He sets a great value upon your merit; he has even been obliging enough to give me to understand that I was quite unworthy of having such a treasure of wisdom and erudition in my house.
It needs the advent of that dread visitant, Death, to make us understand that we ought to make good haste and love WELL those whom we do love, if we would not have them pass away from us forever, before we have loved them enough.
I understand that I love you, and in that at any rate there can be no excuse for your deceiving me.
Now, do understand that I am entirely at your service.
The topic is fraught with such danger to the bonnet, that Miss Lavinia gives another little scream, and begs me to understand that Dora is only to be looked at, and on no account to be touched.
He gave us tounderstand that in our children we lived again, and that, under the pressure of pecuniary difficulties, any accession to their number was doubly welcome.
I drew it round her with my arm; and I even fancied that Jip began to see how it was, and to understand that he must make up his mind to be friends with me.
Gives Podsnap to understand that he, Veneering, formed his political opinions while sitting at the feet of him, Podsnap.
But he refuses to understand that I said so, and he wants this audience to understand that I did not say so.
I understand that it is an axiom of law that a poor plea may be a good plea to a bad declaration.
I understand the Judge to be altogether right about that; I understand that part of the history of the country as stated by him to be correct I recollect that I, as a member of that party, acquiesced in that compromise.
Perhaps not: I was, however, given to understand that my presence would be agreeable; but as that does not seem to be the case, I will leave.
By representing himself as a single man he acquired complete influence over her, and he gave her to understand that in the event of her obtaining a divorce from her husband he would marry her.
Then I understand that on your arrival in London yesterday you went out at once and bought a pair of boots?
But I understand that it is something more modern and practical upon which you wish to consult me?
And touching our brother Apollo, I give you to understand that I much entreated him to come unto you with the brethren: and indeed it was not his will at all to come at this time.
Wherefore, I give you to understand that no man, speaking by the Spirit of God, saith Anathema to Jesus.
Or he might only express himself in this manner, by way of giving Hazael to understand that he knew both what he would say and do; that he would indeed tell the king he should recover; but would be himself the instrument of his death.
By addressing his wife like this he gave Vronsky to understand that he wished to be left alone, and, turning slightly towards him, he touched his hat; but Vronsky turned to Anna Arkadyevna.
Stepan Arkadyevitch frowned at Grinevitch's words, giving him thereby to understand that it was improper to pass judgment prematurely, and made him no reply.
He doesn't understand that she's one of those women who can't trifle with their feelings.
I only wanted you to understand that if I chose I could cut a very different figure--that my wife wouldn't have to live in a suburb.
I understand that there is nothing whatever against him personally," Julian continued, "although as a politician he is of course beneath contempt.
Are we to understand that he is absolutely at liberty and in a normal state of health?
She knew him well enough to understand that such a notice would irritate him profoundly; but why should he go out of his way to show it her, and with this peculiar acerbity of manner?
A thousand times I have given her to understand that I utterly disapproved of such association.
He wanted them to understand that he could do as much pitching as any of them and read Caesar's Commentaries besides.
Say, I want you fellers tounderstand that I won't have any more of this talk.
It took a little time to understand that, and then he laughed, and his muscles relaxed, and he went on again.
I now began to feel my way in the science, and soon came to understand that, provided a man had a nose sufficiently conspicuous he might, by merely following it, arrive at a Lionship.
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