Her lover had been invalided home, and her chiefinterest in the war news was removed.
His interest was first aroused by the fact that, as he glanced at it, there was no sign of a letter.
The idea came to her that she might have some unexpected reversionary interestin her mother's money, on which she could raise something.
Among such, now, the interest was keen, for the war spirit was abroad in the land, and the colonel's project seem to offer excellent opportunity to win distinction.
The rector listened to them with his mind elsewhere, as though their communication had little interest for him, and his lips moved with his thoughts.
Perhaps his wonderful masculine beauty was responsible for much of theinterest he excited.
Nutt had taken advantage of the interest excited by the execution to wriggle himself free of his loosely-tied fetters, which consisted of cords binding his wrists behind his back and passed around to a knot on his breast.
At the mention of the word bank, the old man lost all interest in things out of doors.
As for success in science or in art, the average person's interest in such matters is so slight, compared with that of the man of science or the artist, that he cannot be said to have an interest in them.
He began it without the slightest suspicion that he was beginning a document of astounding interest and real scientific value; but such was the fact.
It goes without saying that the case of the handful who have left the town in search of the Success with the capital S has a tremendous interest of curiosity for the mass who remain.
Of course it was the interestof this girl, Chance, to set the old folk against us, in the hope, which I have every reason to believe she entertained, that they would leave her all their personal property.
My heart responded to every petition, and I listened with intense interest to his simple exposition of passages of Holy Writ.
He had for some time past felt a deep and growing interest in Lord Wilton, and he sympathised with him most sincerely in the loss of a noble and deserving son.
Her romantic story had excited the greatest interest in the public mind.
It was only retrenching a few needless luxuries," he would say, "for a few months or years, and the interest would be amply repaid.
I read your generous expressions of love and friendship, with the deepest gratitude, and entered into your sorrows with tears of true and heartfelt sympathy, wondering who I was to awaken such an interest in the mind of a great lord.
But Dorothy still doubted and feared, and shrunk from the public expressions of interest and curiosity, which could not fail to be exerted in her case.
We regret the circumstance in the interest of the Queen's reputation, but welcome these illustrative examples of what can be done in Germany.
However, the interest of the Hymn to Demeter is perfectly human, for the Goddess is in sorrow, and is mingling with men.
According to a highly ingenious, but scarcely persuasive theory of Mr. Verrall's, this interest is unfriendly.
She was kind enough to take a great interest in me; and there is no knowing what might have happened--the elder daughter was really a charming girl--if it had not been for that unlucky incident of the mutton chops.
He had a special audience with his Holiness the Pope, who took a warm interest in him.
She expressed great interest in my work among the wounded, and listened attentively while I spoke of the bravery of the Turkish troops and their fortitude under pain.
When I reached London, I found all England ringing with the tidings of the fighting, and there were plenty of evidences of the interest taken in the political situation.
He told me that the Russians had sent forward a parlementaire to invite Osman Pasha or some officer representing him to meet a Russian general at a certain place and discuss a matter of interest to both.
When we took over Mr. Zohrab's house, we also assumed a right title and interest in the services of two sturdy henchmen.
The sisters were good enough to take quite an interest in me, and they invited me to call at their house during the week, following up their verbal invitation with a note next day.
He took a tremendous interest in the fighting round Plevna, and he invited me to dinner with him one evening.
When he heard that I came from Australia, he took an interest in me, and I found in him a sympathetic listener as I confided my ambitions to him.
Osman Pasha took the keenest interest in the artillery practice, and remained in one of our largest batteries for the greater part of the day.
Skene with results which give a peculiar interest to the third volume of that learned writer's valuable work on 'Celtic Scotland.
It is to these more irregular occupations of territory that the chief interest attaches.
Maine for the kind interest he has taken, and the sound advice he has given, during the preparation of this Essay for the press; also to Mr. Elton, for similar unsolicited help generously given.
Here, then, is still going on, but in the interest of the Church, precisely the process described by Salvian, and with precisely the same results.
They are drawn from so wide a field, and from lines reaching back so far, that their interest and bearing upon the matter in hand will not soon be exhausted or settled.
A new flash of light at once lit up the subject and greatly widened its interestwhen Sir Henry S.
