max did not mean to spy; but he was afraid for her, of Stanton, while that music played.
Monsieur St. George wasafraid for me, and came to bring me back.
She shut me up and gave me medicine; and I was so afraid Manöel might be discovered and murdered, that I sent him word to go away at once, not even to write me again.
I used to beafraid at first that Jack would guess, you were so unlike either of us, so dark, so--so Latin.
They longed to have me gone, yet, for their own superstitious, secretive reasons, they were afraid to let me go.
You needn't be afraid of shaming me," the girl went on.
Speak to her at the door thyself, if thou art afraid my breath will wither thy frail flower," Ahmara sneered.
Because you came and saved me from the dragon of the sea that I was afraid of.
Don't worry about me, or be afraid that I shall spoil your comfort with sour looks.
I'm awfully afraid that she means to, and I can see that she is a real old woman of the sea.
Her hands were quite full of bags and parcels, and a little heap of similar articles lay on the platform near her, of which she seemedafraid to lose sight for a moment.
I know from what he said that you, and he too, are afraid that I shall make myself disagreeable; so I've come in to say that I shall do nothing of the kind.
But, though not afraid of death, the waters looked so fierce and angry that they frightened her, and she would go away shuddering with a dread that she could not understand.
He apologized for not making her the usual present of diamonds, by saying that his family jewels were more magnificent than any thing that could be found in New York, and that he was afraid to risk their being sent across the ocean.
He was a weak, vain man, proud of his reputation, and afraid of the slightest whisper of scandal, and he was terrified by the woman's bold assertions.
She would fly from the place at once, if she dared; but she does not dare-- she is afraid of the man behind the bar.
Thirdly, on account of the object: the person who is afraid of ghosts dreads neither pain nor death, but shrinks from the mere presence of a being of an entirely foreign nature.
Li Ching once said that if you could make your soldiers afraidof you, they would not be afraid of the enemy.
But, at any rate, it has come about that the members of the governing class are quite afraid of enlarging on military topics, or do so only in a shamefaced manner.
Both parties were afraid to split their votes, and the result was that each returned 16.
The electors of the large parties would be more afraid of one another than of the small party, and would give their second preferences to its candidate.
Why, my boy, you don't mean to say that you're afraid of a turkey, when you ate one only yesterday.
I am afraid they've put the case out of your jurisdiction, Sheriff," he said grimly.
I am afraid I am an intentional intruder this time, Miss Nott.
