I made my objections against my believing, for that I thought he was not willing to save me.
It was not, however, until the next morning that she had an opportunity to indulge in a good laugh over the whole affair.
He was not sorry--yet--that he had said it once, but it might be as well not to tempt the Unknown Powers too far on one day.
The girls gladly made their escape, for it was not exhilarating to be surrounded by crowds of strangers, most of whom had a rather alien appearance, as if not quite sure where they belonged.
But it was not at Jane, Anne gazed that day in dismay and surprise.
Part of her dared not even answer her own question, but another part of her replied that he was not a perfect stranger by any means--she had met him any number of times--and had joined him for coffee with no notice at all.
He took a step toward her and she realized that she was not looking far up into his eyes--he was notso much taller than herself as she had imagined.
He spoke so gently to me one dear night when I was going to bed, that I was not afraid to ask him once more if you might come home; and he said Yes, you should; and sent me in a coach to bring you.
It was not angry or ferocious, but looked at Scrooge as Marley used to look: with ghostly spectacles turned up on its ghostly forehead.
To say that he was not startled, or that his blood was not conscious of a terrible sensation to which it had been a stranger from infancy, would be untrue.
The grasp, though gentle as a woman's hand, was not to be resisted.
It was not in impenetrable shadow as the other objects in the yard were, but had a dismal light about it, like a bad lobster in a dark cellar.
Mac 7:25 On the other side, when Alcimus saw that Judas and his company had gotten the upper hand, and knew that he was not able to abide their force, he went again to the king, and said all the worst of them that he could.
Then began the first, who had spoken of the strength of wine; 1 Esdr 3:18 And he said thus, O ye men, how exceeding strong is wine!
Esdr 1:11 All the nations have I destroyed before them, and in the east I have scattered the people of two provinces, even of Tyrus and Sidon, and have slain all their enemies.
Esdr 7:53 And that there should be shewed a paradise, whose fruit endureth for ever, wherein is security and medicine, since we shall not enter into it?
Esdr 2:7 Let them be scattered abroad among the heathen, let their names be put out of the earth: for they have despised my covenant.
The lost prospect of a journey as sole passenger with this quarrelsome sot was not one to mourn over.
It was not in me then to go out and drown myself yet.
It was not until I had got the water under (for the water in the dingey had been shipped; the boat was perfectly sound) that I had leisure to look at the people in the launch again.
I felt I had him at a disadvantage, had caught him in the mood of indiscretion; and to tell the truth I was not curious to learn what might have driven a young medical student out of London.
Lex would eventually become quite a dab hand at breaking into IBM mainframes, but although everyone liked Lex and admired his attitude, he was not considered a truly accomplished computer intruder.
It was not that he is not regarded as dangerous, because he is so regarded.
It was not a question of merely discovering crimes, investigating them, and then trying and punishing their perpetrators.
But the Hacker Crackdown of 1990 was not a simple policing action.
That he was old was quite evident, but if his age had impaired his physical or mental powers in the slightest it was not apparent.
He was not a man content to see through the eyes of others.
It was not until he reached the back of a hut at the head of the wide village street that Korak caught again, plainly, the scent of Meriem.
To you or me it would have been impossible; but Korak, The Killer, was not as you or I.
It was not a good time for a lone enemy to prosecute a search through the village.
He would much rather, of course, have seen this likeness in one of his sons, but it was not a question of choice.
It was not until he had passed the graveyard that Emil realized where he was going.
Carl realized that he was not a very helpful companion, but there was nothing he could say.
But Amedee had the zeal of the newly married, and he was not to be lightly shaken off.
Nephi 7:5 5 The Lord God hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back.
Now Gideon being stricken with many years, therefore he was not able to withstand his blows, therefore he was slain by the sword.
But behold, it was not he, but it was the Spirit of the Lord which was in him, which opened his mouth to utterance that he could not shut it.
And have ye taught this people that they should do all these things?
Omni 1:4 4 And now I, Amaron, write the things whatsoever I write, which are few, in the book of my father.
Nephi 5:3 3 And after this manner of language had my mother complained against my father.
Mosiah 25:2 2 Now there were not so many of the children of Nephi, or so many of those who were descendants of Nephi, as there were of the people of Zarahemla, who was a descendant of Mulek, and those who came with him into the wilderness.
He was not like an Indian bird and she liked him and wondered if she should ever see him again.
She pushed it open very gently and closed it behind her, and she stood in the corridor and could hear the crying quite plainly, though it was not loud.
It seemed to Mistress Mary as if she understood him, too, though he was not speaking in words.
There, she found more walls and winter vegetables and glass frames, but in the second wall there was another green door and it was not open.
It was not a child's room, but a grown-up person's room, with gloomy old pictures on the walls and heavy old oak chairs.
He was not handsome, and his manners required intimacy to make them pleasing.
There were but few who could be so classed; and it was notall of them that were attainable.
No, of course itwas not fair, but then fairness had nothing to do with it.
As we have said before, he was not mistaken in this.
Except that it was damp and dark, it was not an unpleasant job, in summer.
How did she know if this lawyer were telling the truth--that he was not in the conspiracy?
It was not in places of general resort, or where their equals were assembled, that any avaricious or malevolent noble durst offer him injury.
He was not only a professional peacemaker, but from practice a hater of all feuds and brawls.
I was not born," she said, "father, the wretch that thou now seest me.
It was not difficult to ascertain the condition and character of one of these personages.
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