And this in its turn will give a wider interest to the vast responsibilities of the English-speaking nations in connexion with the progress of the new order of things and the solution of the great economic problems of the future.
If such should prove to be the case, though losing some of its mystery and novelty, the Domesday Survey will gain immensely in general interest and importance by becoming intelligible.
But, on the other hand, the continuous and long-continued growth of corn in Britain from century to century adds great interest to the further question, Upon what system was it grown?
They drive us to reviews; and it is only emperors, kings, and very silly small boys who can take an undying interest in uniforms and reviews.
It is an island of exceptional interest to the geologist and scientific explorer.
More interest is taken in local government; there is more discussion in local matters.
We shall regard it with such interest not only for its great height--for it is one of the loftiest on the Amazon--but by reason of its familiar product, as it is that which produces the Brazil nut.
In the views of the writer already quoted-- "Among the other points of interest there is the impress of the three nationalities upon the negro, which are very conspicuous in the women.
The topography of this part of South America is full of interest and variety, as are the history and customs of its people, aboriginal and other, although much of the past is marked by dreadful happenings.
Here is another tree we shall view with a special interestin these forest fastnesses.
The wood-hewers are more of interest from their habits than the beauty of their plumage.
When the 'South American Series' is completed, those who take interest in Latin-American affairs will have an invaluable encyclopædia at their disposal.
It leaves, however, many details of interest to be filled in.
There are many memories of the past here of interest to the English traveller.
But its modernity does not detract from the interest of the more ancient Spanish American communities.
The output of books upon Latin America has in recent years been very large, a proof doubtless of the increasing interest that is felt in the subject.
The little girls were in Mildred's room dressing dolls and chatting together the while, Mildred, busied with some sewing, overhearing the most of their talk with both interest and amusement.
Her husband watched her face with interest and some curiosity as she read, a slight smile on his lips and in his eyes.
Indeed, the interest was very general in the church, and there was a goodly gathering of ladies in Mrs. Prior's parlor, where the society held its meeting this week.
Why should they want to hide anything from those whose interest in and love for them was made so apparent?
The delays thus occurring completely exhausted the funds of the young writer: he was forced to borrow at heavy interest from the captain: the friend at Madras, to whom he had letters of introduction, had quitted that place.
In this case it would be to the interest of the proprietor to make the run of the fences as straight as possible, to plant quicks, to mend gaps, and properly to fence them with rails.
Clovers are attacked by Epiphytes—that is, minute fungoid plants growing upon the leaves; but the natural history of these is too obscure for a general treatise, nor are they of sufficient interest to the practical farmer.
We wish it every success, and we heartily commend it to such of our readers as take an interest in the various phases of popular science.
This is a book intended primarily for boy scouts, but it also possesses an interest for all boys who like out-of-door amusements and scouting games.
In this book he turns to Africa, where the colonising activity of rival powers is raising problems of the greatest interest and importance.
In the interest aroused by the solution of the problem of flying, the motor bicycle has been entirely overlooked by story-writers.
The interest in the doings of these youngsters is remarkably well sustained, and each chapter seems better than the last.
The story of the discovery, conquest, settlement, and peaceful development of the great countries which now form part of the British Empire, is full of interest and romance.
Some of the incidents are dramatic, without being unnatural; the interest is well sustained, and altogether the book is one of the best we have read.
Among the few Americans on the Fields none stood higher in public favour than the really skilful surgeon, Dr Fox, who took a deep interest in all public matters.
Bela was dismissed, and her look of interest gave place to one of weariness.
He realized in an instant what was the nature of the interest Sir William Gouldesbrough took in Mr. Guy Rathbone, barrister-at-law.
I knew it would come to this," he said, "since you have added another interest to your scientific interests, Gouldesbrough.
This was no social party, no scientific picnic, at which one went to see things which would interest and amuse, and to chatter, just as one chatters at an exhibition of water-colours in Pall Mall.
Good," Guest answered, and his interest in Eustace Charliewood and his end ceased immediately.
And I may tell you that he took a great interest in the experiments which have now culminated so satisfactorily for me.
The man in the street was only aware that the great scientist had been working for years upon abstruse problems which had no interest for him whatever.
But I can tell you enough to hold your attention, to interest you, as you have never been interested before.
He took no interest in, nor did he understand, my scientific work.
The "Rathbone Mystery," as it was called, absorbed the whole interestof the country.
