Her quiet dignity disappointed him, and with an impulse of wild boyish mischief he resolved to try if he could not startle her.
Miss Davis; "Hetty is perhaps giving us the worst side of her character only to startle us.
She held her breath, not to startle it; but its fine senses seemed to perceive her presence in some mysterious fashion, and presently it flew away.
They love silence, seclusion, places where they can sport unseen with no intruding voice or step to startle them: when man comes they go.
I hate it, with its echoes that startle one every moment, and the rough walls that look so strangely in the red light of the fire.
Neither, though constantly stealing to Anne's side, could he venture upon language that might startle and enlighten her.
You must not startle people by doing eccentric things; you must not get the reputation of being a poseuse—it is vulgar and tiresome.
A messenger boy was enough to startle both of us, for no one in the world would spend half a dollar to tell us anything unless they were scared into it.
This would startlethe young creature into diffidence, and I always hated to do it, but it was the only way I could assume my self-control.
My purpose was to startle Pa Tescheron into a full knowledge of his lunacy, and command his appreciation of his future son-in-law.
To tell the truth, I did not expect to startle him.
The moment was ripe for one of those coincidences that occasionally arise to startle us.
I thought I would appear benevolent in his eyes, if I could not startle him.
What a name tostartle a man so--to cause him to stand like a fool at that hall-door, with his heart dead still, and all his nerves quivering!
With each hour of the quiet autumn afternoon have I watched the sentinel mount the little stockaded hillock, and startle the camp with the old familiar boom of the great Sebastopol bell.
They dwelt in a cold spot and a dangerous one, for a mountain towered above their heads so steep that the stones would often rumble down its sides and startlethem at midnight.
A curious figure, by way of contrast, is a fish-dealer from far up-country listening with eyes wide open to narratives that might startle Sinbad the Sailor.
Just the place to find dead bodies," whispered my companion, evidently to startle me.
He had pronounced a sentence that would startle all the town, and he thought he had done enough.
It wouldstartle people, frighten them a little, eh?
But there was nothing in his gaze to startle her maiden innocence, or make her shrink from him; it was an honest, earnest, kindly, though melancholy look.
Really, you are not very considerate to startle me with such extraordinary suppositions without the least preparation.
It may be thought at the first glance that the name would attract and startle the passer-by, but nothing attracts or startles in these dim immense hives.
His repartees, my good friend, startle one like a man shot dead.
But really nothing in the world could astonish or startle old Jorgenson.
I saw you right enough, but I had no intention to startle anybody.
It did not startle him; indeed, he was in a mood when nothing could have caused him wonder.
Her shrill, prolonged scream was his delight, and he never lost an opportunity to startle her.
Motive there was none as far as they could see, and the whole affair looked like one of these senseless crimes that from time to time startle the city folk from their easy-going equanimity.
The sergeant decided in one lightning flash on a plan that he hoped would startle the man into betraying himself.
Well, he takes Eve home that night for a starter, and the next mornin' he's up bright and early at seven, ready to startle Manhattan.
