On reaching the lower hall, however, he endeavored to create a diversion in his favor by dashing into the barroom and clapping the occupants on the back with indiscriminate playfulness.
His clear tones were vibrant with disproportionate elation at the prospect of a diversion of the painful interest of the scene.
So he rang off jauntily, fancying that Julian Bayne's presence was much desired at some house-party or romantic elopement, or other lightsome diversion in the upper country.
He sought to freshen his faculties, to find some diversionin the passing moment that might react favorably on the plan nearest his heart.
For Dickson, fully acquainted with his own race, was aware that they would disturb the speaker, if some diversion was not resorted to, for their amusement.
It served, also, as he then felt, as a diversion to break the monotony of his lonesome life.
Mildred's life was a diversion that was much to her liking.
This led to deficiencies in the supply of coal to the manufacturing centres, and to somediversion elsewhere of shipping.
For a moment Baratieri thought of retreat, especially as the hope of creating a diversion from Zaila towards Harrar had failed in consequence of the British refusal to permit the landing of an Italian force without the consent of France.
Menelek, by means of Count Antonelli, resident in the Shoa country, requested Italy to execute a diversion in his favour by occupying Asmara and other points on the high plateau.
The matrimonial settlement of their only and ill-starred daughter was the occasion of an outbreak on the part of husband and wife, that not only furnisheddiversion for courtiers but agitated the council table.
After the squabble had been protracted through many months, Harris created a diversion by challenging Father Smith to make additional reed-stops within a given time.
At a moment of embarrassment, Mr. Disraeli, in the course of one of his youthful candidatures, created a diversion in his favor by telling a knot of unruly politicians that he stood on his head.
The one diversion shared by every type is scrapping the air Hun whenever possible--and the ground Hun too for that matter, if he appear in the open and one can dive at him.
A diversion is created by the return of the three photography machines.
A frolicsome biplane darted ahead, pointed out positions worthy of attack, and created a diversionwith Lewis gun fire.
Fitz Stephen describes another kind of diversion on the ice in these words, which may be acceptable to the young reader.
The jingling match is a common diversion at country wakes and fairs, and is often played by schoolboys.
And methought it was as usual a diversion to see the parish lions, as with us to go to a play or an opera.
We had two fiddles, & I had the honor to open the diversion of the evening in a minuet with miss Soley.
In town all the boys were extravagantly fond of a diversion that to us would appear a very odd and childish one.
The really only regular diversion of the early colonists in New England was the lecture-day, which usually occurred weekly on Thursdays.
And all the time the first principles of ethics would refuse to be killed in the mind, and would continue to bear witness against the waste of existence and the diversion of life from its true end.
FN#245] Had I kept him, I might have made a show of him for the diversion of the city-folk and taken silver from all men and gone with him to the houses of the great.
And their smiles were rather grave, the smiles of older folk who know the true significance of life and commiserate the deluded ones still seeking diversion in frivolities.
The most insignificant republic saw the ship decked in its honor, affording one more diversion to help combat the monotony of the voyage and further the lofty ends of the Germanic propaganda.
And as though wishing to put these visions of death out of his mind, he resumed his diversion of watching the swans, offering them bits of bread so as to make them swing around in their slow and majestic course.
This flagrant injustice and this breach of faith and obligation add to extortion the danger attending the diversion of the currency of the country from the legitimate channels of business.
On the restoration of order the Nicaraguan authorities demanded a second payment of such duties on the ground that they were due to the titular Government and that their diversion had aided the revolt.
Repeated recommendations have been submitted for the amendment and change of the laws relating to our public lands so that their spoliation and diversion to other uses than as homes for honest settlers might be prevented.
Not merely would this be wholly ineffective, but the diversion of our efforts in such a direction would mean the abandonment of all intelligent attempt to do away with these evils.
Southwest Asia and have approved an extensive program to help fill the gap which could be created by the diversion of U.
A small proportion," he said, with the slight play of feature which always effected a diversion of his mother's thoughts, no matter in what channel they had been flowing.
I am actuated by a benevolent desire to effect a diversion of Miss Ringgan's mind from its gloomy meditations, by presenting to her some more real subjects of distress.
I am now surrounded with subjects of pleasure, and so much charmed with the beauties of Italy, that I should think it a kind of ingratitude not to offer a little praise in return for the diversion I have had here.
My only diversion is the conversation of our host, Achmet Beg, a title something like that of count in Germany.
The widows wear over and above, a crape forehead cloth; and, in this solemn weed, go to all the public places of diversion without scruple.
I had there the pleasure of seeing a diversion wholly new to me, but which is the common amusement of this court.
Tis true, they have no places but the bagnios, and these can only be seen by their own sex; however, that is a diversion they take great pleasure in.
The embroiderer's is also very glittering, and people walk here as much for diversion as business.
I had found so little diversion in the vizier's haram, that I had no mind to go into another.
This course they kept constantly while we lay here, affording us every morning and evening an hour's diversion in gazing at them and talking about them.
Here they usually rode the great horse every morning; which gave me much diversion from the terrace of my own chamber, where I could see all their motions.
The lancers and swordsmen running at tilt against the barriers, with a great deal of clatter, but without any bloodshed, giving much diversion to the spectators, and was new to us travelers.
Was this an habitual diversionof these wealthy magnates, or was it only Hátszegi's bizarre humour?
Everyone thereupon abandoned his booth, his table or his diversion and stood in a circle round Black Mask.
To make matches is the privilege and convenient diversion of mature woman-kind, and a successful taverner's daughter is not to be denied the rights and privileges of her sex, because her father is a licensed victualler.
Fully conscious of the political innocence of his conduct, he welcomed this new diversion and, humming the latest opera bouffe air, he dressed in his best with a posy in his lapel.