He noticed that something like enthusiasm had crept into her voice--that she took a real interest in his science.
Meanwhile, as no new discovery was made, and not the slightest ray of light seemed to be forthcoming, the public interest was worked up to fever heat.
He was of a great age, almost eighty, in fact, yet his health was perfect, his intellect unimpaired, and his interest in human events as keen and vigorous as that of a man but half his age and in the full prime and meridian of life.
Here, as in Edinburgh, he displayed more interest in the politics of the old Greek republics than in their poetry.
The Méditations du Cloître, a sort of appendix to this edition of the romance, possesses a certain interest as the expression of one of the ideas prevailing among the young generation.
They seek to please by their sensibility, to interest by their imagination, and are familiar with the language of poetry and of the fine arts.
The future has no interest for him, for he has anticipated it in imagination, and the past has made him old, for he has lived in thought through many a century.
Few books have more rapidly grown old-fashioned than this of Constant's, which is now merely of historical interest as typical of the half-heartedness and indecision of the period in which it was written.
The book must find some unoccupied space into which it fits, the interest awakened by it must not be interfered with by other, stronger, interests, or the talent displayed in it outshone by greater talent.
One regarded her," says Adolphe, "with the same interest and admiration with which one gazes on a magnificent thunderstorm.
Without any of the requisite information, without interest or money, he was inevitably soon obliged to abandon this project.
But the loss of all interest in the life of the day is still more markedly shown in Schelling's absorption in nature.
Whenever she tried to interest him, it seemed as if she were struck dumb, she, the incessant talker.
But, under all his banter, Doris knew that her father was serious in the deep interest he entertained in her strange adventure and all that it had led to.
The other girl had been drinking in all this information with such greedy interest that she scarcely heard or heeded the question which ended it.
But I don’t want him to suspect that we have any special interest in the thing, so you try and make him talk the way you did that night when he told you all about the wrecks, and the Anne Arundel.
This distribution is of particular interest because it may show the pathway by which these small fruit pigeons invaded eastern Micronesia from Polynesia.
It is also of interest to note that the length of the exposed culmen of the males averages one to two mm.
The man was the leading actor of the company, Richard Hunt, who in a quiet way had shown an interest and an attitude of protection toward Polly.
But Anthony did not mind; he had a kind of fellow feeling for Herr Crippen, who was poor and evidently not of much interest or importance in the Lady Betty's estimation.
For a little while at least she might have found interest in watching the others dance had she not been worried about Polly.
All of her being was too deeply absorbed in the interest of the play and the actors and her own little part.
Her interest centered itself chiefly in Polly--in Polly and the odd human characters that she saw everywhere about her.
She was a girl from a small town, and yet no one could have imagined that she had not been a New Yorker all her life, except for her quick and eager interest in the sights about her.
What could be hidden away in that old closet of so great value or interest that Mrs. Ashton turned toward it in her sleeping hours, when her subconscious mind must be directing her footsteps?
There was no fault with the opportunities for study at Miss Elkins', only with the interest of the girls.
In the excitement of their Thanksgiving day meeting and his romantic return of the money which she had completely forgotten, she had shown far more interest and friendliness than she now did.
She was ordinarily self-restrained; and being brought up in an orphan asylum among people who took no interest in her emotions she had learned unusual self-control.
It is ridiculous to suppose that a burglar would take an interest in old trash, when there are so many other valuable things about.
Betty's face glowed with interest and enthusiasm and she gave her two hands to the young man with the same friendliness which she had used in his first call upon her.
When he was fourteen his brother Sam married Sarah Day, an intelligent young Quakeress who took a specialinterest in her young brother-in-law and taught him "the rudiments of three R's.
To Daniel and this young visitor the encounter would be a simple meeting of friends, heightened in pleasure and interest somewhat, naturally, by the adventure in prospect.
He was the first frontier warrior, for he either fought off or fell before small parties of hostile Indians who, in the interest of the Spanish or French, raided his pack-horse caravans on the march.
Philippa felt herself gaining strength from the other's strong and sympathetic personality, and listened with interest to her remarks upon the neighbourhood, and upon the various objects they passed upon the road.
His marriage with another woman came as a surprise to the community, who had been watching the affair with the usual interest evinced in such matters, and much indignation was expressed at his behaviour.
