The whispered conversation of the cousins was at this moment interrupted by the approach of Walter, conducting the cavalier into the midst of the distinguished circle.
For more than an hour the cousins had lain side by side--conferring on the incident that had so unexpectedly transpired.
He had not been many minutes at the table, before discovering that the cousins had an amiable inclination towards each other; which carried him to the conclusion, that, in the son of Sir Marmaduke he would find a formidable rival.
Cousins in the fourth degree are connected by causation, if I may be allowed to use that term; but not so closely as brothers, much less as child and parent.
A man naturally loves his children better than his nephews, his nephews better than his cousins, his cousins better than strangers, where every thing else is equal.
How may yourcousins wish they had partaken of your prudence; but it is not yet too late to repair their error.
Her cousins were her sole objects of attachment, and it was still unabated towards them.
The minds of her cousins assented to this suggestion, but it by no means diminished their apprehensions.
Even distant cousins may be truly fraternal, just as first cousins may happen to be very distant, the relationship is so variable and elastic in its nature.
There is a French proverb, "Les cousinsne sont pas parents.
The exact truth would appear to be rather that cousins are relations or not just as it pleases them to acknowledge the relationship, and according to the natural possibilities of companionship between the parties.
Cousins are, or are not, relations just as they find it agreeable to themselves.
An only child looks to his cousinsfor the brotherly and sisterly affection that fate has denied him at home, and he is not always disappointed.
A few days after Tom had shown his cousins his collection of birds' eggs, Jack, as he was coming away from a visit to Lion, passed by the end of the potting-shed.
She coaxed and petted her cousins and kept them occupied until the very moment when the populace surrounded the Cinq-Cygne mansion.
She nursed Madame d'Hauteserre and went daily to the prison, saying openly that she would marry one of the cousins when they were taken to the galleys.
Laurence wrung her hands in despair and raised her eyes to heaven with a despondent look, for she saw at last in all its depths the gulf into which her cousins had fallen.
Laurence, Michu, his son, and Gothard therefore started as soon as possible for the forest, taking an extra horse, for the countess resolved to accompany her cousins to Troyes and return with them.
The telegraph goes faster than the best horse," said Michu; "and of all the nobles concerned in this conspiracy your cousins are the closest watched.
Monsieur de Chargeboeuf knew Laurence well enough to be certain she would never consent to save her cousins at the expense of Michu; he therefore resolved on making one more effort.
I should be only a beacon to light the enemy--but the police will never imagine that my cousins are in the forest if they see me at my ease.
No one at the chateau had the faintest idea that the young countess had met her cousins the night before.
If they do that," said Laurence, "it would be the death of my cousins and the Messieurs d'Hauteserre.
The mare was almost killed in her haste to reach the chateau, and stand between her cousins and death.
She lived for her cousins the twins, with whom she had played in childhood at Troyes and at Gondreville.
However, let us think only of my cousins and the d'Hauteserres; you must catch up with them, no matter what it costs.
The countess had been dreaming of her cousins and the young Hauteserres; she saw them in peril.
Mr. Harvey told him one morning, that he might go with his cousins to a field where early corn was growing and pull some to cook, if it was ripe.
He asked his cousins if it was not a flying squirrel.
Samuel also felt a little afraid; but he joined his two cousins in trying to beat the dog back.
After supper, Samuel and his cousins took a walk in the meadow, toward the mill pond.
Samuel also found two or three snake skins, which his cousinstold him the snakes threw off every spring, after which, a new and larger skin grew on them.
Samuel and his cousins chased the fox as far as they could see it, and then returned to the barn yard to hunt for more.
Samuel tried to remember all that his uncle and cousins told him, and often thought of it when he was by himself.
Samuel was afraid to go on; but his cousins told him to follow them, without attempting to run.
Among other ladies, one of his cousins was proposed to him, a daughter of the Duke of Gloucester.
But that evening, when Georgie was gone and her aunt and cousins were at church, she sat down to write to Peter.
But on the whole the cousins were devoted and kind to Susan, and the child was as happy as she could have been anywhere.
The cousins roomed together, were together all day long.
To-night the room that the cousins shared was empty, and Susan threw her hat and coat over the foot of the large, lumpy wooden bed that seemed to take up at least one-half of the floor-space.
The cousins prepared supper together, in Aggie's exquisitely neat kitchen, not that this was really necessary, but because the kitchen was so warm and pleasant.
Arriving late, she gave her cousins a glowing account of the day, and laughed with Georgie over the account of a call from Loretta's Doctor O'Connor.
She cried later, in the nights, after her cousins had seemed to be unsympathetic, feeling that she needed her mother to take her part.
She was far enough from the world of ease and beauty and luxury, but how much further were these sweet, uncomplaining, beauty-starved cousins of hers!
