At the foot of the stairs he halted, his forepaws on the first step, his grave face and pleading eyes uplifted, as though he were praying.
There was no rebuke in the grave little voice--it merely stated a hard fact.
I respect all people who are really earnest," said Leslie in a grave voice.
She has committed a very grave act of disobedience.
Obviously she had been quite unable to rest, her hair was falling loosely over her shoulders, and there was a look of grave anxiety on her young face.
The rest had done her good, and she felt quite capable of co-ordinating her thoughts, of moving about without too much pain, and of preparing herself both mentally and physically for the grave events which she knew must be imminent.
Paris wanted a new religion, and a new toy, and grave men, ardent patriots, mad enthusiasts, sat in the Assembly of the Convention and seriously discussed the means of providing her with both these things which she asked for.
To-day, when they went to fetch her she fainted with horror; the grave had been dug too shallow, and one of the legs of the corpse was exposed to gaze.
There, some one proposed that we should visit Admiral Saisset, who lived in the Rue Pauquet, in the quarter of the Champs Elysées, when a grave looking man with grey hair said that Admiral Saisset was at Versailles.
No sooner was the repast ended, than Folko and Gabrielle, with a grave and courteous salutation, retired to their apartments.
His countenance beamed as the light of the moon fell upon it, grave and stern, yet mild, like some angelic vision.
Those two bright beings, Folko and Gabrielle, spent most part of the day in their apartments, and when they showed themselves, it was with quiet dignity and grave silence, while Biorn and Sintram stood before them in humble fear.
The precise number cannot be given, for when the walls of the mastaba are entirely denuded, and only the well is left, one cannot be sure that the grave was ever of the mastaba form.
If this be so, we must suppose that the owner of this grave had found the cylinder in some ancient site.
The sides of the grave were built of brick walls, and these were covered by an arch of brick about 1·50 m.
Just to the south of it lay the irregular grave in which the cylinder was found.
His grave mien and reserved habits, probably acquired during his sojourn at the Court of Spain, were distasteful to the gay and pleasure-loving people of Flanders, who would have preferred a Prince more like Charles V.
Affairs of gallantry, dancing, tennis, billiards, and other frivolous pursuits, occupied as much of his attention as the grave affairs of State over which Hyde and Ormonde spent so many anxious hours.
These disasters might have been retrieved if the channel of communication with Damme and Sluis had not been lost; but for a long time the condition of this important waterway had been the cause of grave anxiety to the people of Bruges.
The line remains as a worthy monument to this man, whose grave lies at the pretty town of Huigra.
It was the end; the Esmeralda went down, carrying with her to a sailor's grave all but fifty of her crew of two hundred souls.
Let us see if there is not a chance here to determine the grave question, "Is 'the one man' who runs each of our great insurance companies honest?
Therefore, before turning the page, it behooves you to find for yourself an answer to the grave question: Is it the truth that is dealt with here?
Mrs. Mason cast upon her husband a fixed look which turned slowly into a sweet, grave smile.
Ah, well, but the man who is to make the name famous is becoming my very grave concern.
And here they were trudging side by side, as silent as the grave that held their withered love.
I do my duty to those who are depending on me while life remains; but when the grass grows above my grave there is no provision for them any longer.
At a little before one o'clock the "Automobile Girls" and Harriet were ushered into the reception room of the Chinese Embassy by a grave Chinese servant clad in immaculate white and wearing his long pig-tail curled on top of his head.
She rose at once and signified her willingness to accompany Elmer to the library, but both young men noticed that her face had grown grave and she seemed almost embarrassed.
The Judge looked as grave as if he were about giving the opinion of the Court in the great India-rubber case.
It has been, indeed, sometimes the custom of the Roman Church to enhance the value of a gift of relics by adding to it the gift of the inscription on the gravefrom which they were taken.
This man, as one who knows him well informs us, is a grave and reserved Gaucho, who knows by heart the peculiarities of twenty thousand leagues of mountain, wood, and plain!
Placed in the grave the 15th of the Kalends of June.
In the year 1802 a grave was found in the Cemetery of St. Priscilla, by which were the remains of a glass vase that had held blood, the indication of the burial-place of a martyr.
To Currentius, the servant of God, laid in the grave on the sixteenth of the Kalends of November.
Thus a new saint, a new story, and a new exhibition of credulity had their rise not long ago from a grave and three words in the catacombs.
The three letters EPS have been interpreted as standing for the words et posteris suis, and as meaning that the gravewas also for his successors.
Henderson now went to bat, accompanied by the grave anxiety of the members of his nine, for Spoff was not one of the star players.
Boys, I have already told you that if you follow me, you will follow me to grave harm.
He paused, his tone of reckless indifference belied by his grave face and appealing eyes.
Well Jim," expostulated Henrietty, "and poor Callie not been in her grave more'n six months!
The "grave sense" is still further off, and must wait a more fit occasion.
I do believe that eight days would have produced some grave event; but, alas!
You will, I am sure, my dear Theodosia, pardon two such grave pages from one who loves you, and whose happiness depends very much on yours.
That grave and dignified body, the Senate of the United States, were terrified, or they were used for the purpose of terrifying the good people of the country.
But when I deliberated about writing, it was with a view to write you sense--grave sense.
When I turned from the grave of my boy I deemed myself no longer vulnerable.
The firing over the grave was performed by a well-disciplined infantry corps, designated as the Mercer Guards.
Now, ma Minerve, is not this a very ridiculous posture for sograve an affair?
That the whole society follow his remains to the grave as mourners.
We will trace back our childish sports and our more grave amusements.
As a public speaker, his ideas were not diffuse enough; or rather, he appeared to lack fluency to make a long, and what is called an elaborate argument upon any matter, however grave or momentous.
He nodded and smiled, as though to say I deserved that little encouragement for acquitting myself so well; than became grave and businesslike again, as befitted the occasion.
There was a grave uncompromising truth about Lilian which I believe Mrs Chichester found rather difficult to get on with for any length of time.
I now watched him with grave anxiety, all my fears aroused lest there should be some very serious necessity for making a will after all.
Many bodies came ashore from time to time, and were reverently buried in the old churchyard of Rathmullan, where the grave and monument can still be seen.
Mr. Coghill, Chancellor of the Exchequer in the last century; but the picturesque tourist will be more interested by the grave of the late antiquary, Francis Grose, whose graphic hand here moulders in the dust.
Abbey at Monks Town, where tradition points out the graveof King Fergus.
It is the universal testimony of those who saw him that his presence was grave and noble, even majestic.
The grave men who sincerely desired their country's welfare were profoundly moved, and whispered serious forebodings to each other.
The jailer could not well encourage the expectations of his new prisoner, for he had that very morning supervised the digging of a grave in the castle moat.
I have a gracious God; the grave awakens no terror in me; I have an eternal life.
But I told you all this the day we first met," said Low, with grave astonishment.
She gave herself up to a grave and delicious languor that seemed to flow from shadow and silence and permeate her entire being.
You will prevent a grave injustice being done if you will assist me in this matter.
Mr. Macrae listened with grave face until the story of the trouble had been told.
He certainly did not seem displeased, though the grave countenance bore no marks of particular satisfaction at the rencontre.
Wilkinson looked so grave when I told him it was Kenrick.
I can't think how it is, Louis, that everybody is either sograve or rude when I speak of you.