First came all the interest and the intense pity I felt, and then, little by little, love grew without my knowing it until it filled my heart, and I know that whatever happens life can never be the same again to me.
Perhaps he will take it up later on--it will be an interest for him.
Everything she could think of she did, trying endless devices to interest and amuse him--for years Francis drove with her every day.
They have all ceased to be performed, but their historical interest is great.
The enthralling interest of the development of each movement in its necessary connection and continuity consists chiefly in the free and liberal use of the manifold resources of counterpoint.
He proposed to purchase the interestof Sourdeac and Cambert in the opera patent and they accepted his terms.
These scholars were all masters of the Greek tongue, and they awakened a newinterest in it and its literature.
The iris flower is of special interest as an example of the relation between the shape of the flower and the position of the pollen-receiving and stigmatic surfaces on the one hand and the visits of insects on the other.
We may be forced to conclude that the interest of the whole affair, so far as authentic history is concerned, is really nugatory, and that the romantic imagination has created a mystery in a fact of no importance.
The writer's main interest lies in the application of religion to the practical duties of life, whether in the church or in the world.
Commercial equality being given to Ireland, the woollen trade at once revived, and a shipping interest sprang up.
This inquiry proved, what few in Ireland doubted, that the prices paid for occupancy interest or tenant right increased as the landlord's rent was cut down.
Some of Isaac's works have an interest for the historian of the 5th century.
Macdonnell took a great interest in the proceedings.
He was well dressed and had been working for white people, but had shown no interest in school or in the Gospel up to this time.
These people had not seen a white child, and this one was an ever-increasing source of wonder and interest to the black faces around us.
In no other continent is there such a world-wide interest and such a variety of interests centered; the religious, the political, and the commercial world are alike concerned in its development and progress.
There was one village, Kabwe, composed chiefly of Baila people, where an interest was being manifested, and several there had been attending school.
There were many natives surrounding them, who at once showed an interest in the work.
The great, wide, boundless space of water was an ever-increasing source of interest and delight, and greatly enlarged our conception of the power and majesty of Him "who hath measured the waters in the hollow of His hand.
The work was looking quite encouraging, for all showed an interest in desiring to become Christians.
Both of these boys manifested a great interest in what they heard, and Tom was the first one to express a desire to be a Christian.
They had another and more personalinterest in seeing the huts completed.
The attendance andinterest there were encouraging.
These wild children of nature were quick to respond to the interest that prompted the visits, and would always welcome the visitors.
The first step to reformation, is to interest him in some employment suitable to his abilities, and any other step taken before this only hinders or prevents the work of reformation.
I thought, by giving my friend an interest in this branch of my business, that I would lessen my losses on rejected stock and facilitate my escape from impending bankruptcy.
In my solitude, and with the prospect before me of a long experience of such company, these conversations with my fellow-prisoners, possessed a certain kind of interest for me.
He relates that his appearance excited the greatest interest at the Highland huts in which he lodged, the women curiously examining him from head to foot, having never seen an Englishman before.
In 1818 a Society had been formed, consisting principally of young men educated to civil and mechanical engineering, who occasionally met to discuss matters of interest relating to their profession.
The parish vestry again met, and the report was read; but the meeting exclaimed against so extensive a proposal, imputing mere motives of self-interest to the surveyor.
I had previously prepared a set of plans and estimates for the purpose of showing how the idea might be carried out; and thus a considerable degree of interest has been excited on the subject.
I endeavoured, if possible, to get up an interest in what was going on; but it was all of no use.
The latter were, for the most part, too proud and too ignorant to interest themselves in the improvement of their estates; and the few who did so had very little encouragement to persevere.
One of the subjects in which he took much interest during his later years was the establishment of the Institute of Civil Engineers.
The new roads, bridges, and other improvements suggested by the engineer, excited much interest in the north.
Metcalf sold his stage-waggons and his interest in the carrying business between York and Knaresborough, and at once proceeded with his new undertaking.
Lord Bexley, then Secretary to the Treasury, took a warm personal interest in the project, and lost no opportunity of actively promoting it.
Two circumstances of considerable interest occurred in the course of the same year (1788), which are worthy of passing notice.
This object is of interestas showing it to be a survival derived from a metal sistrum.
