Since the girl had spoken of catching a glimpse of something white among the trees, he believed pretty firmly that they had been followed in their excursion up the mountain by Mr. Jones's secretary.
Preliminary steps should, likewise, be taken for the incorporation of all firmly grounded spiritual assemblies, as a prelude to the establishment of local and national endowments.
The influence and fanaticism, whether ecclesiastical or political, of potentially hostile organizations, firmly entrenched within their ancestral strongholds, are formidable.
Then he pushed the tobacco firmly down into the bowl of his pipe and re-lit it, smoking for a few minutes in silence.
He laid his hand firmly upon her white trembling arm.
If he held it a moment longer, and a little more firmlythan was absolutely necessary, was he much to blame?
Leonardo, you have brought this upon yourself," she said, firmly but compassionately.
The party in general is as firmly and cordially united as ever party was.
The French servants stared, and firmly believed this was the dress of English country gentlemen.
They firmlybelieved it, teased him for an hour, and at last said he was the rudest man in the world not to oblige them.
Hettie seemed always glad to see him; so much so, that many of the family firmly believed that she had other feelings towards him than mere neighborly kindness.
And his cheek flushed, and tears of anguish fell fast, while with hands firmly clasped, and still leaning against the tree, he looked down at the bubbling water.
The present hour was one of severe trial, but his courage was not shaken by it, and he believed mostfirmly that it would be with them 'better than it had ever been.
The clamour awoke the Cid, who rose, and, going to where the lion crouched, firmly placed his hand on the brute's bristling mane and led him back to his cage.
When the old king died they took the huntsman for king, and if he has not died, he is reigning still at the present day, and firmly believes that in his realm right will always remain right.
Betty's head lay in Joe's lap, held firmly by hands which were both strong and tender.
This "venture" firmly established her, and the establishment was conducted by such legitimate means that the event was unusually interesting.
She felt his hand slipping under her arm, his fingers pressing gently but firmly into her flesh, and the experience of being impelled by a power stronger than herself, a masculine power, was delicious.
A riot seemed imminent--a riot Antonelli feared and firmly opposed, since it would alienate the sympathy of that wider public in the country on which the success of the strike depended.
I climbed over the parapet, and, clinging to the pipe firmly with my hands and knees, I slid down, and arrived at the bottom in safety.
He looked over the stern and around the ship, and found that she was firmly fixed, fore and aft, upon a bed of coral rocks.
I repeat it, I am firmly of the opinion, that tobacco brutifies equally with drink.
It is a mistake to suppose, you who are so greedy of a child's love, that it is more attached to that person who indulges its every whim, than to the one who can firmly pronounce the monosyllable no, when necessary.
Let us therefore hold it for certain and firmly established that the soul can do without everything except the word of God, without which none at all of its wants are provided for.
Thus the soul, in firmly believing the promises of God, holds Him to be true and righteous; and it can attribute to God no higher glory than the credit of being so.
Instead, half a yard of bright ribbon was firmly attached to its leg--this the more easily to enable its flight being followed.
Thank you for your confidence," she breathed softly, resolutely keeping her eyes from measuring the distance to the revolver, and keeping her foot pressed firmly on the bell.
I am sure that if I seize property to the amount of that taken from me, I act justly, though perhaps not legally; yet I firmly believe legally likewise, although law and justice do not necessarily go always hand in hand.
I remonstrated mildly but firmly on the waste of my money, and on the impossibility of any good to the country while the rajah conducted himself as he had done.
If we can gain this object, I shall be firmly established, and relieved from the intriguing, mean, base Borneons.
Oh the relief of being able to say that, gaily, firmlyand even truthfully!
That the Duke had been the originator of the appalling number of fires which occurred in the Electorate of Hesse in 1540, both Luther and Melanchthon were firmly convinced.
That the Princes are threatened with destruction, that “I firmly believe the Spirit proclaims through me.
Paul himself did not believe as firmly as he spoke; he was, in point of fact, better able to speak and write than to believe.
Had we not the article of the forgiveness of sins, which God has firmly promised, our case would indeed be bad.
I, alas, cannot believe as firmly as I can preach, speak and write, and as others fancy I am able to believe.
Bochart, in his “Geographia Sacra,” considered the identity of Noah and Saturn so firmly established as hardly to admit of the possibility of a doubt.
At the back end of the float was a great canopied throne, on which sat the gold-crowned Neptune holding his firmly planted trident.
Then with firmly gripped staff he marched stoutly into the tide till it ran hissing below his armpits.
My servant speaks truly," I said firmly yet with courtesy, having no mind to spoil adventure by urging rights.
His chief gently but firmly overbore him, and insisted on sending him his own doctor.
The hand under her gingham apron gripped firmly an old leather purse.
Cold day," he remarked, settling his coon-skin cap more firmlyon his head.
After the plants have been firmly set and the earth carefully packed in around the roots, rake the soil to loosen it up over the whole surface.
Set the plant firmly in place by pressure with the soles of your shoes, give a generous watering and finally break up the surface of the soil with a rake.
If spring planting is chosen the plants must be put in the ground early--at the very first opportunity--so that they will have time to become firmlyestablished before hot weather.
The body of the powder-man lay across his own, holding the lad firmly to the ground.
Instead, he stepped firmly up to the door of the president's office.
We it were who firmly withstood the enemy's attack, who broke their line, and who punctually obeyed the commands of our general and his officers.
We therefore firmly closed our ranks and broke through the enemy.
We have always firmlybelieved that descendants of this monarch would one time or other make their appearance among us, and obtain the dominion of the country.
