"Insistency" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... by the stove. If he was offered a sandwich or a cup of coffee he declined. If the offer was made with noticeable insistency, he shook his head and distorted the features of his face until he resembled an irritated ape. It was the peasant spirit of defiance in him that made him act this way. He nourished a measure of small-minded ...
— The Goose Man • Jacob Wassermann
... the outer room the familiar eyes of the old portrait caught his own with wistful insistency. He suddenly suspected the double reason: he had been dreaming of other eyes, and knew that his fellow-traveler had kept him company. "Madam Bellamy," he said, turning back, and blushing as he bent to ...
— The Life of Nancy • Sarah Orne Jewett
... by their insistency, "if you will give me a favour to be my drapeau de guerre, in twenty-four hours I shall plant your colours on the battlements ...
— Bog-Myrtle and Peat - Tales Chiefly Of Galloway Gathered From The Years 1889 To 1895 • S.R. Crockett |
