That sternness was exaggerated as she rose, keeping her glare fixed upon Nash; a thing impossible for him to bear, so he lowered his eyes and engaged in rolling a cigarette.
They were her only really fine features, for the nose tilted an engaging trifle, the mouth was a little too generous, the chin so strong that it gave, in moments of passivity, an air of sternness to her face.
Nash stood in the shadow of the doorway watching that lean, handsome face with the suggestion of mockery in the eyes and the trace of sternness around the thin lips.
In minds of a less cultured order, this moral tension ended, no doubt, in a hard unsocial sternness of life.
Milton's enjoyment of the gaiety of life stands in bright contrast with the gloom and sternness which strife and persecution fostered in Puritanism at a later time.
He met the grasp of his young friend with a squeeze as cordial as if no chord had jarred between them, and a slight sternness that had gathered about his eye disappeared in a look of natural kindness.
The habitual sternness of the man lent an interest to his emotions which they might otherwise have wanted, and the daughter's heart yearned to relieve the father's mind.
The sternness in his eyes was terrible to see, for it was the sternness of a man who is suffering.
I admit the sternness at times, Edward, but I deny the harshness.
I am not sure that a certain portion of sternnessis not absolutely necessary to manly beauty.
He went about with a certain sternness in those days, but it was not the sternness of the vanquished, rather the dogged patience of the man who is quite sure of ultimate success.
At times I wondered if his capricious affection and sternness were really intended for myself.
Sometimes the establishment was visited by priests and grave old gentlemen, whose sternness of manner alarmed us.
The two Misses Blake turn into a rigidity that might mean stone; the young man pauses irresolutely, yet with a sternness about his lips that bespeaks a settled purpose not to be laid aside for any reason, and that adds some years to his age.
This only seemed to show the least spark of feeling yet unextinguished in his breast; for there was now a degree of bitterness mixed with the original sternness of his character.
Bell understood it all, and sat quite silent, with demure countenance;--perhaps even with something ofsternness in her face.
She felt half-ashamed of what she was doing, almost acknowledging to herself that she should have borne with hissternness in return for the benefits he had done to her daughters.
I would not impartsternness to the beautiful countenance of English literature.
On board ship he evidently assumed the hardness of deportment and sternness of demeanor which many deem essential to naval service.
Robert, with a sternness that seemed to awe the terrified boy into composure.
Urged on by emotion, the princess had scarcely heard the suppressed interjection of the king which her first words had occasioned, and she scarcely saw the witheringsternness which gathered on his brow.
A brief pause followed his words, whose low sternness of tone betrayed far more than the syllables themselves.
Underneath the sternness and severity which were the fruits of Puritanism, there existed in the New England character a touch of spirituality, of idealism, and of imagination such as were always foreign to the Romans.
The Roman character, as moulded in the Republic's early years, was one of sternness and efficiency.
Perhaps you need the sternness and the horror of some of the doctrines as a balance for your gentleness.
His feelings had been awakened by the whole scene, and a sternness of purpose had come over him, to which he was ordinarily a stranger.
Uncas regarded all with reverence and pity, though traditions were already rousing his young mind to the ambition and sternness of a warrior.
He kept his lips a little compressed, which gave a certain sternness to his countenance: but when this sternness dissolved in a smile, it was something enchanting.
But then she did not know what it was to be contradicted; and if she had been married, and had had sons, perhaps a sternness not dissimilar might have shown itself in her nature.
Probably from giving less heed to a systematic theology, she had nothing of that sternness which first struck a stranger on seeing Robert's grandmother.
If there was still a certain fiery sternness in his aspect, it had ceased, at least, to be haggard and savage, it even suited the character of his dark and expressive features.
Neither the Catholics, against whom the agitation was levelled, nor the peers and prelates and members of Parliament who had been so harshly treated seemed to understand the {201} sternness of the situation.
By the way, Marcia,” said David, turning toward her with a smile that seemed to erase the sternness in his voice but a moment before.
Then it suddenly dawned upon David who Mrs. Leavenworth was, and a sternness overspread his face.
David looked down upon her kindly, a pleasant light of gratitude flashing through the sternness and sorrow in his face.
I tried to disengage myself from her embrace, and summoned what I could of sternness to repel her caresses.
Let him step hither instantly," commanded the king, and the sternness of his countenance seemed mingled with profound sorrow.
The gloomy sternness before depicted in it seemed now to be lost in thoughtful sadness.
