I seek in vain for words to express the exhilarating effect of that briny coolness on my imagination, and of the visions it summoned up of the newer, larger life into which I had marvellously been transported.
Bear witness, my Lord, that I have no desire to fight with you," said I, with what coolness I could muster.
He had not gone, but was still standing in the rain on the steps, the one figure of strength and coolness she had seen this afternoon.
He may have taken me for some one else," I answered with all the coolness I could muster.
We replied, I regret to say, with a distinct coolness that did not seem to bother him in the least.
He caught the little note of coolnessin her voice.
The red flashes disclosed many an act of coolness and of heroism.
How sharply the smell of the salt-laden east wind and its penetrating coolness come back to me!
If you come near a person of this character, the influence on you is as if you came out of the sun's heat into refreshing shadow: a soft coolness is wafted over your soul, which refreshes and tranquillises you at the same time.
Petrea, full of anxiety for her old friend, if he must remain much longer on the damp ground, and in the increasingcoolness of evening, determined with herself what she would do.
The water in them was cold enough to make a pleasant coolness in the air, coming like the Kerkha water from the snows.
To-day, however, we have seen nobody, and have been very happy and content in the coolness and peace of all around.
It is due to him to say that his great coolness and judgment, as well as his exertions, greatly aided in bringing the boat and her exhausted crew to shore.
Here coolness and quiet reign, and a calm-faced woman is sitting beside a cot, upon which a sick man tosses and mutters feverishly.
The coolness of the false Mr. Grip takes him safely past the group of inquiring ones.
His patient passed, under his care, from delirium to stupor, from fever to coolness and calm, and then to returning consciousness.
This adventure fully developed his coolness and courage when aroused to immediate action by any unexpected danger.
But the coolness and determination of the light Dragoons were too much for them, consequently the disturbance was quelled, but not before a large number of the rascals had been made to bite the dust.
There had been a growing coolness between her and the lady who headed the table.
The men sprang to the charge, and about one hundred of the Fusiliers to the very teeth of destruction, facing inevitable death with a coolness and fearlessness so characteristic of the British soldier.
Greenwood affected not to observe his emotions, but received the bill of exchange which the baronet handed to him, with as much coolness he were concluding a perfectly legitimate transaction.
Richard had preserved an unnatural degree of calmness as he uttered these words; and Whittingham was himself astonished at the coolness with which his young master delivered his instructions.
Rick enjoyed the coolness of the night, and even the heavy scent of the salted eel the crabber used as bait.
Rick luxuriated in the coolness of clean water, then stripped to his undershorts and threw his sodden clothes onto the pier.
Have you found anything curious, Mr. Maxwell, among the dusty papers?
As on every other occasion, he displayed the utmost coolness and intelligence throughout the action.
It was as well to rest now until after sunset and then to start on again in what coolness the evening might afford.
Helen went singing into her bath, her weary body rested by the thought of coolness and cleanliness and a change of clothing.
By the time that the first hint of coming coolness crept into the air Howard sat up, somewhat refreshed and again eager to be moving.
The incident caused a coolness between them--the first that had sprung up since Violet had been at The Towers.
There was a coolness and silence in the small circle.
But for his coolness and bravery none of them would have escaped.
Dinner was over on board the Thetis, and the three occupants of the saloon, with Milsom, had adjourned to the top of the deck-house to smoke their post-prandial cigars and enjoy the welcome coolness of the night air.
But against a thrust in the side or the back no skill or coolness could defend him.
He was carrying off the situation well; but his coolness angered me.
Mind the engine, Ijima," I said with as much coolness as I could muster.
He dipped his finger in water, and, knowing that evaporation and coolness would be first felt on the side from which the wind came, he raised it high in the air.
And in this brief space, Mrs. Bozarth, with infinite self possession, coolness and intrepidity, succeeded in killing three Indians.
There was a certain coolnessamong us at the evening-meal.
As to temperament, I should select a good fighter, a man, that is, who would rather die than abandon the struggle, and whose fiery determined nature does not exclude perfect coolness and mastery over himself when a crisis calls for resource.
A spasm of hate and furious joy struggled for mastery in Marigny's face, but he showed an iron resolution that almost equaled the coolness of the man whose scornful gaze might well have abashed him.
They served their purpose," said Medenham, annoyed at finding the Frenchman's coolness rather disconcerting.
He turned away with an affectation of coolness which he was far from feeling, while the doctor knelt to examine Medenham's injury.
After the first moment of confusion had passed, the Royalists commenced preparing to receive the attack, with that coolness which springs from practised discipline.
Up to that time the imperturbable coolness exhibited by the ex-tigrero had favoured the hopes of his companion.
In vain did he attempt to dissemble his emotion under the studied air of coolness with which he received the letter, which he permitted to remain unopened.
Their eyes met--those of the tiger-hunter expressing coolness and resolution, while the orbs of the jaguar rolled furiously in their sockets.
The coolness of his tone, and the set determination of his mouth, chilled her fervour like a draught of cold air.
He had flung away his empty revolver; and was warding off blows right and left, using his sword with a coolness and dexterity which would have surprised him had he been aware of it.
No sign of Honor in the cloistered coolness of the first room; only a small group of people in earnest talk before one of the pictures, and an artist, with stool and easel, making a conscientious copy of another.
With a rapidity born of much practice Honor took stock of him, from his helmet to his boots, as he sat awaiting her, with a coolness which at once amused her and piqued her interest.
Arrived in the comparative coolness of the hall, he shouted for a drink, and a bath.
Most conspicuous was the coolness and self-possession, particularly of the women.
To-day at faculty meeting Miss Primleigh evinced toward me a marked coolness of demeanour and shortness of speech, for which I am totally unable to account.
However, I contented myself by saying that Miss Primleigh had likewise displayed a coolness to me for some weeks past.
Ellis was received with the coolness which his companion had foreseen.