Ella's exquisite gowns had a chapter all to themselves when Susan was telling her cousins about it, but Susan herself alternated contentedly enough between the brown linen with the daisy-hat and the black net with the pearl band in her hair.
Susan viewed the single state of her three pretty cousins with secret uneasiness.
Tell my wife's good cousins in San Rafael that I am coming over very soon to pay my respects.
Everybody praised her, and a hundred times a day her cousins said truthfully that they could not see how these dreadful days would have been endurable at all without Susan.
However, it was delightful to have Georgie back again, and the cousins talked and laughed together for an hour, in Mary Lou's room.
Perhaps the higher elevations at which they live keep them free from many of the predators to which their lowland cousins succumb, and thus they are able to maintain their numbers with smaller families.
Why the gopher should continue working, while its ground squirrelcousins sleep, is hard to say.
Of course, my brothers and cousinsperpetuate this name, the same as I do.
I tell you, mother, I have a couple of fine cousinsin Carrie and Ida.
The giants of Lancashire, and Cheshire, and Shropshire have a family likeness, and are no doubt closely related; but if they are cousins to the Cornish giants, they are cousins far removed.
You know that neither you nor your cousins are ever allowed to go that way to Mrs. Langford's cottage, and more especially alone.
As for what your cousins will be like, I candidly tell you, I have scarcely thought about it.
Go to your own room, Ellen; perhaps solitude and thought, when your brother and cousins are so happy and unrestrained, may bring you to a sense of your aggravated misconduct better than any thing else.
Edward, indeed, could scarcely understand this as his cousins did; but as his aunt still only alluded to the untruth, the qualm of conscience was again silenced, for he had only caused the disobedience.
A very short time sufficed for Percy and Emmeline to introduce their cousins to all the delights and mysteries of their dear old home: and Oakwood Hall was really a place for imagination to revel in.
And Percy was so active, so obliging, so amusing in his queer ways of working and talking, that she almost forgot the impending trial, till she met her aunt and cousins at luncheon.
Her thoughts flew to her cousins and many others, who had no mother, and to others whose mothers left them to nurses and governesses, and seemed always to keep them at a distance.
Emmeline hesitated, then answered ingenuously, "We are so very, very happy together, that I do not feel quite sure that I am glad my cousins are going to live with us.
Edward laughingly promised to send his cousins the very best box of rouge he could procure at Plymouth, and wished them good night as gayly as if they should meet as usual the next morning.
His cousins plied him with questions about the latest news in London.
Nobody knows who I am but my cousins and you and Mr. Gudgeon.
It was better that for the present his cousins should be ignorant of his whereabouts.
He preferred, he said, to stand aloof from a movement intended only to ruin "his cousins of Guise.
He even consented to be reconciled to hiscousins of Guise, and, after publicly embracing them, promised to forget all past grounds of quarrel.
Brothers married sisters, cousins married cousins in all degrees of relationship, and sometimes even fathers cohabited with their own daughters.
The meeting was accordingly arranged, and shortly after, Cousins returned, bringing a vast store of fresh information.
At the end of that period, the landlord again appeared at the door, and gave Mr. Cousins a nod.
Cousins bowed respectfully, and advanced to the end of the table, but no farther; while Dr.
All the traces which had been observed by Cousinswere verified, and a complete plan of the scene of the murder was made under the direction of the magistrates.
And what is the reason, that, instead of shewing the same readiness with your cousins to clear yourself, you only blush and hang down your head, without speaking a single word?
Bardly has just told me that we have some cousins at Shayton that I knew nothing about.
I daresay the Colonel does not even know how manycousins he had on that side, or what marriages they made.
I knew one of my cousins had married a clergyman somewhere in that neighborhood, but was not aware that he was the incumbent of Shayton.
Our cousins have, doubtless, had occasional provocations from the detested race in question; but their feeling on this point amounts to a national weakness.
I had often heard of this wolfish habit, but thought our cousins were caricatured.
In several instances, we saw horses in like manner made to saw wood, and admired the ingenuity of our cousins in turning to account every particle of power they possess.
I had often heard of this as an American habit, but always thought our cousins in this matter (as in many others) were caricatured.
All the young and brave hearts among us were pledged to it, and my cousins did not hesitate to tell me in confidence that Count Emerich and his sister were its chief promoters in that district.
Still, she and the Lady Constanza kept up their courage, though the young cousins were as white as snow, and our ammunition was fast decreasing.
The young cousins are married to German doctors in Berlin.
Count Theodore talked of buying an estate in Lithuania; and the young cousins predicted, that though Emerich and Constanza might be near neighbours, they would not live all their days free and single.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "cousins" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
