That many facts astonish them anddisconcert them, we see every day.
I said very dryly that I did not remember him at all; but he was not a man of delicate feeling, and this did not disconcert him in the least.
I understood what he meant, but I did not allow that to disconcert me, as I had made up my mind fully five minutes ago that I would play the astrologer on this occasion.
From below came the sound of hammers, but that and the dingy surroundings did not seem to disconcert her.
You can't ask me any questions that will disconcert me now," he boasted.
Therefore, together with the expediency of a complicated attack we must consider all the dangers which we run during its preparation, and should only adopt it if there is no reason to fear that the enemy will disconcert our scheme.
Both she and Hector perceived that Morella and Lord Wensleydown sat there watching them for no other reason but to disconcert and tease them, and it roused a spirit of resistance in both.
This society was hers by right of birth, and did not disconcert her; only no one could help being lonely when quite neglected, while others danced.
This threat, uttered upon the spur of the moment, seemed to disconcert them very decidedly, for they remained inactive, staring each other in the face.
It also seemed to disconcert Oahika; for no sooner had I finished speaking than he began to shout a long string of further directions, to which the canoe men replied from time to time by waving their hands.
Then comes the difficulty; there is an interval in which she is still too young for the freedom of her elders' style, and it looks as though she might disconcert them not a little, sitting there with wide eyes.
The writer of the novel works in a manner that would be utterly impossible to the critic, no doubt, and with a liberty and with a range that would disconcert him entirely.
No member of the family was tall enough to disconcert him.
The presence of human beings does not at all disconcert their housekeeping arrangements.
The absence of citizens and of a deputation, and even the burning of Moscow, did not disconcert him.
The company did not disconcert him either, in spite of their epaulettes and orders, and titles thick as falling snowflakes.
And an unwonted formality about the other's tone tended somewhat to disconcert him.
Mr Benham quickly, catching up the statement in just the way to embarrass and disconcert a nervous witness.
If he was not a great orator he was a superb debater, who watched with the utmost care the temper of the audience, and said just what was needed at the moment to disconcert an opponent or to put heart into his friends.
It was unsuccessful, not from want of ability, but because its tone did not suit the temper of the House of Commons, and because a hostile section of the audience sought to disconcert him by their laughter.
They played every sly trick they could to disconcert and tease me.
His inquiring eyes saw no solution in the general’s, for, fearing to disconcert him, General Custer controlled every muscle in his face.
To abash; to disconcert or be disconcerted or put out of countenance.
He, therefore, knew nothing of what had happened, and was calmly deliberating on the progress of his own plans, when events were occurring which were destined to disconcert and destroy them.
If we could but get a good stout fellow or two to our back, we might disconcert them.
Even so just and liberal a critic as Hallam has stumbled at this circumstance, so much so as quite to disconcert his judgment of the play.
This enquiry seemed todisconcert Miss Farmond a little.
Ned stared at him for several seconds without speaking, and this procedure seemed to disconcert the lawyer more than anything had done yet.
Ned with a sudden gleam of ferocity in his eye that seemed to disconcert the lawyer.
This question, put with the most palpable wonder, seemed todisconcert Mr. Carrington considerably.
Nothing happened to disconcert the measures of Lady Augusta and Dashwood.
Don, coldly, trying to disconcert the young captain by a steady, cold look into his eyes.
Their arrival will of necessity disconcert the plans of the rebels.
