One o' the worst things a man can do is to take up artfulness all of a sudden.
And Miss Sophia answered all this artfulness firmly, even sternly, as if she were an able abetter, standing ready to carry out the dark, deeply laid plot.
Diego retained his innocent countenance; but down in his heart was the feeling that once more his artfulness had saved him.
Diego hastened to remove the impression the friar had received, and strove with much earnestness and artfulness to work once more on the feelings of his teacher, but it was without avail.
In their dealings with Charlemagne they displayed the same mixture of artfulness and insolence which they had employed in their dealings with the empire of the East.
The poor queen was destined to suffer from the artfulness of her maid.
The apparent primary carelessness of the terns in depositing their eggs is shown, when the chicks are hatched, to have been artfulness of a high order.
There was just the same amount of fuss and feathers, showing the artfulness of the hens, but the eggs soon dwindled down below plans and specifications, and then an investigation took place.
He received a vacant magistracy, and became even more noted for hardness of heart and artfulness of prison knowledge than before.
He mistook her artfulness for innocence, and thought he had made a conquest.
Amazing Artfulnessof Captain Cuttle, and a new Pursuit for Walter Gay 16.
He missed the artfulness which had been so winning.
Ralph," said Suzette, "I do not wonder at the artfulness of women after this day's lesson.
It's the damned artfulnessof the thing," said Mr. Gladman, still very white about the gills.
But more often Tommy's artfulness was such that he would be compelled, by want of time, to abandon the search.
There is however a certainartfulness in the business, if only artfulness for artfulness' sake.
His movements are characterized by remarkable artfulness and skill.
The double description is used as it is a calling full of artfulness and craft.
The art of the photographer fell before that act, and his artfulness came into play--it looked like money walking away.
He pressed the young man's hand sympathetically, and a wink of intenseartfulness gave point to his last remark.
That shows the wickedness and artfulness of the villain--I beg your pardon, sir, for letting the right word slip.
She needed to be accomplished, indeed, in duplicity and artfulness to have so successfully simulated the air of modesty and gentleness which distinguished her.
For a woman to dream of a mouse, denotes that she will have an enemy who will annoy her by artfulness and treachery.
To dream you are defending your children from a lion with a pen-knife, foretells enemies will threaten to overpower you, and will well nigh succeed if you allow any artfulness to persuade you for a moment from duty and business obligations.
Such artfulness is common enough; it secures husbands by the thousand and by the tens of thousands.
No, only in the skill ofartfulness was Miss Hastings unusual.
Even the artfulness of the Spartans is after the Persian war often mentioned with blame; and it is said to have been impossible to guess their intention.
Besides this, such is the artfulness of railroad managers that in a majority of cases it would be impossible to reach the guilty party, and subordinates would have to answer for the transgressions of their superiors.
