"Cooler" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... face. I flung open the door with one hand and took my sword with the other; and leaping into the snow, which was up to my knees, I drew my sword, and summoned the Dutchman to give way or defend himself. He was cooler than I, and replied, smiling, that he was not going to fight for so foolish a cause, and that I might get into my carriage again, as he would make way for me. I was somewhat interested in his cool but pleasant manner. I got back into my chaise, and ...
— The Memoires of Casanova, Complete • Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
... French Revolution the broad, dusty, modern avenues, which allow free passage to men and carriages and free entrance to light and air, but where there is little shade from the sun or shelter from the wind, were beginning to supersede the cooler and less windy, but malodorous lanes where the busy life of the Middle Ages had found shelter. Large and imposing public buildings were constructed in many towns, facing on the public squares. With the artistic ...
— The Eve of the French Revolution • Edward J. Lowell
... for example, the temperature of the room have been, for some time, unusually warm, that of the water must not be so low as if it had been otherwise. On the contrary, if the room have been, for a considerable time, rather cool, the bath may be made several degrees cooler than in other circumstances. But in no case and in no circumstances must a warm bath—intended as such, simply—be so warm or so cold, as to make the child uncomfortable; whether the temperature be ...
— The Young Mother - Management of Children in Regard to Health • William A. Alcott
... Street, and as the afternoon was so warm, thought he would go up to Lake Wendouree, which is at the top of the town, and see if it was any cooler by the water. The day was oppressively hot, but not with the bright, cheery warmth of a summer's day, for the sun was hidden behind great masses of angry- looking clouds, and it seemed as if a thunderstorm would soon break over the city. Even Vandeloup, full of life and animation as ...
— Madame Midas • Fergus Hume
... patience—do not think because I am an old—an old—" He searched in his mind for a simile, and burst out with "gas-balloon" with a laugh of childish amusement at his own impetuosity. "Do not you think because I am an old gas-balloon that there are not among us no wiser and cooler heads than mine! We are at a white-heat now, but there are men among us who can keep their wits even in a furnace like this. I, dear sir"—he would have been on his feet again but that I checked him—"I am of the inner council. We meet to-night, and, hot as I am, I fear my own heat and that ...
— In Direst Peril • David Christie Murray
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