"Guessing" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... guessing his thoughts, said quietly: "The whole convent is already in our power. Your emperor must be ...
— Maximilian in Mexico - A Woman's Reminiscences of the French Intervention 1862-1867 • Sara Yorke Stevenson
... own hands, she caused me the most intense emotion; but I said nothing, for fear she would remark my sensitiveness, and when she would go on saying that my skin was soft, the tickling sensation made me draw back, angry with myself that I did not dare to do the same to her, but delighted at her not guessing how I longed to do it. When I was dressed, she often gave me the sweetest kisses, calling me her darling child, but whatever wish I had to follow her example, I was not yet bold enough. After some time, however, Bettina laughing at my timidity, I became more daring and returned her kisses ...
— The Memoires of Casanova, Complete • Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
... different phenomena constantly occurring around us, but instinct does not supply the solution. Only by patient watching and consideration can this be arrived at; but in former ages scientific methods of investigation were either not known, or not cared for, and so men were satisfied with merely guessing at the causes of natural phenomena, and these guesses were made from the standpoint of their own human passionate intelligence. Alongside the intelligence everywhere observable in the operations of nature they placed their own passionate humanity, they ...
— Folk Lore - Superstitious Beliefs in the West of Scotland within This Century • James Napier
... left off guessing: Aubertin had it all his own way: he upheld Perrin as their silent benefactor, and bade them all observe that the worthy notary had never visited the chateau openly since the day the purse was left there. "Guilty ...
— White Lies • Charles Reade
... a gentleman by guessing so right. A buzzard? thou buzzard! Wit, hast no more skill, Than take a falcon ...
— A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Vol. VI • Robert Dodsley
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