But he forgot that Mephisto is a slyand subtle devil.
Well," said the member who had first announced that Sly was the very man for the place, "I suppose they'll be waiting.
And I think I know who that will be," said Will with a sly glance at his sister.
At this last remark, Frank sat back upon his heels and favored Mollie with a sly wink--while that young lady smiled mysteriously.
C’est une fine mouche = He is a sly dog, a deep one.
But sly Puritan maids found a way to circumvent and outwit Puritan law makers, and to prevent their unsanctioned lovers from being punished, too.
Could this have been but a sly trick to get the lasses from their beds betimes?
This was all managed in a very sly manner by the cooper, who assured Forret that all should go right, as far as related to Tibby Hyslop and himself.
John said this with a sly stupid leer, for he had admitted the old lady to an audience with his master the day before, and had eyed him afterwards bending his course towards Drumfielding.
Here is the magic helmet all complete; and this sly knave thought to keep it for himself.
The sly Loki arched his eyebrows in mock surprise.
He had a beautiful sister Gudrun; and, also, a half-brother named Hagen, a sly fellow who was always plotting mischief.
Beckmesser looked at him a moment in a slyway and then suddenly began to wheedle.
If Christopher Sly wins the Northumberland Plate, I shall be able to be better.
Now he was in the height of gladness: the horse could not lose--every one of the prophets had said so; Christopher Sly had won, and everything was right.
All the morning papers gave Christopher Slyas the absolute winner--all the sporting papers too.
As he murmured this, his hand may be said to have resembled a sly rascal peeping round the corner, to find out things without wishing to draw observation upon himself.
It does not so much concern them as me," continued Felix, with sly gleams.
Hear what Pegasus says: 'Never in the Annals of racing has there been such a certainty as Christopher Sly for the Northumberland Plate.
And yet he took credit to himself for the good resolution he had come to, of being a better man if Christopher Sly had won the Northumberland Plate.
Now he was in the depth of misery: Christopher Sly had lost, and he had to pay money, and to make money good, out of an empty purse.
Here's Delphos: 'Christopher Sly has been especially reserved for this event; he is meant to win, and nothing can stop him.
It was this knowledge of her unwilling action against Julian's peace that first woke in her the strong protective feeling towards him, a feeling almost akin to the maternal instinct.
The wildness of Bohemia, too, may be identified, or the vague sorrow of that northern melody which seems an echo of voices heard amid the fiords or in pale valleys near the farthest cape of Europe.
Then it would emerge as in a sigh or wail, pushing its way up with all the mechanical power of the voice of a wild animal, and mounting to a desperate climax, sinister and alarming.
You no longer feel yourself aloof from the average man, then?
The smoking horse was squeezed upon its haunches, and its feet slithered harshly along the stones.
JOB SLY Beelzebub took all occasions To try Job’s constancy and patience.
To this the Blackfeet chief replied scornfully, "The Pale-face talks with a big mouth.
We say he was horrified, for this rendered it absolutely impossible any further to trace his companions either by scent or sight.
Let us put it in that form, for even now there are many who respect in the abstract a single-minded devotion to principle.
It is better to snatch the first moments of the day from the bustle and pleasures of the world, and first render to God the things that are God’s, and then to the world what belongs to the world.
One by one the visitors left, each assuring me of his personal regard: the Colonel closed the door, softly, turning the key in the lock; there was a sly look in his black eyes as he took a chair in proximity to mine.
One way he built up his power--listenin' when they're talkin' sly out there in the rotunda.
What a sly old chap you are," said he; "really, I shall have to go back to the inn and watch you.
Will Fotheringay swore the doctor was a sly dog, and had his own reasons for keeping it to himself.
I am poorer than ever I was,' he replied, with a humble, sly air.
For getting the better of these sly shopkeepers, Balzac had a good many devices up his sleeve.
There is cleverness and to spare in the way the wiles of this sly jade are related, and falsehood shown as a fine art in the service of passional love.
