The atmosphere of swords andsharpness has even entered ecclesiastical precincts.
Even if it is clear to the south it may well be misty to the north, and, of course, the angle of the sunlight makes all the difference to the sharpness with which this or that detail of scenery stands out from its surroundings.
His father’s sharpness at times made up to him for his ignorance and want of education.
I’ve got——” He caught a look of sharpness on the man’s face and changed.
On experiencing the sharpness of the Spanish swords, the Indians drew farther off, continuing to ply their arrows with a good aim, crying out calachani!
In many instances wax may also be cast in glue, if it is not poured in whilst too hot; as the wax cools so rapidly when applied to the cold glue, that the sharpness of the impression is not injured.
It was then that Florence's face, changing, took on the hard, stern sharpness so typical of a cowboy's.
She recognized Miss Kingsley's voice addressing some one outside, and it had a sharpness she had not noted before.
Yes, I did," replied Stewart, with a new sharpness in his voice.
But it didn't do me any good--I couldn't hide anything from the sharpness of that miserable blind man.
I laughed to myself, and even though I was only a boy, I was very much aware of the sharpness of that blind man.
Nevertheless the sharpness of definition was an illusion, and due only to our limited knowledge.
All these causes, in the course of time, alter even the most constant forms, so that the imprint of Nature does not preserve its sharpness in races which man has dealt with largely.
From his way of plunging abruptly into this matter, which he never had discussed with her before, and his sharpness and apparent displeasure with her, Joan knew that he had seen Reid overnight.
When thou hadst overcome the sharpness of winter, thou didst open the kingdom of heaven (i.
The major's query held a sharpness that seemed almost appeal.
She jumped up hastily, and slammed the door with a sharpnesswhich made Mrs. Hilbery start.
Biddy, who was an old lady well known for the sharpness of her tongue in the Ormond Market.
Transported slowly on the surface of the glacier, all the blocks from the mountain preserve their original forms unaltered; the sharpness of their edges is never altered by their gentle transport and almost imperceptible motion.
While preserving the feature of severing the fibre before attempting to dislodge it from its place, we may at the same time give the teeth of rip saws more or less sharpness by fleaming their faces.
Another point of advantage is that the cutting edges are not rubbed by the work during the back stroke, and their sharpness is, therefore, greatly preserved.
The sharpness of the exclamation might have betrayed to me the pain in which he was, but he recovered himself instantly.
Margery was as cross as George that day, and her answer in its sharpness rivalled his.
And Maria's spirits were not that day equal tosharpness of speech.
At that moment he beheld more clearly than ever the picture of this man with his great arms about the body of the woman he coveted, and feeling lent sharpnessto his tone.
The acid sharpnessof Idepski's retort had driven straight home.
For all the sharpnessof his retort, Skert was mollified.
Lois Dunlap interrupted with more sharpness than Dundee had ever seen her display.
Cunning little thing, for all her thorniness and her sharpness with him, which he now saw that he had deserved.
So a woman's ingenuity twice outwitted the sharpness of the Government.
It was broken at length by the tones of Sir Robert Hamilton's voice, which betrayed some sharpnessand annoyance.
In my business fidelity and sharpness are requisite.
Through Mark's influence, his old friend, Tom Trotter, has been taken into a mercantile establishment where his natural sharpness is likely to help him to speedy promotion.
There was no sharpnessabout her, although there was vigilance.
But Miss Emily launched into a general dissertation on servants, and Maggie's sharpness was forgotten.
The shuttle's sharpness in a cruel hand Dealt the dire blow, not struck with martial brand.
None who, whene'er the gory flow Was rushing hot, might healing herbs bestow, Or cull from teeming Earth some genial plant To allay the anguish of malignant pain And soothe the sharpness of his poignant woe.
