He stands aloof from them all, stands near the ghastly thing that once, not long ago, came between him and all his happiness.
He knows no one among the passengers, and he sits aloof from his fellow travelers, making no effort to while away the time, as travelers do.
Heath's cottage standsaloof from all other dwellings, quite by itself, for the houses stand wide apart in this suburban portion of the town, and he has selected the pretty place because of its quiet beauty, and comparative isolation.
Besides, my uncle has always been on good terms with them, holding himself aloof from all quarrels, and having friends and relations on both sides of the border.
If Scotland would hold herself aloof from France, I see no reason why we should interfere with her in any way.
Only Pisa, proud of her sea power, wealth, and trade, held aloof from the combination.
After holding aloof for some time the Hanseatic League finally took part in this purely internal affair of the several cities, and always in favor of the patrician party; in this way assuming a function originally foreign to its purpose.
The Master said, To foster right among the people; to honour ghosts and spirits, and yet keep aloof from them, may be called wisdom.
I hear of poetry; I hear of courtesy; and I hear too that a gentleman standsaloof from his son.
The rest have their praise in this alone, that they held aloof from the sin.
As yet this shrine of pilgrims stands a little aloof from the bustle of modern progress, and railroad cars do not run whistling and whisking with brisk officiousness by the old church and the fanciful banks of the Avon.
Prominent teeth shook his finger pessimistically at the pair, giving the woman a glance of aloof condemnation.
Mrs. Washington was aloof and reserved at all times.
The new-comer was pleasant in his manner and exceedingly well dressed even for St. Midas's, but for some reason he kept aloof from the other boys.
Having all the feelings and prejudices of the old noblesse of France, he had from the first been opposed to the popular movement in Paris, and had held himself altogether aloof from the demonstration on the island.
You can understand, then, that I shall hold myselfaloof altogether from any interference.
Delcarte and Taylor were now in mid-stream, coming toward us, and I called to them to keep aloof until I knew whether the intentions of my captors were friendly or otherwise.
I had enjoyed her company at first, but since the trip across the Channel I had held aloof from her.
She held aloof from me, and when Snider took his turn at the wheel, sat beside him, upon the pretext that she wished to learn how to steer the launch.
For the next three years the young prince held aloof from affairs, but in 1578 the hollow truce ended; he was suspected and placed under arrest, all his friends being cast into the Bastille.
The dire infatuation of the lovelorn woman soon wore off, and again she sighed to be free; but it was too late, for the Catholic powers stood aloof from her now that she had married a divorced man, and all her nobles had abandoned her.
He grazed aloof from the others, and did not cavort nor prance; but when he lifted his head to whistle, how wild he appeared, and proud and splendid!
If he were to get any help from these silent aloof rangers it must be by striking fire from them in one swift stroke.
They were beached as far from each other as the little bay into which they ran would admit of, and the crews stood aloof in two distinct groups.
Is our manhood to be thus riven from us, and shall we stand aloof and see it done, or, worse still, be consenting unto it?
He avoided every possible moment of her society he could, and when forced to be with her seemed aloof and bored.
Day by day, too, Joan Grant grew more silent, more aloof from the haphazard routine of their life among the hills.
I should have held aloof from it all," he protested.
You are pleased to jest," he said, aloofand chilly.
Successive Lord Mayors of Dublin have held aloof from the Government--some from conviction, the majority frightened by the bogie of sycophancy.
The other inmates of the house held aloof from him.
With an air of complete detachment, an air vague and aloof as of one in a revery, he gazed away over the tree-tops of the ragged park; but Ste.
But there is in him something that may stand aloof even from this aloofness and so on indefinitely.
The Rousseauist seeks happiness in emotional spontaneity and this spontaneity seems to be killed by the head which stands aloof and dissects and analyzes.
When a man has taken possession of his transcendental ego, according to the Schlegels and Novalis, he looks down on his ordinary ego and stands aloof from it.
The disillusioned romanticist continues to cling to his dream, but intellectually, at least, he often comes at the same time to stand aloof from it.
Would a pious Voluntary soldier keep aloof from a prayer-meeting on no other ground than that it was held in a barrack?
It would be barbarous unkindness, if he were very sick, to stand aloof and leave the charge of him to hirelings.
Orrin kept aloof from her, playing his part among the guests with his wonted spirit and grace.
Yes--fearful I felt at first--so off-handed and stern and aloof she was.
